27 Oct 21 @ 12:13

For years, payments investors focused on consumers’ switch to digital and mobile payments. More recently, investors have shifted to business to business (B2B) payments, where analysts see huge opportunities for... read more

27 Oct 21 @ 12:01

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are the latest buzzword in payments. While these digital instruments linked to blockchain might be rich in possibility, they’re also fraught with risk – as James Wood... read more

27 Oct 21 @ 11:50

Two new studies have revealed the huge and growing problem of chargebacks, or disputed transactions, in the payments business – yet neither offers a convincing methodology for how to fix... read more

27 Oct 21 @ 11:20

Facebook has announced it will launch the Novi digital wallet tied to the Diem blockchain-based payment system, having received the necessary regulatory clearances. David Marcus, chief of Facebook’s financial services... read more

24 Aug 21 @ 09:21

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

24 Aug 21 @ 08:33

CryptoRefills, in cooperation with Cointelegraph Research, has published the first global research on consumer adoption of cryptocurrencies for purchasing goods and services. This report, Cryptocurrencies in Retail: Consumer Adoption 2021,... read more

09 Jun 21 @ 04:09

Business is booming on the dark side of the internet, with everything from illegal drugs to fake ID and credit card details for sale. PCM Managing Editor James Wood dons... read more

09 Jun 21 @ 03:58

Dire predictions that the UK would collapse after its exit from the EU were as far-fetched as unfounded optimism that it would become Europe’s Singapore on leaving. To date, we’ve... read more

09 Jun 21 @ 03:54

Visa says it has nailed a major industry first in bridging the worlds of digital and traditional fiat currencies: the use of USD Coin (USDC), a stablecoin backed by the... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 13:49

Cryptocurrencies are going mainstream, despite continued talk of a bubble and crypto’s reputation as the province of libertarians, geeks and criminals. James Wood dons a fake hipster beard to find... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 13:44

As the payments ecosystem expands to include new players and payment methods including account to account and blockchain-enabled payments, we ask how much longer merchants are going to put up... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 13:17

A range of new research reports show new fraud types emerging after COVID. These reports highlight the challenges facing banks and retailers in the post-pandemic environment.  “European firms experienced 31... read more

23 Dec 20 @ 12:42

At time of writing in November 2020, Bitcoin has surged above $15,000, moving closer to the peak value of almost $20,000 last seen in December 2017 thanks to a rise... read more

18 Aug 20 @ 12:08

Major venture capital firms have invested heavily in new FinTech solutions that promise faster, cheaper international transaction clearing and settlement. But significant challenges remain before faster payments go global. PCM... read more

18 Aug 20 @ 12:05

With trading volumes in crypto-currencies spiking around the world to reach $2.1 trillion in Q1 of this year, governments and regulators are renewing their interest in digital currencies – and... read more

18 Aug 20 @ 12:05

A group of leading technology, finance and nonprofit companies have joined forces to announce the launch of PayID, a universal payment ID to simplify the process of sending and receiving... read more

18 Aug 20 @ 11:52

Last week the US House Committee on Financial Services held a virtual hearing about the Digital Dollar or central bank digital currency (CBDC). The event promised to be interesting as... read more

15 Jun 20 @ 04:35

It’s been reported that Visa has filed an application to create digital currency on Ethereum blockchain with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. According to the application published May... read more

15 Jun 20 @ 04:32

New research from Deutsche Bank has gone against the grain of current thinking in payments by predicting both the continuation of cash payments – and what it calls “the extinction... read more

06 Apr 20 @ 12:53

Despite the best efforts of both crypto asset exchanges, banks and regulators, a major new study from CipherTrace has found that engaging with virtual asset exchanges is exposing banks to... read more