24 Aug 21 @ 09:11

Amid hype about alternative payments and digital currencies, prepaid cards are booming – with growth projected to run faster than e-commerce world-wide over the next ten years. PCM examines the... read more

24 Aug 21 @ 09:05

Another day, another headline telling us account-to-account and instant, or “faster” payments are taking over across Europe. In March this year, Swedish account-to-account specialist Trustly said its payments volumes were... read more

24 Aug 21 @ 08:48

The last time banks and infrastructure providers in the European payments market tried to build a payments network capable of taking on the US companies that dominate the sector, they... read more

09 Jun 21 @ 04:17

The payments market is full of noise about Chinese payments, from WeChat to digital identity. Outside China, however, many dynamic Asian economies are innovating – and offer great opportunities for... read more

09 Jun 21 @ 04:06

In recent issues, PCM has given readers overviews of payments markets in both Western Europe and Eurasia. Now we focus on Russia – a market characterised by rapid growth and... read more

09 Jun 21 @ 03:58

Dire predictions that the UK would collapse after its exit from the EU were as far-fetched as unfounded optimism that it would become Europe’s Singapore on leaving. To date, we’ve... read more

09 Jun 21 @ 03:49

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

01 Apr 21 @ 13:52

Rapid growth in card issuance and usage, a fast-expanding POS network and growing economies. Eurasia holds exciting opportunities for all kinds of payments players – so why aren’t more international... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 13:49

Cryptocurrencies are going mainstream, despite continued talk of a bubble and crypto’s reputation as the province of libertarians, geeks and criminals. James Wood dons a fake hipster beard to find... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 13:44

As the payments ecosystem expands to include new players and payment methods including account to account and blockchain-enabled payments, we ask how much longer merchants are going to put up... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 13:17

A range of new research reports show new fraud types emerging after COVID. These reports highlight the challenges facing banks and retailers in the post-pandemic environment.  “European firms experienced 31... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 11:27

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

18 Feb 21 @ 11:19

Nearly six billion calls were made from fintech APIs to bank servers in the UK in 2020, and more than four million open banking payments were completed. Figures from the... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 10:58

PCM EXCLUSIVE: 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... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 10:34

By now, we all know COVID has floored the accelerator on digital. But what will POS (Point of Sale) look like after the pandemic? Will consumers return to in-store retail... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 10:18

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

23 Dec 20 @ 12:42

At time of writing in November 2020, Bitcoin has surged above $15,000, moving closer to the peak value of almost $20,000 last seen in December 2017 thanks to a rise... read more

23 Dec 20 @ 12:07

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

23 Dec 20 @ 11:14

New research shows that spending on payment cards continues to grow strongly with expenditure rising by 13 percent to reach $35 trillion in 2019. There were a number of factors... read more

23 Dec 20 @ 11:13

Last year the European Central Bank said that it welcomed the European Payments Initiative (EPI), an initiative by some of Europe’s top banks to explore the development of a “rival... read more