10 Dec 24 @ 10:10

Card payments dominate the Nordic payment landscape, with 90% of shoppers using them for contactless payments either daily or once a week, according to new research conducted on by Nets.... read more

22 Oct 24 @ 14:07

Figures vary as to the availability of crypto acceptance globally by merchants. In the sartorial style stakes, some bold moves have been made to advance the appeal and extol the... read more

22 Oct 24 @ 13:44

The Global Payments Report 2024 from Worldpay shows that transaction value on prepaid cards is set to surpass $1 trillion in 2024. Worldpay’s 2024 study explains that prepaid cards have... read more

22 Oct 24 @ 13:28

Ant Group says the number of international visitors who have used its mobile payment services in China quadrupled over the past six months, following the launch of the International Consumer... read more

14 Aug 24 @ 08:40

The $30 billion preliminary interchange fee settlement between Mastercard, Visa and retailers has been formally rejected by the US courts. The ruling means both Visa and Mastercard will have to... read more

14 Aug 24 @ 08:38

Reports coming out of Germany in recent months suggested that the German banks have lost patience with Giropay and its holding company Paydirekt GmbH. Shareholders of Giropay voted on the... read more

31 May 24 @ 14:50

Fresh off the press, Payments Cards & Mobile’s exclusive annual review of payments data covering the 33 European Economic Area (EEA) countries (27 member states plus UK, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland,... read more

31 May 24 @ 13:34

Weeks after reaching a landmark $30 billion settlement on interchange fees designed to provide relief to retail businesses, Mastercard appears to be planning to increase certain credit card fees beginning... read more

02 May 24 @ 10:16

Current approaches have kept fraud at bay: but serious new threats in the digital channel plus digital growing as a proportion of the economy means we need a rethink. James... read more

02 May 24 @ 10:09

As deepfaking and synthetic ID skyrocket, we ask if digital ID is as secure as claimed – and what else might provide transaction security if digital ID ends up being... read more

02 May 24 @ 10:05

New research by Bain Consulting presented at the recent MPE conference claims the number of payment cards in circulation will peak by 2029, followed by a decline in favour of... read more

02 May 24 @ 10:05

According to the 2024 report from the Payments Innovation Jury, many payments firms were over-valued prior to the pandemic, CBDCs have been overhyped and Asia remains the most promising region... read more

02 May 24 @ 10:02

A moment of drama, such as sometimes happens in payments, came during the recent MPE conference in Berlin. A UK retailer responded to Visa’s claim that payment networks add far... read more

02 May 24 @ 10:01

In a recent feature, we questioned Europe’s current approach to cross-border payments. Now the P20 consortium has published a white paper that confirms and amplifies our editorial position: as real-time... read more

02 May 24 @ 09:59

As the digital revolution continues in payments, observers will notice a shift from consumer payments to the B2B sector over the last couple of years. At one level, this is... read more

02 May 24 @ 09:27

In recent years, digital wallets have shot from the niche to the mainstream. Their use has taken off in every region of the world, the growth trajectory remains strong, and... read more

02 May 24 @ 09:14

Capital One has announced it will acquire its long term rival Discover Financial for $35.3 billion. The acquisition of Discover values the smaller rival’s stock 27 percent above its closing... read more

21 Feb 24 @ 10:56

As Asian economic powerhouses join up their faster payment systems and Africa follows suit, Europe lags in confusion, directives, initiatives and strategies. James Wood asks why Europe can’t copy Asia’s... read more

21 Feb 24 @ 10:53

Having survived the hype cycle, so-called “bank in a box” services will shift how banking and payments work over the next five years, creating new revenue streams for traditional banking... read more

21 Feb 24 @ 10:50

Fans of embedded payments say they’re the future: financial services working in the background, or “embedded” in other commercial functions. James Wood pulls back the covers to see what’s in... read more