08 Apr 19 @ 13:34

Ant Financial has finally managed to make its mark in a significant European first. The Chinese financial services giant has agreed to buy UK payments group WorldFirst in a deal... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 13:32

Société Générale, one of Europe’s largest banks with operations across the world, has selected HPS to improve payment processing activities for its ten African subsidiaries. By migrating to HPS’ technology,... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 13:18

A late 2017 McKinsey study warned payments firms should be more worried about “Big Tech” than fintechs as a threat to their businesses. Since then, Facebook, Apple, Google and Amazon... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 13:06

Growing numbers of countries are rebuilding their national payments infrastructures (NPI), including the UK, Australia, India, Canada and Singapore. PCM Editor James Wood looks at what’s gone right and wrong,... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 06:03

MagnaCarta Communications has published its 2019 FinTech Disruptors study, “Removing Roadblocks: The New Road of FinTech” in partnership with Klarna. This study, which sought responses from 5,000 professionals across Europe,... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 06:02

A new report from SWIFT and the Boston Consulting Group, Global Payments 2018, has projected major shifts in emphasis and structure for the payments industry over the next decade. Whilst... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 06:01

The tenth anniversary edition of the EFMA report, Innovation in Retail Banking, reports that banks are increasing levels of investment in payments technologies and channels in an effort to keep... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 06:00

Different approaches to the regulation of new payments technologies is creating confusion and uncertainty for payments companies and consumers within different regions and between countries. This uncertainty risks impeding innovation... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 05:57

Visa and Mastercard have offered to cut merchant interchange fees for non-EU credit and debit cards by at least 40 percent to end an EU antitrust investigation, part of a... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 05:56

Millennium bcp has become the first European bank to issue UnionPay cards. Chinese President Xi Jinping joined Portugal’s Prime Minster Antonio Costa to witness the signing of an agreement between... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 05:56

Google has announced that it has been granted an e-money licence and authorised as a payment institution in the Republic of Ireland, paving the way for it to begin providing... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 05:55

The presence of an omni-channel commerce is becoming much more of a reality in 2019 and Mobile POS is the natural next step in a multi-channel payments providing customers with... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 05:49

As online shopping continues to grow, especially through mobile commerce, the UK now has the lowest proportion of high street spending in Europe. According to new research by Mastercard, just... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 05:48

Huawei is set to launch a major expansion to its mobile payments platform, Huawei Pay, as it once again looks to take on the likes of Apple and Samsung. The... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 05:47

Travelex has released a study into attitudes towards cash and other payment technologies: Do we really want a cashless society? The study, which looks at cash and cashless technology usage... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 05:33

Digital and mobile wallets have been spoken about in the industry for many years. Since their inception, the payments industry in particular has paid close attention to the underlying technologies... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 05:30

PayPal and Ipsos have released a new e-commerce report, Cross-Border Consumer Research 2018. The report, which investigates the online shopping habits of approximately 34,000 consumers in 31 countries, reveals a... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 05:29

Hot on the heels of Tieto launching its API Hub, Spiir’s Nordic API Gateway has received a €5.2 million investment from DNB and Danske Bank as the banks continue their... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 05:28

Visa Inc is to pay £198 million to buy Earthport Plc, a British firm that facilitates international payments transactions for banks and businesses. Visa International Service Association, a unit of... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 05:26

Square has launched its Square In-App Payments SDK (Software Development Kit), enabling developers and sellers to process payments with Square within their consumer-facing mobile apps for the first time. With... read more