11 Feb 25 @ 11:03

The European mobile payments landscape is evolving, with Poland’s BLIK and Sweden’s Swish set to extend their NFC payment capabilities to iOS users. This shift follows Apple’s decision to open... read more

25 Aug 22 @ 10:50

After nearly two years of painstaking implementation, P27 will soon be ready to transition from working with prospective participants serving actual customers. Instant payments are at the top of P27’s... read more

13 Oct 19 @ 13:38

Nets and Swish have announce their collaboration on an in-store payments pilot programme. Until now, Swish has mostly been used for account-to-account transactions and, more recently, e-commerce payments. Now the... read more

24 Mar 25 @ 14:19

Digital and mobile infrastructure continue to pave the way for some compelling growth metrics across the E33, as e-commerce and Bulgarian payments soar. PCM’s exclusive annual comprehensive review of the... read more

11 Feb 25 @ 11:01

Digital payments are rapidly reshaping commerce and consumer behaviour across the US and Europe. Findings from McKinsey’s ninth annual Digital Payments Survey reveal nearly universal adoption of digital payment methods,... read more

10 Dec 24 @ 10:10

Card payments dominate the Nordic payment landscape, with 90% of shoppers using them for contactless payments either daily or once a week, according to new research conducted on by Nets.... read more

21 Feb 24 @ 10:56

As Asian economic powerhouses join up their faster payment systems and Africa follows suit, Europe lags in confusion, directives, initiatives and strategies. James Wood asks why Europe can’t copy Asia’s... read more

14 Dec 23 @ 16:19

As funding dries up for neo-banks and questions arise over their capacity to secure account balances from the many customers who have opened digital-only accounts in recent years, it looks... read more

14 Dec 23 @ 15:56

Nordic countries continue to lead the world in their adoption of cashless payment methods, according to a new Nordic Payments Report. Cash use in the Nordics is the lowest in... read more

14 Aug 23 @ 15:22

Amid the glare of red rockets, one imagines, the US has finally announced the launch of FedNow for July 2023.  57 US banks (out of some 14,000 with licenses in... read more

14 Aug 23 @ 14:27

The 2023 version of The Global Payments Report by Worldpay, has revealed that Account to Account payments are now worth $525 billion globally – and are projected to grow at... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 13:27

Open Banking services are taking off world-wide. But questions remain about how some players – especially banks – can make money out of this new era. As Variable Recurring Payments... read more

29 Dec 22 @ 04:17

The European Payments Initiative (EPI), launched to some fanfare in 2020, was supposed to offer a payments solution “catering and corresponding to European needs.” But as the EPI’s scope changes... read more

21 Apr 22 @ 09:47

New data from the UK’s Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) shows products in-market and user numbers accelerating. Meanwhile, major European markets such as France and Germany are moving from strategy... read more

16 Dec 21 @ 13:16

A new report by European Open Banking services provider Tink finds much positive sentiment about the greater competition and wider palette of services Open Banking will bring. Such breathless optimism... read more

19 Oct 20 @ 03:24

Amidst all the hype about new payments methods and channels, it’s easy to ignore smaller, single-market players – but to do so would be a mistake. Domestic payment schemes accounted... 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

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

13 Feb 20 @ 10:18

The results of PCM’s exclusive 2019 study of payments in 43 markets across Europe and Central Asia are in. They show ATM numbers and usage continuing to decline across Europe,... read more

14 Oct 19 @ 08:39

The global Real-Time Payments (RTP) market size was valued at 6.90 billion in 2018 and is projected to expand at a CAGR of 29.3 percent from 2019 to 2025. RTPs... read more