21 Feb 24 @ 10:38

As second-generation mobile point of sale (mPOS) devices emerge and consumers continue to gravitate towards mobile as their main shopping channel, it won’t be long before traditional POS devices and... read more

14 Dec 23 @ 16:34

As digital channels grow in importance, a new buzzword rears its head: “phygital” payments – a blend of the physical and digital. James Wood asks if phygital is really a... read more

14 Dec 23 @ 16:18

At Payments Cards & Mobile we have long been supporters of a role for cards in the overall payments mix, thanks to our own Payment Yearbooks which show card use... read more

24 Oct 23 @ 11:27

As innovations go, Artificial Intelligence (AI) in payments has seen more hype than most. James Wood sorts the bits and bytes to ask where the value of AI in payments... read more

24 Oct 23 @ 10:44

Payments Cards & Mobile Managing Editor James Wood says Elon Musk’s ambitions for Twitter face formidable obstacles. In 1999, a then-unknown Elon Musk purchased the web domain x.com and set... read more

24 Oct 23 @ 09:52

Back in September 2022, 1,668 retailers and more than 200 trade organisations urged the US Congress to pass the The Credit Card Competition Act, which gives merchants a choice in... read more

14 Aug 23 @ 16:16

The last eighteen months have seen fintechs and blockchain companies take a hammering. As the dust settles, Managing Editor James Wood asks what comes next. First, the stark facts. Last... read more

14 Aug 23 @ 15:12

Two separate studies from Visa and e-wallet solutions provider STICPAY show a surge in electronic payments, and specifically payments using e-wallets on mobile devices, across Africa. However, rising rates of... read more

14 Aug 23 @ 14:23

Salesforce, in collaboration with FT Longitude, surveyed almost 500 senior retail executives from 14 countries across Europe to understand the decisions that they have made or will be making to... read more

14 Aug 23 @ 14:20

Enfuce has been chosen by Iceland’s Kvika Bank to modernise its payment services, including the launch of a Visa consumer credit card, integration with Apple Pay and Google Pay, and... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 13:06

As cross-border payment volumes grow and technology becomes more sophisticated, we look at high-risk and lower-volume markets to find out what’s happening. Is now the time for major international players... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 12:59

With more than a third of online shoppers (35 percent) having been a target of fraud over the past year and more than 100,000 consumers in the UK alone falling... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 12:42

The European Payments Initiative (EPI) is in the news for three reasons: first launch of a pilot phase offer, a double acquisition and the addition of four new shareholders. At... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 12:39

Mastercard has announced that the US Justice Department (DOJ) is conducting an antitrust investigation of its US debit program and competition with other payment networks. The company says it had... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 11:20

Wells Fargo, JPMorgan, Bank of America and several other large US banks are set to launch a mobile wallet later this year linked to debit and credit cards. Early Warning... read more

05 Apr 23 @ 10:24

PCM’s exclusive research into payments markets in ten Eurasian countries reveals seismic change caused by the war in Ukraine. As our research makes clear, some markets are wearing the chaos... read more

05 Apr 23 @ 10:17

Virtual cards are taking the payments world by storm. We ask why this is happening, what it means – and how long it’s going to last… As a grizzled hack,... read more

05 Apr 23 @ 09:30

Mercedes-Benz customers in Germany are now able to authenticate payments via an in-car fingerprint sensor. Mercedes bought PayCash Europe back in 2017 with the intent on launching in-car payments. With... read more

05 Apr 23 @ 09:24

Modern life virtually requires that each of us has our devices accessible at any time. So how is it that most Americans still find using a credit card more convenient... read more

16 Feb 23 @ 16:21

We may be in the middle of a crypto winter, and digital assets might have lost two-thirds of their value. But that’s not stopping regulators preparing for a future crypto... read more