03 Feb 17 @ 12:10
The recent European Banking Authority (EBA) consultation paper on strong customer authentication and secure communications under PSD2 generated 146 responses. A broad cross-section of interested parties, including academic institutions, acquirers,... read more
23 Nov 16 @ 04:50
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
30 Jul 15 @ 17:03
Germans don’t like to buy sight unseen. Or at least they don’t like to pay for the goods without seeing them first. Invoice is still the most common payment method... read more
31 May 15 @ 09:05
PCM examines the extent to which European regulation will continue to drive major industry change by Robert Courtneidge and Joyrene Thomas European regulation, such as the original Payment Services Directive... read more
28 May 15 @ 00:01
PCM examines the extent to which European regulation will continue to drive major industry change by Robert Courtneidge and Joyrene Thomas European regulation, such as the original Payment Services Directive... read more
02 Mar 26 @ 11:25
Three months ago, I was approached by marketing representatives of ETC Mining, who paid $2,500 in Bitcoin for native advertising placement. On the surface, the ... more
24 Feb 26 @ 12:45
After a bruising year on the public markets, PayPal has become the subject of early-stage takeover interest, underscoring how sharply sentiment has shifted arou... more
18 Feb 26 @ 13:35
The race to define the next phase of digital commerce via agentic payments has moved decisively into the banking mainstream. [caption id="attachment_57882"... more
25 Feb 26 @ 17:55
Reports that Stripe is exploring a potential acquisition of PayPal have sent tremors through the global payments industry. The reports follow closely on the he... more