04 Feb 21 @ 17:15

Payment volume on the ACH Network experienced record growth in 2020 as the pandemic accelerated the nation’s shift to electronic payments. The 26.8 billion payments made on the ACH Network... read more

03 Feb 21 @ 17:59

It is becoming painfully clear that the pandemic is a boon of epic proportions for fraudsters. Between COVID-19 scams targeting consumers, the wholesale theft of government benefits, and playing on... read more

27 Jan 21 @ 17:33

Card payments in China have been on a sustained growth path for the last few years. While the growth has been somewhat affected by COVID-19, it is still forecasted to... read more

26 Jan 21 @ 15:18

Fraud in the UK has reached epidemic levels and should be seen as a national security issue, according to think tank the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). Driven in part... read more

25 Jan 21 @ 11:20

Mastercard has announced that it will raise interchange fees by about five times the current limit when a UK card holder uses a debit or credit card to buy from... read more

22 Jan 21 @ 13:28

App Annie has released The State of Mobile 2021 report. This annual appraisal provides insight into mobile’s expansive impact across industries and the global economy. 2020 accelerated mobile adoption as... read more

15 Jan 21 @ 16:50

As the new year begins, and we try to rebuild our economies, we need to rethink the way we regulate finance. That is because the challenges posed by the COVID-19... read more

15 Jan 21 @ 16:01

Since the COVID-19 pandemic changed the world’s behaviour, ATM usage has seen a rapid decline in most geographies. This has been powered by a combination of lack of movement and... read more

14 Jan 21 @ 10:48

As the one-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic approaches and digital payments play a larger role in daily life around the world, there will be no reverse gear on consumer... read more

13 Jan 21 @ 11:36

Today marks the third year since open banking became a regulatory requirement. The aim of this regulation was to increase competition and choice for consumers and small businesses. The UK’s... read more

12 Jan 21 @ 17:02

With the growing threat of fraud fuelled by the digital acceleration that took place in 2020, the 2021 Future of Fraud Forecast reveals five emerging fraud threats facing businesses. The... read more

05 Jan 21 @ 17:53

Brexit is done, and its done with a trade deal. We look at what this means for payments in the short to medium term, from passporting rights to staffing, interchange... read more

04 Jan 21 @ 17:04

In 2018, there were 60 worldwide digital challenger banks, the so called Neobanks, that had launched up to that date. Now, only three years later, that number has increased by... read more

17 Dec 20 @ 11:19

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation journey, with increasing numbers of non-finance digital brands embracing Banking as a Service (BaaS). At the same time, there remains a huge... read more

15 Dec 20 @ 11:25

Worldline has signed a major strategic commercial acquiring alliance with ANZ Bank, one of the largest banks in Asia-Pacific and Australia’s 3rd largest acquirer with a 20% share of transaction... read more

14 Dec 20 @ 16:30

The European Banking Federation today has published Banking in Europe: Facts & Figures, its annual update on the banking sector in Europe. The publication shows that the contraction in the European... read more

11 Dec 20 @ 17:21

Nearly half (40%) of merchants are reporting a rise in friendly fraud over the past 12 months, but the majority are struggling to challenge Google Pay and Apple Pay chargebacks... read more

07 Dec 20 @ 18:58

A new report states that senior payments executives at banks feel like they are locked in a payments technology arms race. They also worryingly describe themselves as held back by... read more

01 Dec 20 @ 15:52

New data has found that $1,120 billion will be spent by global online shoppers on international e-commerce websites and digital services in 2022. This will represent around 20% of total... read more

25 Nov 20 @ 12:53

Payments and accounts services are at the core of banks’ offering to customers. They contributed about a third of European banks’ total revenues in 2019, and represent banks’ leading source... read more