26 Jun 17 @ 11:04

How much is your information worth on the dark web: Spotify account £2.20 Hulu account £2.20 Netflix £0.80 – £2.40 Paypal £1.20 Social Security Number £0.80 Drivers license £16.00 Credit... read more

26 Apr 17 @ 12:01

Australian merchants have reported that cash receivables plummeted by 46% between 2010 and 2016, new research from market analysts East & Partners has found. Should this trend continue, cash payments... read more

15 Feb 17 @ 16:42

Jaguar drivers can now use their car’s in-car payment system and touchscreen to pay for fuel with a new cashless payment app at Shell service stations in the UK. Rather... read more

13 Feb 17 @ 16:51

People get themselves into a terrible tangle about trade-offs in payments. They think that if convenience is prioritised, it must be traded off against security. Likewise acceptance trades off against... read more

10 Feb 17 @ 11:24

Following the European Banking Authority’s consultation paper on strong customer authentication, the future for operators in Europe looks uncertain. Since the introduction of 3-D Secure for card-based e-commerce payments in... read more

17 Jan 17 @ 09:34

The FinTech sector is being shaped by shifting market conditions, new regulations, and changes in consumer demands and behaviors. For the past decade, FinTech companies have moved quickly, forcing incumbents to... read more

27 Oct 16 @ 10:06

India is en-route to overtake the US to become the world’s second largest eCommerce market, according to new research by Worldpay. In its latest global overview of online consumer spending... read more

20 Oct 16 @ 12:43

The Accenture 2016 North America Consumer Digital Payments Survey – is based on a survey of more than 4,000 smartphone users in the United States and Canada, and is the most... read more

14 Jun 16 @ 13:36

Apple’s mobile payment service is now available on websites, though only through Safari browsers, shutting out Chrome and others possibly limiting Apple Pay’s adoption by online retailers. Safari commanded 13% of... read more

03 May 16 @ 13:20

PayPal’s P2P payment service Venmo is under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission. PayPal has acknowledged the situation in an SEC filing: “On March 28th, 2016, we received a Civil Investigative Demand (CID)... read more

29 Apr 16 @ 15:00

Walmart has finally enabled Walmart Pay its mobile wallet in an update to the Walmart iOS app. The company first announced the mobile wallet in December. When iOS users update the app,... read more

25 Apr 16 @ 17:26

UK e-commerce is expected to reach €173.7 billion (10.5% growth) in 2016, according to a new report. Last year, the British e-commerce industry increased by 11% to €157 billion. The report, United Kingdom... read more

20 Apr 16 @ 10:49

Alternative payments are gaining traction in South Africa, with banks and payment companies introducing new solutions. Recent initiatives include the launch of MasterPass, Zapper, FlickPay and SnapScan. The MasterPass digital... read more

04 Apr 16 @ 12:54

Apple is set to launch one-touch shopping to the mobile Web later this year, enabling consumers with Safari browsers running on phones and tablets to use Apple Pay and TouchID to... read more

31 Mar 16 @ 11:21

Square is launching a new e-commerce API that enables merchants to process online payments on their own self-hosted, fully developed websites, taking on PayPal and Stripe with. The API is part... read more

09 Mar 16 @ 09:17

Two of the US’s biggest banks, US Bank and Bank of America are to offer real-time, mobile P2P money transfers to consumer mobile phones over the clearXchange network. ClearXchange, operated by... read more

29 Feb 16 @ 12:02

The GSMA has announced that the number of active mobile money accounts worldwide now exceeded 130 million, with more than 100 million new registered users added in 2015. According to the... read more

24 Feb 16 @ 16:49

Alexander Silva is thinking less and less about his bank these days. He uses his Venmo app at least three times a month to pay his rent or reimburse a... read more

02 Feb 16 @ 10:15

Germany has a new online payment method. Launched during the final quarter of 2015, paydirekt facilitates ACH-funded payments between consumers and merchants. Germany already has various alternative online payment types,... read more

19 Jan 16 @ 11:41

Payment card providers that are battling for market share are introducing new services to defend and expand their client base.  New initiatives by issuers bring a better customer experience.  However,... read more