04 Jun 21 @ 09:39

Payments can fail for multiple reasons. The challenge merchants face is understanding why. The best way to gain that understanding is to have access to the response codes generated by... read more

03 Jun 21 @ 11:38

Mir – a payment service provider introduced in Russia in late 2015 – is carving a place in the market as a serious provider. Since it launched it managed to... read more

25 May 21 @ 12:40

In July of 2017, the Smart Payment Association (SPA) published Wearable Tech: A Growing Payment Opportunity. With sales of wearables booming, the paper explored the huge potential of a world... read more

21 May 21 @ 11:35

For years now in Belgium, digital payments have been advancing and the current pandemic has only reinforced this trend. More and more people are abandoning banknotes and coins as such... read more

17 May 21 @ 16:04

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 growing strongly.... read more

14 May 21 @ 10:34

Facebooks cryptocurrency Diem has been forced to abandon plans to gain a license in Switzerland via its financial regulator FINMA and is instead going to set up operations in the... read more

04 May 21 @ 09:15

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. By now,... read more

28 Apr 21 @ 08:43

American Express doesn’t issue debit cards in the US but it is gearing up to issue debit cards in China as it extends its position in the country. AmEx was... read more

23 Mar 21 @ 11:50

Leading technology and payments companies including Mastercard, Visa, SoftBank and IBM are lobbying the G7 to create The Data and Technology Forum which they hope will co-ordinate how members tackle... read more

22 Mar 21 @ 17:30

With fraud shooting up during COVID-19 and consumer concerns about hygiene and theft on the rise, biometric cards are the best way to secure the contactless transactions now used for... read more

19 Mar 21 @ 17:01

As has been widely reported, contactless cards and payments are now the method of choice for the vast majority of consumers in developed markets. However, new research from Swedish biometrics... read more

11 Mar 21 @ 11:05

Russia’s largest food retailer, the X5 Group, has partnered with Visa and Sber to launch Face Pay biometrics at self-service checkout terminals in its stores, the facial recognition payment system may... read more

09 Mar 21 @ 09:36

Diem has announced partnership with Fireblocks to launch a new payment solution for institutions, merchants and payment networks, across the global stablecoin and payments system formerly known as libra. The... read more

09 Mar 21 @ 09:20

There have now been multiple reports surrounding the growing claims that Amazon is preparing for the launch of a new digital currency for use on its own platforms and marketplaces.... read more

02 Mar 21 @ 17:26

From acquiring to fraud, the role of big tech, mobile wallets and faster payments – PCM’s James Wood asks industry leaders to play Gypsy Rosie Lee and read what’s on... read more

24 Feb 21 @ 16:54

A new report aims to better understand how the Open Finance ecosystem is evolving in Latin America. With this goal in mind, it looks at the trends that will impact... read more

11 Feb 21 @ 16:32

Hot on the heels of Visa and its recent announcement, Mastercard says it will begin allowing cardholders to transact in certain cryptocurrencies on its network, the latest company to embrace digital... read more

09 Feb 21 @ 16:01

Some of the many benefits that were predicted from Brexit may not realise their early promise and interchange fees may be top of that list! The Prudential Regulation Authority talked... read more

25 Jan 21 @ 11:20

Mastercard has announced that it will raise interchange fees by about five times the current limit when a UK card holder uses a debit or credit card to buy from... read more

14 Jan 21 @ 10:48

As the one-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic approaches and digital payments play a larger role in daily life around the world, there will be no reverse gear on consumer... read more