22 Oct 24 @ 14:08
European payments are about to speed up. The new SEPA (Single European Payments Area) Credit Transfer mandate (SCT Inst) has taken root and deadlines for implementation are as soon as... read more
12 Sep 24 @ 12:49
The Capgemini World Payments Report 2025, reveals an industry set to be reimagined with account-to-account and instant payments, predicting instant payments will account for 22% of all non-cash transaction volumes by 2028... read more
14 Aug 24 @ 08:51
The French payments scene, particularly in the acquiring space, is shoring up a very stable outlook indeed. In March Credit Agricole and Worldline announced their partnership in creating a new... 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
14 Jun 24 @ 09:26
Following hot on the footsteps of Credit Agricole and Worldline, BNP Paribas and BPCE have negotiated a major new step for the French payments market by jointly acquiring new technology... read more
16 May 24 @ 13:24
New data from The Global Payments Report 2024 from Worldpay shows Account-to-Account (A2A) payments thriving in emerging markets – as well as some developed markets. Around the world, A2A payments are... read more
13 May 24 @ 16:08
Real-time or Instant Payments networks operate 24/7 and provide numerous advantages, across flexibility, enhanced security, cost reduction and instantaneity. They also enable almost immediate money transfers between accounts, enhancing transaction... read more
24 Jan 24 @ 14:21
As 2024 begins to pick up pace, we continue to look at invisible payments, digital currencies, wallets and AI, the major themes for 2024. To that end Payments Cards &... read more
14 Dec 23 @ 15:45
The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has announced the successful closure of the acquisition of the Dutch payment solution iDEAL and the Luxembourg technology provider Payconiq International as announced earlier this... read more
02 Nov 23 @ 10:51
The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has announced the successful closure of the acquisition of the Dutch payment solution iDEAL and the Luxembourg technology provider Payconiq International as announced earlier this... read more
16 Jun 26 @ 18:17
Financial fraud losses in the UK climbed to their highest level in four years during 2025, highlighting the growing sophistication of criminal networks and rais... more
11 Jun 26 @ 16:00
A landmark legal battle that has shaped the economics of card payments in the United States for more than twenty years has taken another significant step toward... more
23 Jun 26 @ 18:52
The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has secured a significant boost to its ambitions of creating a pan-European payments network, with Austria’s largest ba... more