03 Jun 19 @ 14:36

E-commerce payments in the Gulf states, which have grown rapidly in recent years, are set to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.1 percent from AED 31.5... read more

03 Jun 19 @ 14:35

The German e-commerce market is predicted to increase by 9 percent this year, meaning the online retail industry could be worth €57.8 billion at the end of 2019. The latest... read more

03 Jun 19 @ 14:32

Last week it was reported that one of the major US retailers JCPenney has stopped support for Apple Pay. Was it due to low usage in-store? No – it was... read more

03 Jun 19 @ 14:31

Coinbase, a small cryptocurrency exchange, is launching Coinbase Card, a Visa bitcoin debit card in the UK. This card will let users pay with bitcoin, ethereum and litecoin. Coinbase says... read more

03 Jun 19 @ 14:29

Citigroup recently announced that it is developing a consumer payments platform (B2C payments), in a move to enter the rapidly growing digital payments industry. Citi’s new service will offer merchants... read more

03 Jun 19 @ 14:27

A group of 12 regional and digital financial institutions have joined together as investors and members in KY3P, for managing third-party risk and optimising the processes by which financial institutions... read more

03 Jun 19 @ 14:26

French  electronics group Thales has completed its previously announced €4.8 billion ($5.4 billion) takeover of Gemalto, boosting Thales’ presence in the booming security services market. Thales had to clear various... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 14:39

A new survey from PwC has identified opportunities and risks in Open Banking, with estimated revenue of £7.2bn up for grabs over the next three years. Meanwhile, a consumer study... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 14:38

New analysis from the FIDO Alliance and Javelin Research has shown that strong authentication, which uses multiple-factor, multiple-method authentication to verify identity, is rising around the world in response to... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 14:33

The European Commission (EC) is considering implementing new regulations to support and accelerate the adoption of the TARGET Instant Payments Settlement System (TIPS) in an effort to challenge the dominance... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 14:32

A new report has found that the annual value of virtual cards (temporary card numbers only available for a single transaction or limited time) used by businesses will grow 90... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 14:30

In highlighting just how difficult it will be for society to go completely cashless, this week has seen the UK report on how it cannot allow its cash infrastructure to... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 14:25

The SEPA Proxy Lookup (SPL) service, a new service that creates secure interoperability between existing mobile P2P payments services, has launched. The SPL service is ready to be used, and... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 14:24

Dan Schulman, the CEO of PayPal, has gone on record with CNBC and said that the digital payments industry may become a $100 trillion market as the financial technology sector... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 14:22

Forecasts predict that by 2022, just 17 percent of global payments will be made by cash. Meanwhile, digital and mobile wallet usage will continue to rise, accounting for 28 percent... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 13:46

In the December 2018 earnings call for Apple, analysts were given several incremental data points on the usage of Apple Pay. It may seem like an insignificant piece of the... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 13:44

According to new research from Berg Insight, the market for NFC POS terminals continued to show strong momentum in 2018 with annual shipments reaching an estimated 24.7 million units worldwide.... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 13:42

Brexit brings a wave of uncertainty and change to the UK business landscape. Since the day the UK voted to leave the EU, it’s been a whirlwind. But what will... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 13:40

Despite CEO Jamie Dimon labelling Bitcoin a fraud, JP Morgan, the largest bank in the US, has announced it has created and successfully tested its JPM Coin cryptocurrency this month.... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 13:36

Barclaycard, which processes nearly half of the UK’s credit and debit card transactions, has announced a new card acceptance partnership with UnionPay International, a subsidiary of China UnionPay. The deal... read more