20 Mar 23 @ 17:35

National Australia Bank (NAB) appears to be going head to head with its own Central Bank in a race to launch its own stablecoin AUDN. Earlier this month, Payments Cards... read more

07 Mar 23 @ 17:28

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the central banks of Israel, Norway and Sweden have concluded Project Icebreaker, which studied the potential benefits and challenges of using retail central... read more

03 Mar 23 @ 17:38

Just days after announcing that it is at the “finish line” of winning a UK banking licence, and accounts revealed its first annual profit, Revolut could be in serious trouble.... read more

22 Feb 23 @ 18:39

The modern ACH Network processed 30 billion payments valued at $76.7 trillion in 2022, increases of 3% and 5.6% respectively over 2021. “2022 marked the tenth consecutive year in which... read more

09 Feb 23 @ 16:08

A new report from Banking Circle suggests that the services currently offered by Payment Service Providers aren’t going far enough to support the shift to e-commerce. The report, The perfect... read more

08 Feb 23 @ 18:34

Surpassing 1.35 billion accounts in 2021, mobile money has now established itself as the key to financial inclusion in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, off these, only 26% of accounts... read more

06 Feb 23 @ 18:24

Payments Cards & Mobile’s exclusive annual review of European payments data from 33 European countries confirms the growth of online payments versus in-person, as well as the dominance of debit... read more

26 Jan 23 @ 14:00

Local Russian news outlets are reporting that Russia and Iran are considering a stablecoin collaboration to skirt financial and economic restrictions imposed by the US, EU, UK and other countries,... 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

19 Jan 23 @ 11:00

Nigeria’s mobile-payments transactions are growing at one of the fastest rates in the region, with the sector looking set to dominate the future of payments here, according to a brand-new... 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

12 Jan 23 @ 12:56

As this industry enters 2023, we are genuinely navigating uncharted waters: the “post-COVID” era is upon us as consumers emerge from almost three years of pandemic life. Pent-up demand for... read more

15 Dec 22 @ 10:30

As one of the world’s most popular ways to pay, digital wallets have had a remarkable impact in the last decade. But as Waleed Khalid, CEO at NassWallet explains, their... read more

05 Dec 22 @ 18:14

On October 26, 2022 a proposal for a Regulation amending Regulations (EU) no 260/2012 (SEPA Regulation) and (EU) 2021/1230 (Cross-border Payments Regulation or CBPR2) as regards instant credit transfer in... read more

29 Nov 22 @ 13:44

As neobanks and FinTechs target growth with new apps and digital services, Adrian Marinica, Technical Manager from Maxcode explains why partnering with external providers is the optimal way to deliver high... read more

28 Nov 22 @ 14:49

Papaya Global, the global payroll company, is aiming to revolutionize the global workforce management. This is a field that has boomed since the pandemic, and their platform is one of... read more

30 Oct 22 @ 14:24

Swift says it has worked extensively with its global community to prepare for the start of the ISO 20022 migration for cross-border payments and reporting (CBPR+). Since August, all required... read more

25 Oct 22 @ 18:05

A draft European Union rule would demand that euro zone banks in would be required to provide instant payments in the single currency. The EU wants to modernise payments so... read more

20 Oct 22 @ 13:12

The use of cash around the world dropped by one-third last year according to the World Payments Report 2022. This huge reduction in cash use happened as growing numbers of... read more

11 Oct 22 @ 13:23

Cheque usage continues to decline for business-to-business (B2B) payments in US and Canada (North America), falling to an all-time low of 33% since AFP (Association for Financial Professionals) began tracking this... read more