23 Nov 18 @ 16:16

Amazon is reported to be  planing to gear up its challenge to Apple Pay in the mobile-payments race with its own mobile wallet Amazon Pay. The e-commerce giant is working to... read more

06 Apr 16 @ 12:21

Amazon Payments is said to be targeting acquisitions as the value of FinTech “comes back to earth”, a top executive at the e-commerce company says. Global investment in FinTech firms hit $20... read more

12 Feb 15 @ 13:02

Momentum for Amazon’s payments service Login and Pay With Amazon appears to be building after a sluggish start. In January, Amazon reported strong growth in the service among mobile users... read more

26 Aug 20 @ 12:26

If you mentioned that Amazon was trying to take a foothold in the financial services and payments market, not many would be surprised. But what if you explained how deep... read more

03 Mar 20 @ 14:44

FIS has launched its annual Global Payments Report. Over the next few days PCM will bring you highlights broken down into regions with the most interesting analysis and statistics presented... read more

14 Apr 16 @ 12:33

Amazon’s ambitious plans for Amazon Payments could make the retailer a real threat to online digital payments providers, according to an analyst with Verdict Financial. Amazon chose the April 2016 Money20/20... read more

20 Dec 24 @ 13:30

In the past decade, digital wallets, also known as mobile wallets, have been one of the biggest developments in the world of both retail and fintech. Shoppers can use them... read more

15 Aug 24 @ 16:51

As market digitalization accelerates, customer expectations are reshaping how we shop and pay, blending online and offline experiences into unified commerce. Digital wallets are rising in popularity, automated systems promise... read more

02 Jul 24 @ 14:50

Continuing its series on real-time payments beyond Europe, the European Payments Council has delved into the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and its widely acclaimed Unified Payments Interface (UPI),... read more

14 Aug 23 @ 11:56

With the “wallet wars” being waged over recent months, there has been much talk of virtual wallets becoming a vital part of the payments system. Whether a digital wallet (which... read more

24 Jan 23 @ 10:37

Amazon and Stripe have signed an expanded global agreement, deepening the companies’ long-standing partnership. Under the new agreement, Stripe will become a strategic payments partner for Amazon in the US,... read more

01 Jun 21 @ 11:56

India’s leading digital payments provider, Paytm, is planning to raise about $3 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) in India later this year, in what would be the country’s... read more

02 Dec 20 @ 11:10

Following the launch of USD collections for Amazon in the US, Canada and Mexico earlier this year, financial infrastructure provider Banking Circle is now providing USD collections for sellers across... read more

09 Nov 20 @ 19:46

Although the digital wallet has existed for over 20 years now, it’s only within the last decade that they have rapidly evolved, revolutionising the way we search and pay for... read more

31 Jul 20 @ 12:10

A global payments report has confirmed findings from PCM’s proprietary research and other sources that card use is now in slow decline in developed markets and is being replaced by... read more

10 Feb 20 @ 17:10

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has granted permission to WhatsApp Pay, which will cater to 10 million users in India, close to two years after the company’s pilot run.... read more

14 Jun 19 @ 15:33

The Asia Pacific mobile wallet market is set to grow from its current market value of more than $35 billion to over $140 billion by 2024. The increasing penetration of... read more

10 Jun 19 @ 12:53

A Juniper Research report predicts that by 2023 there will be 8 billion devices with voice assistants in them, up from 2.5 billion at the end of 2018, and that... read more

10 Dec 18 @ 12:17

Amazon is continuing to push tests of its cashierless checkout technology for bigger stores with larger spaces and experimenting with the technology in Seattle. The technology functions well in a... read more

18 Oct 18 @ 14:21

Global payments remain one of the brightest spots in the financial services universe. Propelled by positive macroeconomic tailwinds, continuing technological advances, and expanding digital and non-cash mechanisms, global payments businesses... read more