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 @ 10:20

A new report says that major safety gaps in the online banking security systems of some of the UK’s biggest banks have been exposed by a new investigation by consumer... 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

19 Oct 20 @ 03:46

We’re now less than 90 days away from Brexit without much sign of a comprehensive trade deal. We look at what this means for payments in the short to medium... read more

19 Oct 20 @ 03:11

Data released by the Australian payments industry’s self-regulating body, the Australian Payments Network (AusPayNet) has revealed a 19.5 percent decline in card fraud in 2019, the biggest decline since fraud... read more

15 Jun 20 @ 04:28

The Smart Payment Association (SPA), the global trade body for the smart payments industry, has published proposals for an Instant Payment Card that would extend SEPA instant Credit Transfer functionality... read more

13 Feb 20 @ 09:36

Fraud has been a problem since coins were introduced more than two thousand years ago. In today’s digital age, the problem won’t go away – indeed, it’s getting worse despite... read more

13 Feb 20 @ 07:08

From Egypt and Jordan through to the Gulf, the Middle East has seen a lot of progress in payments. Yet some significant roadblocks remain, including rising fraud, enabling cards for... read more

18 Dec 19 @ 15:37

This year’s Money2020 USA in Las Vegas revealed an industry in transformation, with the digital revolution in full flight. Although new products and services were launched to support online transformation,... read more

18 Dec 19 @ 15:24

Although contactless payments are one of the UK’s greatest banking innovations, research from IDEX Biometrics has revealed that consumers are still highly concerned about the threat of contactless fraud. In... read more

12 Oct 19 @ 08:34

The EU’s Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) regulations were meant to come in to full effect on 14 September. Required to enhance e-commerce security in the face of rising fraud, some... read more

06 Aug 19 @ 11:31

As powerful cross industry groups piled on the pressure, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its response to the European Banking Authority’s Opinion on Strong Customer Authentication (SCA)... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 05:18

Driven by contactless card payments and by increased card usage, in 2017 the number of card payments continued to grow across the 33 countries covered by our Yearbook. POS payments... read more

03 Oct 18 @ 13:30

In 2018, banks and retailers are dealing with a new breed of customer: one that expects a fast, seamless online payment experience. When it comes to e-commerce, however, user experience... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 14:34

It all started with Amazon one-click in 1995. Now different buy buttons are widespread across the web. PayPal remains the most pervasive buy button online, with 67 percent of top... read more

11 Oct 17 @ 15:17

Banks and FinTech companies in Europe are on opposite ends of a debate about access to customer data, also known as ‘screen-scraping’. The increasingly public fight came after the European... read more

03 Aug 17 @ 06:48

Passwords are no longer passing muster as a security or authentication method. The problem is quantity as much as quality. The average number of passwords registered to a single e-mail... read more

06 Apr 17 @ 14:54

Now in its tenth year, the Merchant Payments Ecosystem event in Berlin in February has become a firm fixture in the conference calendar. This year’s event saw an expanded exhibition... read more

05 Apr 17 @ 12:36

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published the final draft of its regulatory technical standard (RTS) on strong customer authentication at the end of February. It received 224 responses to the ... read more

03 Feb 17 @ 13:01

First Annapolis recently estimated current in-app mobile payments volume at €60 billion and €125 billion in Europe and North America respectively. US consumers clearly set the trend for mobile usage,... read more