27 Jan 22 @ 12:11

The Diem cryptocurrency project is being forced to sell its assets, as Meta (Facebook) admits defeat in its ambitions in the digital payments space. The Diem Association, which was launched... read more

18 Jan 22 @ 08:42

In March last year Payments Cards & Mobile reported that the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has set out provisional accusations for five payments companies including Mastercard, in which it stated... read more

02 Dec 21 @ 12:45

New analysis has observed over 4 million (4,481,379) payment card details, belonging to users across 140 countries, being traded on the dark web. The hackers were found selling payment cards information for... read more

01 Dec 21 @ 09:57

The Bank of London, set up to approve and process payments in the UK clearing market, will launch for only the second time in 250 years  as it aims to... read more

24 Nov 21 @ 16:47

As of January 2021, the United Kingdom broke away from its long standing relationship with its closet neighbour and is therefore no longer part of the EEA. As a result,... 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

17 Nov 21 @ 12:28

The planned European Payments Initiative a pan-European payments network backed by 22 banks which aims to set up as serious competition to Mastercard and Visa has launched an official appealed... read more

03 Nov 21 @ 10:29

A proactive and forward-thinking e-commerce business can get ahead by using data for fraud prevention and chargebacks. Online transactions surged in the last year. Ninety-seven percent of CEOs know that... read more

01 Nov 21 @ 12:49

Payments Cards & Mobile spoke to Grzegorz Nowakowski (GN), Co-founder and Vice President at SoftPos, to find out more about the use of digital devices as point-of-sale (POS) acceptance terminals... read more

04 Oct 21 @ 15:39

“Acceleration”, “investment” and “hypergrowth” have all been words associated with the global FinTech industry this year. After bubbling away beneath the surface, building momentum, global investment in the FinTech sector... read more

20 Sep 21 @ 16:56

Another day, another headline telling us account-to-account and “faster” or instant payments are taking over across Europe. In March this year, Swedish account-to-account specialist Trustly said its payments volumes were... read more

07 Sep 21 @ 07:31

Trustly is a world leader in account-to-account payments with an unmatched banking network and consumer reach of over half a billion. Here’s their view of the increasing popularity of Online... read more

19 Aug 21 @ 10:44

As is widely known, PayPal and Square have announced they are accepting cryptocurrency at POS as a means of payment, while Visa and Mastercard have also recently confirmed they will... read more

13 Aug 21 @ 11:42

In the last eighteen months, even formerly “anti” gurus such as JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon and Goldman Sachs’ Lloyd Blankfein have changed their tune on cryptocurrency. Having previously described the... read more

09 Aug 21 @ 10:55

Sainsbury’s has reached a settlement with Mastercard over over interchange fee that the UK’s highest court ruled are unlawful last year. British courts ruled last year that so-called interchange fees... read more

30 Jul 21 @ 09:57

BPC’s smart city payment division O-CITY  has partnered with DSK Bank in Bulgaria and its subsidiary DSK Mobile, both part of OTP Group and local operator CNS, which is delivering... read more

16 Jul 21 @ 10:36

It’s been four years since UK regulators fired the starting gun on Open Banking, followed closely by the EU and 36 other markets world-wide. As a major new study into... read more

09 Jul 21 @ 15:25

The European Commission has announced merger approval for the P27 Nordic Payments initiative to establish its pan-Nordic payments platform. This approval marks a significant milestone for the initiative which is... read more

07 Jul 21 @ 07:59

According to a new report by Payments Cards & Mobile and Mastercard, which conducted in-depth research into how prepared European countries are to embrace the Open Banking ecosystem, the Nordic... read more

29 Jun 21 @ 15:06

Open Banking is fast becoming a worldwide phenomenon. Whether regulator-driven or industry-led, it empowers consumers and businesses to take control of their financial data and their financial futures while stimulating... read more