20 Sep 23 @ 08:26

Intesa Sanpaolo are launching a SoftPOS solution that allows merchants to use their smartphones and tablets to accept payments made by their customers using contactless cards from the main schemes... read more

04 Sep 23 @ 12:01

Half of UK shoppers say they no longer need a physical wallet or purse, swapping it for a digital wallet on their phone, according to research from SAP Emarsys. The... read more

01 Sep 23 @ 16:48

A new study finds that the total value of digital wallets transactions will rise from $9 trillion in 2023 to $16 trillion in 2028, a growth of 77%. This trend is... read more

16 Aug 23 @ 09:25

Apple Card has hit $10 billion in deposits since its launch back in May. At launch, the high-yield savings account with Goldman Sachs, saw $990 million in deposits in just... read more

14 Aug 23 @ 11:56

With the “wallet wars” being waged over recent months, there has been much talk of virtual wallets becoming a vital part of the payments system. Whether a digital wallet (which... read more

14 Jul 23 @ 10:37

The highly anticipated Apple Tap to Pay technology, which turns an iPhone into a SoftPOS reader, has finally been launched in the UK. Apple announced that Tap to Pay has... read more

03 Jul 23 @ 13:11

Early Warning, the bank-owned operator of the peer-to-peer payments platform, Zelle, officially entered the digital payments gold rush earlier this year when it announced plans to create a new digital wallet... read more

14 Jun 23 @ 17:16

Payments Cards & Mobile’s exclusive research into payments markets in 10 Eurasian countries reveals seismic change in the Eurasian payments market caused by the war in Ukraine. As our research... read more

12 Jun 23 @ 09:18

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

16 May 23 @ 15:52

Consult Hyperion, has published a whitepaper that outlines the huge potential of wearable tech as a tool to securely authenticate consumers, and create much smoother contactless payment journeys in a... read more

18 Apr 23 @ 12:12

Apple and Goldman Sachs launched a new savings account yielding 4.15% a year, having first announced the product in October, the interest rate is more than 10 times the national... read more

17 Apr 23 @ 09:58

RS2 says that Iceland’s most innovative bank, Landsbankinn, has launched its own merchant acquiring services using RS2’s payments processing platform. Landsbankinn business customers can now concentrate all their payment services... read more

31 Mar 23 @ 16:34

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

17 Feb 23 @ 18:15

The EU’s second payment services directive (PSD2) included revolutionary concepts – but also accusations of adding friction for consumers. With the European Commission having closed its public consultation on PSD3,... read more

16 Feb 23 @ 16:18

A new study has found the number of virtual card transactions, randomly generated card numbers linked to a payment account, will exceed 121 billion globally by 2027; increasing from 28... read more

31 Jan 23 @ 12:42

Kaspersky says it has uncovered three new variants of Prilex malware, which can block contactless near-field communication (NFC) transactions on infected devices, forcing customers to use their physical credit cards,... read more

30 Jan 23 @ 18:20

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

24 Jan 23 @ 14:57

That consumers are turning to digital wallets at an increasingly faster pace is no major headline. However, the losses that the move could cause banks is definitely a painful awakening... read more

12 Jan 23 @ 17:38

The ground is being set for a massive clash of super app platforms vying to dominate consumers’ online life. Super apps are the Swiss Army Knives of consumer tech platforms.... read more

23 Nov 22 @ 17:20

A new study has found the total number of merchants deploying soft POS solutions will surpass 34.5 million globally by 2027, rising from 6 million in 2022. Soft POS enables... read more