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11 Feb 25 @ 11:54
Account to account (A2A) payments are making strides and 2025 looks to be the year they will truly take off. Between Variable Recurring Payments (VRPs) and other A2A solutions, apps... read more
11 Feb 25 @ 10:59
The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has officially launched Wero, a mobile wallet and instant account-to-account payment solution, in Belgium. Following successful rollouts in Germany and France earlier this year, Wero... read more
05 Aug 25 @ 16:58
Europe’s vast card payments market—processing trillions of euros annually—remains dominated by two American giants: Visa and Mastercard. Together, they handled over €7 trillion in European transactions in 2023, reinforcing concerns... read more
24 Mar 25 @ 14:19
Digital and mobile infrastructure continue to pave the way for some compelling growth metrics across the E33, as e-commerce and Bulgarian payments soar. PCM’s exclusive annual comprehensive review of the... read more
24 Mar 25 @ 14:11
Wallets and SoftPOS will dominate merchant headlines front-of-house, while AI will shore up back-of house. Anna Milne speaks to three payments players ahead of MPE, to ask what’s keeping them... read more
10 Dec 24 @ 10:11
In a ground breaking move for the European payments landscape, previously reported on by Payments Cards & Mobile, Italy’s BANCOMAT, Spain and Andorra’s Bizum, and Portugal’s MB WAY have successfully... read more
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
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 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
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
18 May 26 @ 17:07
The Bank of England has found that distributed ledger technology could improve aspects of wholesale payments and settlement, but only at the cost of significant... more
31 May 26 @ 12:59
The debate around European payments sovereignty has intensified significantly over the past two years. Policymakers, regulators and financial institutions acros... more
