03 Oct 18 @ 12:43

Samsung has celebrated the third anniversary of its mobile payment platform, Samsung Pay. Originally launched in South Korea on August 20, 2015, Samsung Pay has experienced significant global growth and... read more

11 Oct 17 @ 14:47

Samsung Pay has capitalised on its home advantage and processed ten trillion won ($8.8 billion) in accumulated transaction volume in South Korea, the company announced. The service was launched in... read more

23 Nov 16 @ 13:07

Mastercard says it has reached agreements with Microsoft, Google and Samsung to bring online payments capabilities to US-based users of their digital wallets via Masterpass. Starting early next year, Mastercard... read more

30 Mar 15 @ 16:41

Samsung, which is gearing up to launch its own mobile payment service, Samsung Pay, in Korea and the US this summer, has decided not to collect fees on Samsung Pay... read more

02 May 24 @ 09:27

In 2023, Nexi recorded an 88 percent increase in the value of in-store mobile payments transactions via smartphone and smartwatch in Italy, new data reveals. According to further data released... read more

26 May 22 @ 06:02

There are rumours circulating that Apple has purchased Credit Kudos with an eye to launching its Apple Card in the UK market. The company offers insights and scores based on... read more

27 Oct 21 @ 11:24

The findings of UK research commissioned by Samsung Pay suggests that the nation has potentially reached a ‘tipping point’ in how they choose to pay for goods when out and... read more

09 Jun 21 @ 04:06

In recent issues, PCM has given readers overviews of payments markets in both Western Europe and Eurasia. Now we focus on Russia – a market characterised by rapid growth and... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 13:44

As the payments ecosystem expands to include new players and payment methods including account to account and blockchain-enabled payments, we ask how much longer merchants are going to put up... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 12:03

A new study has found that biometrics will authenticate more than $3 trillion of payment transactions in 2025, from just $404 billion in 2020. The report found that biometrics, including... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 10:17

Bitpanda is now taking pre-orders for their first physical product – the Bitpanda Card, facilitated by Visa. The card is linked to any asset in a user’s Bitpanda portfolio, allowing... read more

23 Dec 20 @ 10:57

Although the digital wallet has existed for over 20 years, it’s only within the last decade that they have developed rapidly, revolutionising the way we search and pay for goods... read more

23 Dec 20 @ 10:49

Contactless payments have taken a leap forward during 2020, in part driven by concerns around the potential spread of COVID-19. In the Nordics, the contactless payment ratio has grown from... read more

06 Apr 20 @ 13:02

A new study from Worldpay has confirmed findings from PCM’s proprietary research and other sources that card use is now in slow decline in developed markets and is being replaced... read more

13 Feb 20 @ 10:18

The results of PCM’s exclusive 2019 study of payments in 43 markets across Europe and Central Asia are in. They show ATM numbers and usage continuing to decline across Europe,... read more

18 Dec 19 @ 15:26

Samsung says that in partnership with Mobeewave, a pioneer in contactless mPOS acceptance, the companies will deploy Samsung POS, NFC-enabled contactless payment acceptance on mobile devices worldwide starting October 2019.... read more

14 Oct 19 @ 08:39

The global Real-Time Payments (RTP) market size was valued at 6.90 billion in 2018 and is projected to expand at a CAGR of 29.3 percent from 2019 to 2025. RTPs... read more

06 Aug 19 @ 11:27

The future of mobile payments, both in the US and around the world, will likely be determined by the success of OEM Pay wallets. Data from Juniper Research indicates there... read more

06 Aug 19 @ 11:23

According to a new report by Yandex.Money, Russian customers are noticeably using contactless payment methods to pay for purchases: the number of payments made with smartphones has increased nearly threefold... read more

03 Jun 19 @ 14:54

GATE (Global Acceptance Transaction Engine) has released its Mobile Wallet Trends Annual Report, highlighting trends in both mobile wallet and mobile payment usage across global markets. Mobile wallets are still... read more