22 Aug 22 @ 10:58

The discipline of fraud prevention has changed dramatically over the past five years and continues to evolve rapidly. Consequently, former truths about fraud prevention are increasingly becoming outdated myths. In... 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

05 Jul 22 @ 10:30

Cross-border payments are growing every year as consumers seek out more choice and better prices from markets around the world. Currently worth around $2.5 trillion annually, business to consumer e-commerce... read more

27 Jun 22 @ 09:02

Since SCA (Strong Customer Authentication) was introduced for online retailers in the UK earlier this year, there have also been added complications for merchants when determining the most efficient and cost-effective... 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

07 Jun 22 @ 15:21

Apple has launched a BNPL product, announcing the move as part of a range of product updates at its annual developer conference. With Apple Pay Later, iPhone and Mac users... 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

20 May 22 @ 12:24

In July 2021, the CMA mandated the use of variable recurring payments (VRPs) as the mechanism for implementing sweeping under item A10 of the Roadmap (the July letter). In the... 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

17 May 22 @ 11:30

It was widely reported that the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), designed to reign in Big Tech in Europe, has been delayed and will now come into force in early... 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

11 May 22 @ 17:23

In part due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of alternative payment methods have been on the rise in recent years – see Payments Cards & Mobile’s Why are “Alt... 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 @ 09:29

If you’ve worked in banking for the majority of your career and are feeling a little burnt out, a change could be as good as a rest. The transfer of... read more

27 Apr 22 @ 16:41

“170 years ago Americans pushed westward across the frontier to seek their fortune in the gold rush. Greed and lawlessness turned this promised land into the Wild West, where the... read more