01 Jun 18 @ 10:04

PayPal is seen by some to be nudging its customers closer to mainstream banking services. The payments company has been reaching out to groups of customers in recent months with... read more

01 Jun 18 @ 09:58

The major payment networks Visa, Mastercard and American Express say they are preparing for a better online payments experience by backing the EMVCo Secure Remote Commerce specification (SRC). The specification,... read more

09 Apr 18 @ 13:50

Since the 2008 financial crisis, trust in banks has slumped. Ten years on, how do banks and financial institutions re-build and maintain trusted relationships? And how do they compete against... read more

09 Apr 18 @ 13:39

The UK ATM network operator, LINK, is planning a phased 20 percent reduction in interchange fees over the next four years. This will start with a five percent cut to... read more

09 Apr 18 @ 13:31

The number of card payments made online worldwide is set to jump from 29 billion in 2016 to 70 billion in 2022, according to Global Payment Cards Data and Forecasts... read more

09 Apr 18 @ 12:58

A group of Canadian retailers are pushing for lower credit card fees from major payment networks amid a long-standing battle over what they claim are inflated rates. The two largest... read more

01 Feb 18 @ 11:33

Cards and card payment at the point of sale and online showed solid growth rates in most European countries in 2016. This was supported by the rollout of contactless technologies,... read more

01 Feb 18 @ 09:52

Nearly two-thirds of card transactions undertaken in the face-to-face environment globally between July 2016 and June 2017 used EMV chip technology, according to official figures released by technical body EMVCo.... read more

01 Feb 18 @ 09:50

Mastercard, Discover and American Express have all announced plans to drop signature at the point-of-sale signature in North America from April 2018. The Mastercard rule change will apply in Canada... read more

01 Feb 18 @ 09:37

With the deadlines for PSD2 and GDPR implementation approaching, 2018 is set to be the year of new legal frameworks for European merchant payments. Compliance challenges come with threats and... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 14:34

It all started with Amazon one-click in 1995. Now different buy buttons are widespread across the web. PayPal remains the most pervasive buy button online, with 67 percent of top... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 14:12

Global non-cash transaction volumes grew 11 percent to reach 433 billion during 2014-15, the highest growth in a decade, according to the Capgemini World Payments Report 2017. Two regions fuelled... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 14:09

Visa has announced the results of an independent study examining the economic impact of cashless cities and increasing the use of digital payments in major cities around the world. The... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 14:03

China, boasted over $811.96 billion in e-commerce sales in 2016, 122 million outbound travellers, and a record number of students studying abroad. This has created a booming opportunity for global marketplaces, marketplace sellers, e-commerce... read more

12 Oct 17 @ 14:46

From Brixton in the UK to Nantes in France and Mombassa in Kenya, local currency schemes are growing. In the face of the financial crisis and changing technology, PCM investigates... read more

12 Oct 17 @ 14:38

Post office organisations are the ultimate hybrid businesses, combining retail and financial services. With an enviable branch and logistics network at the heart of many communities, financial services via the... read more

11 Oct 17 @ 14:59

Consumers will soon be able to forget about PINs and frustratingly long 16-digit card numbers when shopping online and in the real world. Visa is pushing to make Australian banks... read more

03 Aug 17 @ 06:48

Passwords are no longer passing muster as a security or authentication method. The problem is quantity as much as quality. The average number of passwords registered to a single e-mail... read more

03 Aug 17 @ 06:40

Acquiring gambling merchants is high risk. Or at least this always used to be the case. But in a regulated industry quick to adopt new technology, where the house always... read more

03 Aug 17 @ 06:24

It is now almost 18 months since the introduction of the Interchange Fee Regulation (IFR). This covered a good deal more than the interchange fee caps and included substantial changes... read more