27 Oct 21 @ 11:43

The global Financial Action Task Force (FATF) updated its guidance on how to manage anti-money laundering (AML) measures in cryptocurrency payments fully two years ago – yet recent evidence suggests... read more

27 Oct 21 @ 11:43

New data released by the payments industry self-regulatory body, Australian Payments Network (AusPayNet), has shown a slight increase in online card fraud in 2020 as the shift to online payments... read more

27 Oct 21 @ 11:42

The global ATM market  is expected to reach $29.89 billion by 2028 and is projected to register a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.9 percent from 2021 to 2028,... read more

27 Oct 21 @ 11:40

A new report reveals FinTechs who outsource to specialist partners generate nearly £1 million in additional revenue. The report, Specialists vs. generalists: How do fintechs fuel growth? explores why and... read more

27 Oct 21 @ 11:28

New research figures predict that global contactless card transaction values will reach $2.5 trillion in 2021 from $1.7 trillion in 2020, with cards retaining the majority share of overall contactless... read more

27 Oct 21 @ 11:25

M-Pesa has reached 50 million monthly active customers, cementing its position as Africa’s largest FinTech platform – an amazing feat on the continent. Launched more than 14 years ago in... read more

27 Oct 21 @ 11:23

In June 2021, BBVA Mexico became the first bank in Latin America to announce the rollout of biometric payment cards. Following launches in card-loving France and Switzerland, the world has... read more

27 Oct 21 @ 11:21

Worldline and Bitcoin Suisse have announce the go-live of their omnichannel crypto payment solution for the more than 85,000 Swiss merchants in the Worldline network. Now all merchants in Switzerland... read more

27 Oct 21 @ 11:20

Facebook has announced it will launch the Novi digital wallet tied to the Diem blockchain-based payment system, having received the necessary regulatory clearances. David Marcus, chief of Facebook’s financial services... read more

24 Aug 21 @ 09:21

For more than a decade, the shift to e-commerce and mobile has brought huge amounts of investment into payments. As further fresh investment rounds are announced, PCM asks whether a... read more

24 Aug 21 @ 09:15

Credit cards are becoming less profitable for banks even as lower-cost alternatives such as buy-now-pay-later schemes and digital wallets with a credit function are emerging. If credit cards are to... read more

24 Aug 21 @ 09:06

The FinTech sector – often hyped as the answer to banks’ digitisation woes – demonstrated resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic, with leading FinTechs recording double-digit growth despite sector-wide operational and... read more

24 Aug 21 @ 09:05

Another day, another headline telling us account-to-account and instant, or “faster” payments are taking over across Europe. In March this year, Swedish account-to-account specialist Trustly said its payments volumes were... read more

24 Aug 21 @ 09:05

The 2021 iteration of the Domestic Payments Jury Report shows domestic schemes morphing into new payments channels in response to the COVID-19 pandemic – and challenging our perception of what... read more

24 Aug 21 @ 09:03

Americans have lost nearly $500 million to Covid-related scams since the start of the pandemic, according to Federal Trade Commission data running from April 2020 to mid-July this year. Around... read more

24 Aug 21 @ 08:59

Cyber criminals carrying out ransomware attacks are now a bigger risk to UK national security than online espionage by hostile states, Britain’s cyber defence chief has warned. Lindy Cameron, chief... read more

24 Aug 21 @ 08:58

Global e-commerce spending grew 28 percent annually to $4.2 trillion in 2020, paving the way for more fraudulent behaviour and more sophisticated fraud such as brand abuse attacks. Backing up... read more

24 Aug 21 @ 08:52

A new study by Juniper Research says the global value of virtual card transactions will reach $6.8 trillion in 2026 from $1.9 trillion in 2021. Virtual cards are secure digital... read more

24 Aug 21 @ 08:49

The introduction of a digital euro would boost consumers’ privacy and protect the eurozone from the “threat” of competing cryptocurrencies that could undermine the bloc’s monetary sovereignty, according to the... read more

24 Aug 21 @ 08:48

The last time banks and infrastructure providers in the European payments market tried to build a payments network capable of taking on the US companies that dominate the sector, they... read more