30 Mar 22 @ 17:34

If markets like Brazil, Colombia and Argentina are digitising their financial services sector faster than anywhere else on Earth, then they are also experiencing rampant fraud attempts in digital channels.... read more

08 Feb 22 @ 10:49

Remote and contactless payments popularity with consumers grew during the pandemic, which is prompting the need for a robust digital identity infrastructure in the Payments 4.X era.1 In the connected... read more

15 Nov 21 @ 18:05

Promotion abuse is the fastest-growing fraud threat facing online marketplaces, with 52% of companies noticing an increase in abuse activity over the past year, new data from fraud detection and... read more

02 Mar 21 @ 17:26

From acquiring to fraud, the role of big tech, mobile wallets and faster payments – PCM’s James Wood asks industry leaders to play Gypsy Rosie Lee and read what’s on... read more

17 Nov 20 @ 18:56

As 2020 comes to an end, leaders in governments and key industries are working to determine how people can safely return to work, particularly in travel and tourism where jobs... 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 Apr 20 @ 13:49

Doug Gray, Chief Commercial Officer at Maxa, says the holy grail of online commerce – improving transaction security while reducing consumer friction – is achievable. By adopting online contactless payments,... read more

11 Oct 19 @ 09:51

In 2019, Europe’s Revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) dominated the conversation around payment regulation. However, there are a number of countries with parallel regulations already in place or in plan.... read more

16 Oct 18 @ 12:57

The Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) certainly covers a lot of ground, but one important and largely overlooked aspect is the requirement that: “strong customer authentication […] should be applied each... read more

24 May 18 @ 17:31

The term on-demand refers to the way in which a good or service is sold as opposed to what is sold. The primary characteristic of on-demand is that the customer... read more

17 Apr 18 @ 16:02

E-commerce fraud is on the rise. While digitalisation has streamlined processes, consolidated data and vastly improved the efficiency of administration, it’s as much a blessing as a curse. When it... read more

21 Mar 18 @ 07:21

Nearly all Chinese travellers (91%) would be more willing to shop and spend at overseas merchants that accepted Chinese mobile payments, according to a new Nielsen report, jointly released by... read more

13 Dec 17 @ 15:39

American Express announced it is eliminating the requirement for merchants to collect Card Members’ signatures for all purchase transactions at the point of sale beginning in April 2018. The move,... read more

09 Mar 17 @ 15:22

A new report published by Allied Market Research projects that the global prepaid card market is anticipated to reach $3,653 billion by 2022, registering a CAGR of 22.7% from 2016 to... read more

06 Dec 16 @ 11:41

Alipay, now the world’s largest online and mobile payment platform, operated by Ant Financial Services Group, has announced a series of partnerships with some of Europe’s largest financial institutions and... read more

20 Feb 15 @ 09:25

The market for banking in sub-Saharan Africa has developed slowly. The majority of people in sub-Saharan Africa (as many as three in every four) are still unbanked, meaning that their... read more

25 Feb 14 @ 15:00

At Mobile World Congress, MasterCard and Syniverse joined forces to deliver enhanced mobile payment security for consumers traveling abroad. By tying their payment card settings to the geolocation of their... read more

10 Sep 13 @ 09:00

Datacard Group has announced that Ecobank Transnational Inc., a financial services provider with operations in over 30 African countries, is enhancing their customer service levels by implementing Datacard financial instant... read more