06 Feb 19 @ 05:25

Ingenico and Deutscher Sparkassenverlag (DSV), have announced the completed merger of BS PAYONE, a Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe subsidiary, with Ingenico Retail assets in DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) following the approval of the... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 05:24

Nets and Concardis have confirmed that they have completed their merger, as originally announced in June 2018. Bo Nilsson will lead the combined group as CEO, and Robert Hoffmann will... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 05:23

Pay.UK’s Faster Payments team has announced the official launch of the anti-money laundering Mule Insights Tactical Solution (MITS) following a successful pilot by participants of the UK’s real-time payment service.... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 05:18

Driven by contactless card payments and by increased card usage, in 2017 the number of card payments continued to grow across the 33 countries covered by our Yearbook. POS payments... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 05:07

A range of pressures are bearing down on acquiring and processing businesses, including the emergence of new technologies such as faster payments and blockchain solutions – not to mention increasing... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 11:48

The World Payments Report 2018 from Capgemini and BNP Paribas predicts non-cash transactions will accelerate over the next five years to reach a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.7... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 11:46

New research from sharespost.com describes the global payments industry as a business opportunity worth $110 trillion, including domestic non-cash payments ($55 trillion), cross-border payments ($25 trillion), retail payments ($25 trillion)... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 11:45

Accenture has warned traditional banks that new entrants have arrived as significant players in banking, and that the industry is now seeing revenues shift towards these new players. According to... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 11:42

The 2018 edition of FIS’s annual “Flavour of Fast” report has revealed a world in full migration towards faster payments. As part of this annual study, FIS produces a ranking... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 11:39

The major card networks dominate the modern payments landscape, and have been a driver of global commerce over the last fifty years. The last few years’ statistics confirm this dominance... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 11:30

Born around the turn of the millennium, a new generation of consumers has entered adulthood in 2018. They have never known a world without mobile phones and tablet computers, have... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 11:26

Contactless payment card issuance is set to hit 1.5 billion units in 2018, accounting for over 50 percent of all payment card shipments delivered globally. Breaking the 50 percent barrier... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 11:23

Sweden’s central bank is preparing to launch a cryptocurrency, according to reports. The Riksbank started an e-Krona project in the spring of 2017 to examine the scope for the creation of... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 11:22

New research reveals that the number of payment cards in circulation worldwide reached 15 billion at the end of 2017, with UnionPay continuing to hold the largest share. The 15... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 11:21

Mastercard, WorldPay and AmEx were among the payment processors who took part in a ‘cyber war game’, in a bid to test their systems amid rising IT security threats. The... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 11:19

Unified Payments Interface (UPI), a system which allows for instant bank-to-bank fund transfers is gradually taking the lead over the vibrant mobile wallet market in India. A large chunk of... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 11:17

Yoyo Wallet has secured $30 million in a partnership agreement from Twitter and Coinbase investor Hard Yaka. As part of the agreement, Yoyo will integrate its “omni-channel commerce API” with... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 06:46

Consumer desire for convenience is reshaping the retail sector, where retailers are scrambling to offer a seamless shopping experience with the latest technologies such as self-service checkout systems and contactless... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 06:43

Mobile wallet adoption in Asian markets like China, India and Taiwan is much higher than their Western counterparts such as the US, the UK and Germany. According to a new... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 06:37

Half of the most significant brands in the UK are associated with payment technologies, according to an index recently launched by Opinium Research. The Most Connected Brands Index, which included... read more