20 Jan 22 @ 17:36

A new study has found that the value of global e-commerce payment transactions will exceed $7.5 trillion by 2026, from $4.9 trillion in 2021. This growth rate of 55% over... read more

19 Jan 22 @ 12:53

Following the October 2020 launch of a “sand dollar” by the Bahamian Central Bank, other markets are making moves to normalise the use of cryptocurrencies in their economies with varying... read more

19 Jan 22 @ 11:04

Businesses around the world are increasingly looking to embed financial services into their customer proposition. This trend to embedded finance allows companies to take control of the end-to-end customer journey... read more

18 Jan 22 @ 14:32

Mobile continues to dominate as consumers spent a record 3.8 trillion hours on mobile in 2021, according to the State of Mobile 2022 report by App Annie. The company revealed... read more

14 Jan 22 @ 15:56

One of the key principles underpinning the digital economy is that data is ‘the new oil’. But what does this mean? In truth, it’s an imperfect analogy. A quick Google... read more

12 Jan 22 @ 11:00

A group of US banks have announced that they intend to launch their own stablecoin, called USDF, in a move they hope will tackle concerns about the reserves behind nonbank... read more

07 Jan 22 @ 16:12

In this post we look at the top payment trends for 2022 – 2021 was a year of transition for the payments industry as we moved towards Payments 4.X −... read more

05 Jan 22 @ 17:07

A new study by Payments Europe shows the extent to which new trends have emerged post-pandemic regarding the payment’s behaviour of consumers and merchants in Europe. According to the report,... read more

17 Dec 21 @ 11:47

As the FinTech revolution percolates its way through the economy, there are more and more payments solutions on the market. As they have multiplied, the range of functions on offer... read more

08 Dec 21 @ 17:45

Visa is doubling down on it investments into crypto by launching new consulting and advisory service to help its clients navigate the world of cryptocurrencies. It announced its crypto advisory... read more

03 Dec 21 @ 10:45

Consumers and financial service providers often play leapfrog, taking turns making the next jump into the future. Decades ago, risk and regulatory innovations enabled banks to issue cards more broadly,... read more

01 Dec 21 @ 09:25

As in many other areas of life, COVID-19 has accelerated changes evident in merchant acquiring over the last five years. These changes go beyond the obvious, such as the shift... read more

25 Nov 21 @ 12:57

Latin America’s digital commerce market is expected to grow by 37% by the end of 2021 and expand at a double-digit pace across the region through 2025. Some of LatAm’s... read more

22 Nov 21 @ 16:55

Amazon.com is showing its aggressive side. The e-commerce giant has started a kind of fight with Visa over the costs of using its credit cards, but it won’t confront the... read more

22 Nov 21 @ 16:10

Customer payment preferences have changed as we adapt to a new financial reality. In the latest Carat Insights Report Fiserv analysed over $3 trillion in payments data, combined with a consumer... read more

05 Nov 21 @ 16:56

The year is 2030. It is a sunny summer morning and you are just finishing a relaxing breakfast together with your family. The doorbell rings for a delivery of several... read more

02 Nov 21 @ 13:19

A new report, The European Payments Landscape in 2030: Implants, embedded ethics and a ‘post-payments’ world, examines the potential issues and innovations that may emerge in the next decade of... read more

14 Oct 21 @ 10:34

Over the past decade, core payments processing has become commoditised, squeezing the margins of merchant acquirers. Their future growth is likely to come from providing merchants with value-added services and... read more

13 Oct 21 @ 17:02

For more than a decade, the shift to e-commerce and mobile has brought huge amounts of investment into payments. As further fresh investment rounds are announced, PCM asks whether a... read more

13 Oct 21 @ 10:14

Payments are entering a new experience-driven era (Payments 4.X), ushered in by an accelerated transformation timeline due to COVID-19 and the growing digital appetite of customers, according to the World Payments... read more