30 Jan 15 @ 15:04
MasterCard, Comdata and Behalf have teamed up to enable small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) to have a more flexible and convenient way to pay their vendors. The initiative helps improve... read more
24 Mar 25 @ 09:40
As we all know, the payments landscape is undergoing a profound transformation as new technologies, regulatory shifts and evolving consumer preferences redefine how transactions occur. That does not mean that... read more
24 Oct 23 @ 08:35
Adyen has announced that its UK branch has been granted authorisation as a UK bank. This is granted by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)... read more
16 Feb 23 @ 16:07
The EU has set out the world’s first comprehensive set of rules for regulating crypto markets in its MiCA regulation. This is due to receive final approval in the coming... read more
17 Feb 22 @ 13:57
Cross border commerce globally is a multi-trillion dollar opportunity, one that’s ripe for disruption in both SMBs and larger enterprises alike. Cross-border payment flows are expected to reach $156 trillion... read more
16 Dec 21 @ 12:17
Over the past decade, core payments processing has become commoditised, squeezing the margins of merchant acquirers. Their future growth is likely to come from providing merchants with value-added services and... read more
19 Oct 20 @ 03:02
Recent reports make it clear that some big tech players are taking advantage of the uncertainty caused by COVID-19 to make major strategic moves. Despite the global pandemic, Q3 2020... read more
06 Aug 19 @ 09:35
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is launching a merchant acquiring service, NatWest Tyl, for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), heading back into the payments business, putting it in direct competition... read more
06 Feb 19 @ 05:25
Ingenico and Deutscher Sparkassenverlag (DSV), have announced the completed merger of BS PAYONE, a Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe subsidiary, with Ingenico Retail assets in DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) following the approval of the... read more
09 Aug 18 @ 14:34
The mobile POS terminal market is to reach $55 billion by 2024, according to a new research report by the market research and strategy consulting firm, Global Market Insights. The... read more
24 Nov 17 @ 13:57
B2B FinTechs are attracting an increasing proportion of total European FinTech funding, according to a recent research presentation from Innovate Finance and Pitchbook. There has been a growing number of... read more
05 Apr 17 @ 11:39
It has been almost 20 years since the paradigm shift in transaction transport, which made simple payment gateway integration available to an exploding community of web developers. Payment gateways became... read more
30 May 14 @ 11:21
The average cost of handling cash for UK small and medium businesses (SMBs) has reached more than £17.8 billion a year, or £3,638.57 per retailer, according to new research by... read more
27 Mar 14 @ 23:56
PAY.ON, a global provider of omnichannel, web-based payment infrastructure systems, and Kount, an SaaS provider of fraud and chargeback prevention solutions, have agreed on a strategic cooperation between the two... read more
16 Jun 26 @ 18:17
Financial fraud losses in the UK climbed to their highest level in four years during 2025, highlighting the growing sophistication of criminal networks and rais... more
11 Jun 26 @ 16:00
A landmark legal battle that has shaped the economics of card payments in the United States for more than twenty years has taken another significant step toward... more
23 Jun 26 @ 18:52
The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has secured a significant boost to its ambitions of creating a pan-European payments network, with Austria’s largest ba... more