09 Jun 21 @ 03:50

Ivanti has announced the results of a consumer sentiment study, which revealed that QR code usage continues to rise in popularity, with 57 percent of respondents claiming to have noticed... read more

09 Jun 21 @ 03:49

Digital wallets and account-to-account payments are growing fast – but contactless cards are currently Europe’s most popular way to pay, and will remain central to the payments mix. By now,... read more

09 Jun 21 @ 03:47

The Chinese e-commerce market is predicted to grow at a strong compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.4 percent from CNY13.8 trillion ($2.1 trillion) in 2021 to CNY19.6 trillion ($3.0... read more

09 Jun 21 @ 03:44

The Bank of England and HM Treasury have announced the joint creation of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Taskforce to coordinate the exploration of a potential UK CBDC. This... read more

09 Jun 21 @ 03:43

BPC has announced that the Vista Bank Group (Vista) has selected its paytech provider Radar Payments to drive its global payment processing activities. Vista is a Pan-African financial services company,... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 13:52

Rapid growth in card issuance and usage, a fast-expanding POS network and growing economies. Eurasia holds exciting opportunities for all kinds of payments players – so why aren’t more international... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 13:49

Cryptocurrencies are going mainstream, despite continued talk of a bubble and crypto’s reputation as the province of libertarians, geeks and criminals. James Wood dons a fake hipster beard to find... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 13:19

On 25th January, Mastercard announced an increase in the interchange rate for cross-border e-commerce transactions on credit cards between the UK and EU, from 0.3 percent to 1.5 percent. The... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 13:17

A range of new research reports show new fraud types emerging after COVID. These reports highlight the challenges facing banks and retailers in the post-pandemic environment.  “European firms experienced 31... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 13:11

Both consumers and Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are unhappy with the service they receive from banks at a time when digitisation and automation are meant to be ushering in... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 13:09

For some time, PCM has championed the need for companies to completely rethink their approach to cyber-security. New approaches to cyber-security are vital to combat everything from money laundering to... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 13:09

The WorldPay/FIS Global Payments Report 2021 is one of the landmark studies in the payments calendar. This year, the report suggests a barely-credible rise in digital wallet use in both... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 12:59

Fraud in the UK has reached epidemic levels and should be seen as a national security issue, according to think tank the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). Driven in part... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 12:59

According to data analysed by the Atlas VPN team from the 2020 Year End Data Breach QuickView Report by Risk Based Security, the number of leaked data records worldwide hit... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 12:55

New market research on contactless cards from TietoEVRY shows that UK and European consumers are concerned about infection risk when paying in-store, with worries about theft and fraud growing as... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 12:54

European commercial card spending rose by 11 percent in 2019 to €366 billion and accounted for 8 percent of the total card payments value. Charge cards, where transactions must be... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 12:53

Intuit, a US business and financial software company that develops and sells financial, accounting, and tax preparation software is reported to be suing Mastercard and Visa for fixing interchange fees... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 12:53

The normally robust card payments markets of France and Belgium are showing the effects of COVID. Monthly card volumes from STET are showing a distinctly difficult start to 2021 for... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 12:37

Outside of the Nordics, BLIK, the Polish mobile payments super app is perhaps the next best performing digital payments “standard” at a domestic level. In Q4 2020, BLIK users in... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 12:03

A new study has found that biometrics will authenticate more than $3 trillion of payment transactions in 2025, from just $404 billion in 2020. The report found that biometrics, including... read more