06 Aug 18 @ 13:22

Refrigerators, cars, watches, rings — what do all of these items have in common? They are all IoT products that are capable of connecting to the internet and completing transactions... read more

01 Aug 18 @ 14:09

The UK’s Payments Systems Regulator (PSR) has launched an investigation into card acquiring services and whether Britain’s big banks and payments specialists such as Worldpay and Wirecard have taken advantage... read more

26 Jul 18 @ 08:36

A new study has found that mobile biometrics will authenticate $2 trillion worth of in-store and remote mobile payment transactions annually by 2023. This is 17 times the $124 billion... read more

02 Jul 18 @ 16:16

The number of people using mobile contactless payment such as Apple Pay or Google Pay will continue to grow to more than 760 million by 2020, with Apple’s digital wallet leading the way, according... read more

25 Jun 18 @ 15:37

The results of a new survey has been released from group of payment networks and card issuers lobbying  against merchants in which the key findings are that merchants should “step... read more

20 Jun 18 @ 09:32

The Nordic countries constitute the most advanced and digitally ready payment market in Europe, and one of the most advanced in the world[1]. Increasingly around the world, banks are starting... read more

15 Jun 18 @ 10:12

The sixth annual Mobile Payments & Fraud Survey (MPFS), which measures the state of mobile payments and mobile channel fraud from each prior survey year has been released. In surveying... read more

21 May 18 @ 20:58

The financial sector, while forging ahead in other areas of digital transformation, has been relatively slow to adopt the cloud and there has been good reason for it: banks have... read more

15 May 18 @ 13:17

According to a new research report by the market research and strategy consulting firm, Global Market Insights, the mobile POS terminals market to reach $55 billion by 2024. The ubiquitous acceptance... read more

14 May 18 @ 16:31

In the online payments sphere, a handful of companies have attempted to create new protocols to overcome the challenges of scalability and ease of use in blockchain technologies. Nevertheless, they... read more

10 May 18 @ 15:49

On June 30th 2018, new Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard requirements (PCI-DSS)  go into effect. This means that payment card acquirers, processors, gateways and services providers worldwide are working to implement... read more

20 Apr 18 @ 09:40

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, announced... read more

16 Apr 18 @ 10:57

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

13 Apr 18 @ 09:44

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

12 Apr 18 @ 10:58

Cards and card payment at the point of sale and online showed solid growth rates in most European countries in 2017. This was supported by the rollout of contactless technologies,... read more

13 Mar 18 @ 12:02

White-Label Wallets – which vendors & business models lead the market? Download Ovum research Ovum analyzed key vendors in the mobile wallet space – those with high functionality, strong integration... read more

12 Mar 18 @ 14:40

In our increasingly connected world, Mobile World Congress has become more than the venue for the latest smartphone launches. The conversations and demonstrations in Barcelona now have a profound impact... read more

14 Feb 18 @ 16:27

The British Airways American Express credit card is among those likely to be removed from the UK market after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued a ruling against the... read more

06 Feb 18 @ 17:09

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% of top e-commerce... read more

05 Feb 18 @ 12:54

Biometric payment cards are emerging as the next innovation in payment cards. According to ABI Research the payment card is here to stay and fingerprint authentication within the card is... read more