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 @ 04:17

The payments market is full of noise about Chinese payments, from WeChat to digital identity. Outside China, however, many dynamic Asian economies are innovating – and offer great opportunities for... read more

09 Jun 21 @ 03:58

Dire predictions that the UK would collapse after its exit from the EU were as far-fetched as unfounded optimism that it would become Europe’s Singapore on leaving. To date, we’ve... read more

09 Jun 21 @ 03:49

Digital wallets and account-to-account payments are growing fast – but contactless cards are currently Europe’s most popular way to pay, and will remain central to the payments mix. By now,... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 13:09

The WorldPay/FIS Global Payments Report 2021 is one of the landmark studies in the payments calendar. This year, the report suggests a barely-credible rise in digital wallet use in both... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 12:55

New market research on contactless cards from TietoEVRY shows that UK and European consumers are concerned about infection risk when paying in-store, with worries about theft and fraud growing as... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 11:44

The Japanese payments market has long been something of a paradox between technological capabilities and the uptake of those technologies – and cashless payments are no different. On the one... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 11:28

Leading European financial institutions have taken the initiative to establish the European Cloud User Coalition (ECUC). Cloud computing is a key strategic technology for the digital transformation of the European... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 11:23

Data from mobile analytics firm App Annie’s State of Mobile 2021 survey shows financial app use surging through 2020, driven by COVID-19 and the longer-term trend towards mobile as the... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 11:19

Nearly six billion calls were made from fintech APIs to bank servers in the UK in 2020, and more than four million open banking payments were completed. Figures from the... 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 @ 10:26

Proponents say payments automation will reduce costs, speed up transactions and make life easier for consumers and businesses. Yet many problems remain – not least data protection and digital identity... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 10:06

Four of Irelands largest banks are joining forces to launch an instant payments digital payment app, dubbed Synch, that they intent to promote to help fend off the threat posed... read more

23 Dec 20 @ 12:42

Consulting firm Capgemini has set out its vision for where payments are heading in the longer term, envisaging an evolution of the payments process in both the B2B and B2C... read more

23 Dec 20 @ 11:57

As consumers demand faster, smoother digital transactions and fraud rockets, the hunt for a workable online Know Your Customer (KYC) solution is top of the industry’s agenda. James Wood looks... read more

23 Dec 20 @ 11:52

As part of our 2021 preview, we examine the issues facing retail and commercial banks as their customers join the digital economy. When it comes to digital adoption, some banks... 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

18 Aug 20 @ 12:10

It’s been more than two years since the EU launched Open Banking in January 2018. PCM asks how much has really happened since then – and where the future lies... read more

15 Jun 20 @ 05:24

EXCLUSIVE: Payments Cards and Mobile presents the first comprehensive overview of how the current crisis is affecting payments, from e-commerce to digital banking, cash use, fraud trends – and, above... read more

06 Apr 20 @ 13:37

Digital-only banks, or neobanks, have been a major focus for investors, and are gathering new customers by the boatload. But are they really banking’s future – or just a sophisticated... read more