24 Jun 22 @ 15:30

Credit card reward schemes have been in the doldrums for years. With “alt pays” such as account-to-account payments and crypto slowly replacing cards, we ask what’s happening to reward schemes,... read more

20 Jun 22 @ 19:52

Facebook is so convinced the metaverse is the future, it’s changed its name. But is a fully-digital life possible, or even desirable? James Wood, Payments Cards & Mobile Managing Editor... read more

06 Jun 22 @ 09:15

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) has been a payments phenomenon in recent years – however, regulators are now looking at more stringent legislation to protect consumers. While the success of... read more

25 May 22 @ 10:22

As blockchain-enabled systems and crypto (mainly) flourish, pundits claim there’s a non-bank future before us with lower fees, faster transactions and instant exchanges of value from person to person. Payments... read more

11 May 22 @ 11:53

Headquartered in Europe, RS2 have launched a new service as a global full-service payment provider. We spoke to Radi El Haj, RS2 CEO, to find out what this move means... read more

28 Apr 22 @ 16:49

A new report based on an independent global survey from Edgar, Dunn & Company found a strong affinity towards physical and metal payment cards, especially with digital-native millennials. The majority... read more

27 Apr 22 @ 16:41

“170 years ago Americans pushed westward across the frontier to seek their fortune in the gold rush. Greed and lawlessness turned this promised land into the Wild West, where the... read more

25 Apr 22 @ 17:30

The Modern Bank Heists report, which annually takes the pulse of the financial industry’s top CISOs and security leaders to provide executives with a ground truth on the changing behaviour... read more

05 Apr 22 @ 14:22

In the digital era, many consumers complete nearly all of their financial administration via online means, and only set foot in a physical branch for a specific reason. In 2020,... read more

29 Mar 22 @ 16:45

Globalization is by no means a new concept. For over two decades, technological innovation has enhanced the international connectedness of local societies, facilitating the rise of a globally-enabled economy. Whereas... read more

23 Mar 22 @ 10:34

Unauthorised financial fraud losses across payment cards, remote banking and cheques totalled £783.8 million in 2020 according to a report by UK Finance, the industry body. In addition, UK Finance... read more

11 Mar 22 @ 11:51

Much has been made of the death of cash and more recently the decline of the ATM estate worldwide, but the industry is still expected to reach $29.89 billion by... read more

03 Feb 22 @ 16:11

Increasingly blurred boundaries mean that practically anyone can declare themselves a payment provider, using banking-as-a-service to embed payments. Customers can filter this choice through a lens of preference and habit. For firms, complexity... read more

03 Feb 22 @ 15:11

In the first of a two-part series, PCM finds out from Discover Global Network why creative partnerships between FinTech start-ups and established financial institutions are the future. The rapid integration... read more

31 Jan 22 @ 16:58

The last decade has seen massive changes in payments – from the advent of digital wallets and contactless transactions through to the rise of crypto and blockchain-based solutions. The past... read more

25 Jan 22 @ 12:07

Thanks to the pandemic, consumers have become accustomed to doing almost everything online, accelerating digital transformation and embedding new behaviours. After a 5% in global payment revenues in 2021, the... read more

19 Jan 22 @ 12:53

Following the October 2020 launch of a “sand dollar” by the Bahamian Central Bank, other markets are making moves to normalise the use of cryptocurrencies in their economies with varying... read more

18 Jan 22 @ 14:32

Mobile continues to dominate as consumers spent a record 3.8 trillion hours on mobile in 2021, according to the State of Mobile 2022 report by App Annie. The company revealed... read more

12 Jan 22 @ 16:41

For years, payments investors focused on consumers’ switch to digital and mobile payments. More recently, investors have shifted to business to business (B2B) payments, where analysts see huge opportunities for... read more

12 Jan 22 @ 12:00

As the world recovers from the pandemic, users around the world are returning to public transit—and a transformation of how riders pay for these journeys is underway. PCM learns about... read more