08 Jul 24 @ 11:56

The Australian Banking Association (ABA) has released findings from a strategic review conducted by Accenture on the roll-out of the Consumer Data Right (CDR) regime, the country’s opt-in Open Banking... read more

28 Jun 24 @ 12:33

New research by Bain Consulting presented at the recent MPE conference claims the number of payment cards in circulation will peak card by 2029, followed by a decline in favour... read more

26 Jun 24 @ 09:30

The $30 billion preliminary interchange fee settlement between Mastercard, Visa and retailers has been formally rejected by the US courts. The ruling means both Visa and Mastercard will have to... read more

14 Jun 24 @ 11:41

Billions worth of currency travels around the world every second. And many of those billions come from individuals — not just from the trading of stocks from brokers in capital... read more

12 Jun 24 @ 16:32

Interchange fee litigation in the UK is nothing new: the Courts have seen cases brought by individual merchants, and a collective consumer action, against Mastercard and Visa. What is new is that – subject to revised... read more

12 Jun 24 @ 09:34

Reports coming out of Germany suggest that the German banks have lost patience with Giropay and its holding company Paydirekt GmbH. If the shareholders of Giropay are currently voting on... read more

11 Jun 24 @ 17:05

Mastercard says it has a vision for 100% e-commerce tokenization in Europe by the end of the decade. This supports a global commitment to phase out manual card entry and... read more

05 Jun 24 @ 08:29

At Money 2020 Europe, Visa announced a significant milestone achieved by its tokenisation technology. The company revealed that Visa tokens have generated more than $40 billion1 in incremental e-commerce revenue... read more

03 Jun 24 @ 14:55

In the first of a series of articles powered by leading PayTech specialists G + D, we examine why getting the right product to market rapidly matters more than ever... read more

29 May 24 @ 14:24

Pay.UK, the operator of the UK’s national retail payments system including Faster Payments, Bacs and Direct Debit, has announced the results of its pioneering fraud detection and prevention pilot in... read more

24 May 24 @ 08:54

The credit card payments industry is undergoing substantial expansion propelled by technological advancements and the growing acceptance of digital transactions. The sector holds importance in the world economy as credit... read more

21 May 24 @ 13:11

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has released its provisional findings into its “Market review of card scheme and processing fees” interim report, finding that the cards schemes do not face effective... read more

20 May 24 @ 16:32

The European payments landscape is undergoing a significant transformation, with Visa and Mastercard losing their dominant online payment positions in several markets. This shift indicates a substantial change in consumer... read more

15 May 24 @ 16:57

Payment providers are considering tokenization and blockchain-based decentralized finance systems to enhance transaction transparency, auditability and exploring various other use cases. Financial institutions and intermediaries are increasingly embracing the adoption... read more

10 May 24 @ 15:43

Fans of embedded payments say they’re the future: financial services working in the background, or “embedded” in other commercial functions. For some time, developments in technology have been making payments... read more

09 May 24 @ 10:21

As new ways to pay come to the fore and cash takes a back seat, having a modern software infrastructure that can cope with online and mobile payments is vital... read more

01 May 24 @ 18:39

The U.S. Supreme Court says it has declined to hear an appeal from Visa and Mastercard over a decision allowing consumers and ATM operators to band together in class actions... read more

26 Apr 24 @ 16:30

As second-generation mobile point of sale (mPOS) devices emerge and consumers continue to gravitate towards mobile as their main shopping channel, it won’t be long before traditional POS devices and... read more

19 Apr 24 @ 13:25

Having survived the hype cycle, so-called “bank in a box” services will shift how banking and payments work over the next five years, creating new revenue streams for traditional banking... read more

17 Apr 24 @ 15:22

Payment tokens offer massively improved security by turning sensitive personal information such as credit card and account numbers and turning them into a secure “token”, represented by a unique set... read more