02 Feb 16 @ 10:44

Cards and card payment at the point of sale (POS) and online showed solid growth rates in most European countries in 2014, supported by the roll-out of contactless technology. The... read more

02 Feb 16 @ 10:31

In a strategic attempt to claim their share of e-commerce sales worth more than €40 billion each year, the German private and cooperative banks have launched their own online payment... read more

02 Feb 16 @ 10:18

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, said that 2015 would be the year of Apple Pay. As it turned out, 2015 was the year of mobile payments initiatives generally as technology... read more

09 Nov 15 @ 15:48

South Korea’s cards and payments market is one of the most competitive and attractive in Asia Pacific, according to a new report. The market could almost be considered over-served with... read more

01 Oct 15 @ 08:30

Google finally rolled out Android Pay, its one-touch payment app on Android devices, in more than 1 million contactless-enabled merchants in the US on 10 September. Android Pay supports credit... read more

01 Oct 15 @ 08:15

A decade ago, debit cards had just overtaken credit cards as American consumers’ most commonly used payment method.  Now, there are almost twice the number of debit card transactions in the... read more

01 Oct 15 @ 08:13

The next generation of financial services customers is more likely to use a prepaid card or mobile device, instead of a bank account, as their first financial account. A Prepaid... read more

01 Oct 15 @ 07:45

Debit card payment in the Netherlands increased by 9.5 percent last year, according to Dutch Payment Association annual report. The rate of growth continues its upward trajectory, largely at the... read more

01 Oct 15 @ 07:38

New research by RBR shows that the number of payment cards in circulation worldwide increased by 11 percent in 2014 to reach 12 billion, largely driven by strong growth in... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 16:57

Contactless cards have been issued in Australia since 2006 but a major push on the acceptance side only started in the second-half of 2010. The technology is starting to gain... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 16:45

Canada’s largest telcos are throwing their weight behind a new mobile payments app. The suretap app was first launched by Rogers Communications Inc in 2014 before being spun off into... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 16:36

General purpose and private label credit, debit and prepaid cards generated $5,165 trillion in sales in the US last year. This was an 8 percent increase on the $4,768 trillion... read more

31 May 15 @ 14:45

Vodafone customers will soon be able to add bank cards to their Vodafone Wallet and use smartphones to pay for goods and services at contactless terminals. Following new agreements with... read more

31 May 15 @ 09:05

PCM examines the extent to which European regulation will continue to drive major industry change by Robert Courtneidge and Joyrene Thomas European regulation, such as the original Payment Services Directive... read more

30 May 15 @ 09:21

In August 2014, approximately 1 out of every 5 banked consumers in the US said they would be comfortable using their smartphone to initiate all of their payments transactions, according... read more

28 May 15 @ 00:01

PCM examines the extent to which European regulation will continue to drive major industry change by Robert Courtneidge and Joyrene Thomas European regulation, such as the original Payment Services Directive... read more

30 Mar 15 @ 16:44

Four out of five global retailers and other merchants failed interim tests to determine whether they comply with payment card data security standards (PCI DSS), putting them at increased risk... read more

30 Mar 15 @ 16:26

Apple Pay has breathed new life into tokenisation and the use of tokenisation has seen a revival due to new technology approaches that remove associated operational risks and complexities and... read more

30 Mar 15 @ 15:07

The first weekend of March saw the end of cash as Britain’s dominant method of payment, and you probably didn’t even notice. Supposedly March 8 was the date on which... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 13:37

In 2013, cards and payments at the POS and on the internet continued to drive growth in many European countries. The rollout of contactless cards and mPOS terminals gains momentum... read more