13 Oct 25 @ 13:42

Financial fraud has always been a moving target. From cheque fraud to phishing, criminals consistently adapt their methods to exploit weaknesses in the financial system. Yet in 2025, the contest... read more

13 Oct 25 @ 13:22

The payments industry may be on the cusp of one of its most dramatic shifts in decades. Reports suggest that large retailers, notably Walmart and Amazon, are exploring the issuance... read more

13 Oct 25 @ 13:02

For decades, retailers have fixated on Baby Boomers and Millennials as the twin pillars of consumer spending. Yet a quiet generational shift is underway. In 2025, Generation X – those... read more

13 Oct 25 @ 13:00

For three decades, e-commerce has relied on a familiar grammar: a search bar, a product page, and the decisive click on a “buy now” button. But the rise of agentic... read more

13 Oct 25 @ 12:41

Cyber attacks are increasingly exploiting the weakest points in corporate supply chains, making third-party vendors a prime route into some of the world’s largest organisations. Once a marginal concern, these... read more

13 Oct 25 @ 12:36

Zelle has entered 2025 with unprecedented momentum, reporting 2 billion transactions and nearly $600 billion in payments during H1 2025. The network, operated by Early Warning Services, recorded double-digit growth... read more

05 Aug 25 @ 17:12

Once a niche feature of the crypto fringes, stablecoins are fast becoming a core component of the global financial system. These digital tokens—typically pegged one-to-one with fiat currencies such as... read more

05 Aug 25 @ 17:03

In an era defined by urgent climate imperatives and shifting social expectations, the payments industry finds itself at a strategic inflection point. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations, once the... read more

05 Aug 25 @ 09:03

There is something in the air folks, first Amazon, then Mastercard and now Visa has unveiled a major strategic vision for the future of digital payments including agentic AI. The... read more

05 Aug 25 @ 09:02

At Google I/O 2025, the tech giant unveiled a slate of AI-powered innovations poised to reshape online shopping. Chief among them is agentic AI checkout—a feature that does more than... read more

05 Aug 25 @ 09:00

Fiserv has announced plans to acquire full control of AIB Merchant Services (AIBMS), one of Ireland’s leading payment solution providers and a top-tier e-commerce acquirer in Europe. The move will... read more

24 Mar 25 @ 14:13

Merchants have accepted returns policy abuse as part and parcel of their enterprises for a long time. Online commerce has exacerbated the problem as much as it has brought new... read more

24 Mar 25 @ 14:09

GenAI is being applied to payments to revolutionise processes beyond mere automation of tasks. Personalised experiences at the check-out such as dynamic credit scoring and conversational assistants are to the... read more

24 Mar 25 @ 09:46

Digital retail, e-tail, e-commerce- whatever you choose to call it- is booming and fierce competition is playing out on the mobile phone. The mobile landscape itself is growing and usage... read more

11 Feb 25 @ 11:59

When technology, particularly AI technologies, advances at rates unprecedented in financial services and indeed the history of humanity, it can be prudent and helpful to take a sense check once... read more

11 Feb 25 @ 11:15

In the midst of groundbreaking AI developments and digital-centric culture shifts, the humble British supermarket has become a reassuring harbinger of human reality triumph. As absurd as that sounds, in... read more

11 Feb 25 @ 11:10

When it comes to the founder – investor space, amid all the noise that can surround funding rounds and announcements there is a quiet, steely backdrop of self-starting start-ups. Anna... read more

11 Feb 25 @ 10:59

The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has officially launched Wero, a mobile wallet and instant account-to-account payment solution, in Belgium. Following successful rollouts in Germany and France earlier this year, Wero... read more

11 Feb 25 @ 10:58

Unicaja, one of Spain’s leading banks, has partnered with Fiserv to develop cutting-edge payment and e-commerce solutions tailored to the evolving needs of merchants in Spain. This strategic collaboration marks... read more

10 Dec 24 @ 10:53

As far as non-card payments go, we all know how much data has to offer. In a separate and ongoing dialogue, we talk about what AI has to offer. Combining... read more