06 Jun 23 @ 09:56

RS2 says that Iceland’s most innovative bank, Landsbankinn, has launched its own merchant acquiring services using RS2’s payments processing platform.  Landsbankinn business customers can now concentrate all their payment services... read more

05 Apr 23 @ 09:47

A new study has found the number of virtual card transactions – randomly generated card numbers linked to a payment account – will exceed 121 billion globally by 2027, up... read more

24 Oct 22 @ 13:21

With a young, dynamic population and a growing economy, Brazil is a hot market for global payments players. But will endemic fraud problems and technical challenges blunt its attraction? There’s... read more

24 Oct 22 @ 10:55

In the last couple of years the global COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns have led to significant changes in patterns of the UK payments market. Lockdowns resulted in large sections... read more

21 Apr 22 @ 10:11

New data from PCM’s yearbooks reveals strong growth in electronic payments across Russia and the former Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) – though cash use persists and next-generation payment technologies... read more

21 Apr 22 @ 09:28

A new study has found that global payment card shipment revenue for technology companies will reach $11.7 billion in 2026, from $9.7 billion in 2022. This 20 percent increase reflects... read more

09 Jun 21 @ 04:24

It’s been four years since UK regulators fired the starting gun on Open Banking, followed closely by the EU and 36 other markets world-wide. As a major new study into... read more

09 Jun 21 @ 04:06

In recent issues, PCM has given readers overviews of payments markets in both Western Europe and Eurasia. Now we focus on Russia – a market characterised by rapid growth and... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 13:44

As the payments ecosystem expands to include new players and payment methods including account to account and blockchain-enabled payments, we ask how much longer merchants are going to put up... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 10:58

PCM EXCLUSIVE: Amid rising hype about mobile wallets, P2P FinTech challengers and QR-code payments, this year’s Digital and Card Payments Yearbooks show a card segment in robust health, with business... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 10:17

Bitpanda is now taking pre-orders for their first physical product – the Bitpanda Card, facilitated by Visa. The card is linked to any asset in a user’s Bitpanda portfolio, allowing... read more

23 Dec 20 @ 12:07

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

23 Dec 20 @ 11:05

Mobile wallet adoption is hotting up and gradually displacing traditional payments forms such as cash and cards in India. This has become even more prevalent during the current COVID-19 crisis... read more

23 Dec 20 @ 10:57

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

15 Jun 20 @ 04:25

Rumours abound that Google is developing a physical and virtual debit card to allow consumers the flexibility to make payments at places that aren’t equipped with POS terminals. The card... read more

06 Apr 20 @ 13:02

A new study from Worldpay 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... read more

18 Dec 19 @ 15:28

A new report reveals that the use of mobile wallets and mobile payments by US consumers has rebounded to 2016 levels or higher after a two-year decline. The use of... read more

18 Dec 19 @ 15:26

Samsung says that in partnership with Mobeewave, a pioneer in contactless mPOS acceptance, the companies will deploy Samsung POS, NFC-enabled contactless payment acceptance on mobile devices worldwide starting October 2019.... read more

14 Oct 19 @ 08:39

The global Real-Time Payments (RTP) market size was valued at 6.90 billion in 2018 and is projected to expand at a CAGR of 29.3 percent from 2019 to 2025. RTPs... read more

13 Oct 19 @ 21:40

The UK’s Co-op is continuing to make changes in-store with the rollout of more cashierless technology into convenience stores as cash use continues to drop. The retailer is extending its... read more