15 Jun 20 @ 05:20

Digital transactions are taking over. Contactless is booming. Meanwhile, small and medium retailers are under intense cost pressure after COVID and don’t want to upgrade their terminals – while some... read more

06 Apr 20 @ 12:56

Large U.S. banks are currently delivering the best overall customer experience for both e-commerce and brick-and-mortar small businesses, but fintech payments specialists such as PayPal and Square are hot on... read more

06 Apr 20 @ 12:23

New analysis has found a growing appetite for point of sale credit finance – otherwise known as ‘buy now, pay later’ – among younger UK consumers, with over 60 percent... read more

06 Apr 20 @ 12:16

Apple’s mobile wallet is growing rapidly and taking a chunk out of card payments around the world as it goes. Apple Pay accounts for about 5 percent of global card... read more

13 Feb 20 @ 06:52

UK social commerce (selling on social media platforms) is set to double over the next six months. That’s one of the findings from PayPal’s fourth Annual Commerce Index. The new research... read more

18 Dec 19 @ 15:23

The world’s biggest card networks — including Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover Financial Services — have joined forces to create a new one-click payments button, using the EMVCo’s EMV... read more

06 Aug 19 @ 12:17

The rise of digital payments is one reason why some analysts predict heavy weather for the major card networks. Others include tighter regulation, possible disintermediation through open banking innovations, creaking... read more

06 Aug 19 @ 11:34

Facebook’s launch of a stablecoin named Libra, made with an array of blue-chip partners, has met with a tepid response from industry commentators. However, the announcement confirms blockchain’s real and... read more

03 Jun 19 @ 14:36

E-commerce payments in the Gulf states, which have grown rapidly in recent years, are set to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.1 percent from AED 31.5... read more

03 Jun 19 @ 14:35

The German e-commerce market is predicted to increase by 9 percent this year, meaning the online retail industry could be worth €57.8 billion at the end of 2019. The latest... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 13:18

A late 2017 McKinsey study warned payments firms should be more worried about “Big Tech” than fintechs as a threat to their businesses. Since then, Facebook, Apple, Google and Amazon... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 13:11

Successive waves of Point-of-Sale (POS) terminals are “sunsetting” – no longer receiving software updates – leading to significant upgrade or replacement costs for retailers. Meanwhile, non-POS methods of payment are... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 05:30

PayPal and Ipsos have released a new e-commerce report, Cross-Border Consumer Research 2018. The report, which investigates the online shopping habits of approximately 34,000 consumers in 31 countries, reveals a... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 06:37

Half of the most significant brands in the UK are associated with payment technologies, according to an index recently launched by Opinium Research. The Most Connected Brands Index, which included... read more

03 Oct 18 @ 13:48

Alternative payments methods such as mobile and digital wallets are steadily displacing traditional payment methods such as cards, bank transfers and cash or cheques in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) e-commerce market. ... read more

03 Oct 18 @ 13:47

It has been an interesting few weeks in the P2P payments market. It all began when Snapchat  announced that it will cease Snapcash, its mobile P2P payments app for Snapchat,... read more

03 Oct 18 @ 13:32

In recent years, interchange rates have come under increasing pressure from a variety of judicial reviews by the US Federal Reserve, the European Union and individual countries such as Canada,... read more

03 Oct 18 @ 12:53

Online retailers are continuing to lose out on sales by failing to address customers’ preferred alternative payment methods. According to new research, 67 percent of UK consumers have abandoned an... read more

03 Oct 18 @ 12:30

Kroger has made good on its threat to stop accepting Visa credit cards, the culmination of a dispute over the interchange fee retailers pay to card networks for each transaction... read more

09 Aug 18 @ 15:01

The benefits and functionality of prepaid are now being appreciated by all types of issuers and customers. Prepaid is increasingly becoming the infrastructure of choice for FinTech innovation. So, what... read more