01 Apr 21 @ 11:59

Mastercard has partnered with NMI and Global Payments to launch its first live Cloud POS on Phone pilot with the Computer Engineering Group (CEG). In Q3 2020, contactless penetration represented... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 11:56

Germany’s girocard remains on the road to success in a year defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, with almost 5.5 billion transactions in 2020 – a new high at the checkout.... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 11:44

The Japanese payments market has long been something of a paradox between technological capabilities and the uptake of those technologies – and cashless payments are no different. On the one... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 11:27

The COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted the global plastic card manufacturing industry last year, according to the International Card Manufacturers Association (ICMA). The 2020 Global Card Market and Personalisation and Fulfilment... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 11:27

As has been widely reported, contactless card payments are now the method of choice for the vast majority of consumers in developed markets. However, new research from Swedish biometrics firm... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 11:24

The 2021 Visa Back to Business survey of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) has revealed the major pain points for the world’s small businesses when it comes to payments –... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 11:23

Data from mobile analytics firm App Annie’s State of Mobile 2021 survey shows financial app use surging through 2020, driven by COVID-19 and the longer-term trend towards mobile as the... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 11:21

As Editors of a payments and fintech publication, we’re often told technology is the answer to most things – if not everything. It’s refreshing, then, to read a study which... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 11:19

Nearly six billion calls were made from fintech APIs to bank servers in the UK in 2020, and more than four million open banking payments were completed. Figures from the... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 10:58

PCM EXCLUSIVE: Amid rising hype about mobile wallets, P2P FinTech challengers and QR-code payments, this year’s Digital and Card Payments Yearbooks show a card segment in robust health, with business... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 10:26

Proponents say payments automation will reduce costs, speed up transactions and make life easier for consumers and businesses. Yet many problems remain – not least data protection and digital identity... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 10:20

A new report says that major safety gaps in the online banking security systems of some of the UK’s biggest banks have been exposed by a new investigation by consumer... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 10:18

Mastercard has announced that it will raise interchange fees by about five times the current limit when a UK card holder uses a debit or credit card to buy from... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 10:17

Bitpanda is now taking pre-orders for their first physical product – the Bitpanda Card, facilitated by Visa. The card is linked to any asset in a user’s Bitpanda portfolio, allowing... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 10:17

Deutsche Bank is reported to be actively looking for acquisitions and joint ventures to help Germany’s largest lender hit its goal of becoming a major force in Europe’s consolidating payments... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 10:16

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that it will allow a $18.5 billion (£14 billion) class action to proceed against Mastercard for allegedly overcharging on interchange fees to more than... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 10:14

PayPal has manged to fend off serious competition and achieve what no other foreign company has been able to do to date becoming the first foreign operator with 100 percent... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 10:14

WhatsApp has introduced a new shopping feature called WhatsApp cart for an easier more integrated m-commerce shopping experience on the platform. The “Add to Cart” feature  enables users to browse... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 10:13

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) is reported to be extending its central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot include a contactless wallet and NFC wearables to enable users to make... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 10:13

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total number of QR code payment users will exceed 2.2 billion in 2025, up from 1.5 billion in 2020, equating... read more