02 Sep 22 @ 13:29

Some experts say cards are a legacy technology while digital wallets and alt-pays are the future. But more powerful cards with multiple functions and better security are fighting back. So... read more

16 Aug 22 @ 16:34

A year ago, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) published a white paper, Going digital: payments in the post-Covid world, that showed how digital channels were replacing traditional modes of payments... read more

18 Jul 22 @ 12:34

Mikael Lijtenstein, CEO of AstroPay, says digital wallets will be the world’s preferred way to pay – but consumers, merchants and PSPs need better service in cross-border transactions. At AstroPay,... read more

17 Jun 22 @ 11:47

The India Central Bank has lifted its restrictions on Mastercard issuing new cards in the domestic market, nearly a year after imposing the ban, after it demonstrated “satisfactory compliance” with... read more

13 Jun 22 @ 13:05

Despite more than a decade of non-stop innovation in online and digital payments, the majority of businesses are happy to settle for a “vanilla” off-the-shelf card program that doesn’t fit... read more

01 Jun 22 @ 13:02

Mastercard finds itself in the dock with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) which has launched an civil action over alleged anti-competitive pricing activity in the card payments market.... read more

19 May 22 @ 12:26

Digital wallets and account-to-account payments are growing fast – but contactless cards are currently Europe’s most popular way to pay, and will remain central to the payments mix. With fraud... read more

12 May 22 @ 14:45

Google is rumoured to be bringing back its Google Wallet product in some form after it made the app part of Google Pay, along with images of the new app... read more

06 May 22 @ 09:00

Alongside a host of other Western companies, PayPal, Mastercard, Apple and Visa have pulled out of the Russian market following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with major banks such as JP... read more

05 May 22 @ 10:30

New data from Payments Cards & Mobile’s Digital and Card Payments yearbooks reveals strong growth in electronic payments across Russia and the former Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) – though... read more

05 May 22 @ 10:00

As both Visa and Mastercard announce higher charges for e-commerce transactions and almost two-thirds of Europeans now bank online, it seems the popularity of alternative payment methods, or “alt-pays”, continues... read more

04 May 22 @ 09:59

Cryptocurrency has been in the sights of the payments industry for more than a decade, but it still only just making its way into mainstream commerce. One reason is volatility... read more

29 Apr 22 @ 18:02

Visa has (again) posted much stronger than expected Q1 2022 earnings amid a consumer spending rebound powered in part by business and personal travel following a “short-lived” jump in Omicron... read more

26 Apr 22 @ 17:16

First it was Visa and Mastercard, then American Express and Discover followed suit, noting that Discover and Diners Club International do not have any active partners in Belarus and Russia.... read more

13 Apr 22 @ 16:41

Whether it’s global warming, resource depletion or the rapid exclusion of populations and communities from resources, our planet is in crisis. In a new white paper, we outline the pressures... read more

13 Apr 22 @ 16:00

Mastercard has joined the land grab by major payments players and banks into the Metaverse, with new filings related to NFTs, virtual worlds and more. The 15 filings by Mastercard,... read more

12 Apr 22 @ 13:01

According to a new report commissioned by IBM, geographies and generations differ greatly in the frequency and impact of financial fraud, as well as their attitudes toward fraud detection and... read more

07 Apr 22 @ 11:30

Almost 40% of Spaniards say they use mobile payments to pay for their purchases. This is revealed by the second edition of the Study of mobile payment trends in Spain,... read more

06 Apr 22 @ 11:08

Demystifying Crypto – Shedding light on the adoption of digital currencies for payments in 2022 is a new report, pointing to increasingly positive trends in the adoption of cryptocurrencies for... read more

01 Apr 22 @ 11:33

Whether it’s global warming, resource depletion or the rapid exclusion of populations and communities from resources, our planet is in crisis. In a new white paper, we outline the pressures... read more