09 Jul 20 @ 11:45

Growth in European e-commerce sales reached €636 billion in 2019, up by 14.2% from the previous year. European e-commerce turnover is forecast to grow at around 12.7% and to hit... read more

08 Jul 20 @ 11:05

New reveals that despite universal consumer advice that one password for all financial accounts is equivalent to leaving the front door open, only 40% of UK consumers have separate passwords... read more

06 Jul 20 @ 09:30

Four in ten UK shoppers (38%) abandon an e-commerce purchase at least once a week, with a fifth (21%) claiming to do so more regularly. That’s according to new research... read more

02 Jul 20 @ 14:23

A group of 16 major European banks from five countries (Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain) paved the way for the future launch of the European Payments Initiative (EPI). ... read more

30 Jun 20 @ 16:10

Widespread improvements in the speed and geographic reach of mobile internet have led to the creation new digital banking services driven by cloud computing and intelligent terminal technology. Industry analysts... read more

25 Jun 20 @ 12:25

Ravelin has released an update to its Global Payment Regulation & Authentication Report, with analysis of billions of transactions during Q1 2020. In the run up to the original PSD2... read more

22 Jun 20 @ 12:18

VODACOM’s mobile money platform, M-Pesa now enables customers to receive money from over 200 countries across the world directly into their M-Pesa wallet. Speaking in Dar es Salaam during an... read more

18 Jun 20 @ 09:00

Planet has agreed to acquire 3C Payment. 3C Payment’s gateway, integration and terminal capabilities, when combined with Planet’s value added payment services, will create a unique platform in the payments... read more

16 Jun 20 @ 16:23

Last week the US House Committee on Financial Services held a virtual hearing about the Digital Dollar or central bank digital currency (CBDC). The event promised to be interesting as two... read more

09 Jun 20 @ 13:15

CaixaBank has begun a nationwide deployment of facial recognition ATMs. The deployment is the first launched by a financial institution on a global level that allows users to withdraw money... read more

04 Jun 20 @ 16:06

CipherTrace has released its Spring 2020 Cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering and Crime Report with key data on cryptocurrency crimes and trends that will have regulatory repercussions for VASPs and other financial institutions. In the... read more

04 Jun 20 @ 15:50

A new retail report has conducted two international surveys focusing on the deployment of digital technologies and payment methods in retail sector, as well as consumers’ willingness to use them.... read more

03 Jun 20 @ 11:57

Financial services organisations are trusted with far more than just money; they are also responsible for keeping customers’ highly sensitive personal and financial data under lock and key. They are... read more

02 Jun 20 @ 15:51

Western Union is reported to have made an offer to acquire MoneyGram in a transaction that would bring together the two largest money-transfer service providers in the US. Western Union... read more

02 Jun 20 @ 13:00

A new global consumer trends report, Global Consumer Trends – The New Normal, has been released which documents how consumer preferences across a range of activities has changed. From Work,... read more

02 Jun 20 @ 11:50

A new report offers a comprehensive review of the blockchain landscape, COVID-19’s impact on crypto, and what’s in store for the rest of 2020. “Crypto not blockchain” was the dominant... read more

01 Jun 20 @ 11:20

US card issuers have surpassed the 1 billion EMV chip cards mark to take second place in total EMV cards deployed, behind the global leader, Asia Pacific. Now the shift... read more

27 May 20 @ 11:29

New research reveals that over the next six months 35% of UK adults expect the level of their e-commerce to increase compared to 18% who anticipate it will fall. Overall,... read more

27 May 20 @ 10:47

A new study has analysed Europe’s leading cashless economies. The study highlights the countries where citizens are most likely to go completely cashless and who uses contactless payments the most.... read more

26 May 20 @ 13:43

Payment cards and other cashless payment methods may well be reducing the demand for ATMs and cash, but many countries and sectors remain heavily cash dependent. This is according to... read more