04 Mar 19 @ 12:42

Driven by contactless card payments and by increased card usage, in 2017 the number of card payments continued to grow across the 33 countries covered by our PCM’s Payment Card... read more

27 Feb 19 @ 21:22

Forecasts predict that by 2022, just 17% of global payments will be made by cash. Meanwhile, digital and mobile wallet usage will continue to rise, accounting for 28% of all... read more

23 Jan 19 @ 11:57

Across the 33 countries covered in the European Payments Yearbook, cards in issue (+3.2%), and POS terminals by number (+7.3%) showed remarkable growth rates again while the ATM terminal estate... read more

26 Nov 18 @ 18:31

In 2014, Apple launched their first mobile wallet app, followed by Samsung and Android a year later. By 2022, it’s estimated that the transaction value of mobile payment apps will... read more

15 Jun 18 @ 10:12

The sixth annual Mobile Payments & Fraud Survey (MPFS), which measures the state of mobile payments and mobile channel fraud from each prior survey year has been released. In surveying... read more

12 Apr 18 @ 10:58

Cards and card payment at the point of sale and online showed solid growth rates in most European countries in 2017. This was supported by the rollout of contactless technologies,... read more

06 Apr 18 @ 11:52

Google recently announced a new Google Assistant feature: the ability to make  P2P payments money transfers  to your friends as well as request cash using voice and Google Pay. The feature is... read more

14 Mar 18 @ 14:56

Central to mobile payments is the mobile wallet, the consumer-facing platform that acts as a front end for wider mobile payment services and functionality. Deploying a mobile wallet platform capable... read more

13 Mar 18 @ 12:02

White-Label Wallets – which vendors & business models lead the market? Download Ovum research Ovum analyzed key vendors in the mobile wallet space – those with high functionality, strong integration... read more

08 Jan 18 @ 16:55

The year 2016 marks the second time that multiple Federal Reserve Banks (FR Banks) have surveyed financial institutions (FIs) about their mobile banking and payment practices and plans. After surveying... read more

14 Nov 17 @ 10:34

Wal-Mart Stores Walmart Pay app is close to surpassing Apple Pay in usage for mobile payments in the US, giving the world’s largest retailer even more clout as a growing number... read more

01 Aug 17 @ 12:52

Before we get into the smart token bit, let’s recap. Tokenization is the security process that most recently unlocked the mobile payments market. All the major ‘OEM Pays’ (Apple Pay,... read more

31 Jul 17 @ 15:30

On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, we examine payments in the world’s largest country. How do Russians pay today? And given the state bank dynamic, a new domestic card... read more

05 Jun 17 @ 13:56

LG has managed to launch its heavily delayed mobile payment service dubbed LG Pay on Friday, June 2. The digital wallet will  compete with other wallets like Samsung Pay and Apple Pay. According... read more

17 May 17 @ 09:00

STS has launchesd PayOp, its next generation payments operational management system. PayOp will support traditional terminal management functions alongside new smart features such as analytics and operational insight. Critically, PayOp is... read more

14 Mar 17 @ 11:50

Payments cards and card payment at the point of sale and online showed solid growth rates in most European countries in 2015. This was supported by the roll-out of new... read more

10 Feb 17 @ 11:18

Although the mobile wallet ecosystem is maturing, in-store mobile payments haven’t yet taken off. Consumer disinterest, coupled with delays in fully implementing the necessary infrastructure, are preventing mobile wallets from... read more

06 Feb 17 @ 10:41

The merchant acquiring market in Europe is operating on solid grounds of continuous transaction growth, however the cost pressures in the industry increases are very high primarily due to new... read more

06 Feb 17 @ 09:56

Mobile payments methods continue to soar in popularity in the UK following the introduction of new players such as Apple Pay, Android Pay and Barclay’s Pingit. Together, with the anticipated... read more

19 Jan 17 @ 10:37

The global smartphone installed base will grow from 4 billion in 2016 to more than 6 billion smartphones in use by 2020, according to new analysis released by IHS Markit. Messaging and... read more