23 Dec 20 @ 11:04

The global payment as a service (PaaS) market size was valued at $6.2 billion in 2019 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.9... read more

23 Dec 20 @ 11:03

European banking has been a hotbed of innovation in recent years, as Open Banking regulations, new cloud technologies, and near-universal adoption of smartphones have paved the way for a proliferation... read more

19 Oct 20 @ 03:04

The EC is launching an investigation into Apple Pay, and whether it undermines competition by limiting access to NFC for contactless payment in stores. Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s competition chief,... read more

18 Aug 20 @ 12:05

PCM has been given exclusive access to research undertaken by Magna Carta Communications for Banking Circle, as well as the thoughts of leading European bankers on life after COVID, and... read more

21 Jul 20 @ 12:41

Infosys Finacle have published their look forward at retail banking trends in 2020. Entitled “Scale Digital”, the report predicts 2020 will see a decisive shift in banks’ business models away... read more

15 Jun 20 @ 05:24

EXCLUSIVE: Payments Cards and Mobile presents the first comprehensive overview of how the current crisis is affecting payments, from e-commerce to digital banking, cash use, fraud trends – and, above... read more

15 Jun 20 @ 05:20

Digital transactions are taking over. Contactless is booming. Meanwhile, small and medium retailers are under intense cost pressure after COVID and don’t want to upgrade their terminals – while some... read more

15 Jun 20 @ 03:25

Safaricom of Kenya and Vodacom of South Africa say that they have completed the acquisition of mobile money platform M-Pesa from Vodafone. “The transaction will accelerate M-Pesa’s growth in Africa... read more

12 Feb 20 @ 15:10

As consolidation in the payments market continues, Elavon has agreed to acquire Sage Pay, a well-known and established payments gateway business in the UK and Ireland. Sage Pay is a... read more

18 Dec 19 @ 15:37

This year’s Money2020 USA in Las Vegas revealed an industry in transformation, with the digital revolution in full flight. Although new products and services were launched to support online transformation,... read more

13 Oct 19 @ 21:32

Three FinTech mega-deals totalling $87 billion set the scene for a record-breaking $120 billion in disclosed fintech transaction value during a ‘white-hot’ first half of 2019, the latest global FinTech... read more

11 Oct 19 @ 09:32

Ahead of Money 2020 USA, James Wood asks to what extent are new payment technologies like voice and face mere hype – or a vision of the future? And what’s... read more

06 Aug 19 @ 11:33

A new study from Thales reveals European companies lag behind their global counterparts when it comes to transforming their businesses for the digital era. More damaging is the study’s revelation... read more

04 Jun 19 @ 10:55

‘Data Lakes’ are gaining explosive traction with payments businesses in Europe and North America. Proponents say they offer a more flexible, scaleable and cheaper data storage solution than traditional data... read more

03 Jun 19 @ 14:27

A group of 12 regional and digital financial institutions have joined together as investors and members in KY3P, for managing third-party risk and optimising the processes by which financial institutions... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 06:02

A new report from SWIFT and the Boston Consulting Group, Global Payments 2018, has projected major shifts in emphasis and structure for the payments industry over the next decade. Whilst... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 05:48

Huawei is set to launch a major expansion to its mobile payments platform, Huawei Pay, as it once again looks to take on the likes of Apple and Samsung. The... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 11:30

Born around the turn of the millennium, a new generation of consumers has entered adulthood in 2018. They have never known a world without mobile phones and tablet computers, have... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 06:28

Deutsche Bank is to migrate its cheque processing operations to a digital, cloud-based platform run by India’s HCL technologies. Set to go live in 2019, the new paperless platform will... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 06:24

NCR announced a definitive agreement to acquire US based JetPay, a provider of end-to-end payment processing. The transaction will be a cash tender offer of $5.05 per JetPay share, which... read more