08 Apr 19 @ 13:18

A late 2017 McKinsey study warned payments firms should be more worried about “Big Tech” than fintechs as a threat to their businesses. Since then, Facebook, Apple, Google and Amazon... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 13:11

Successive waves of Point-of-Sale (POS) terminals are “sunsetting” – no longer receiving software updates – leading to significant upgrade or replacement costs for retailers. Meanwhile, non-POS methods of payment are... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 13:06

Growing numbers of countries are rebuilding their national payments infrastructures (NPI), including the UK, Australia, India, Canada and Singapore. PCM Editor James Wood looks at what’s gone right and wrong,... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 06:02

A new report from SWIFT and the Boston Consulting Group, Global Payments 2018, has projected major shifts in emphasis and structure for the payments industry over the next decade. Whilst... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 05:18

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 Yearbook. POS payments... read more

03 Oct 18 @ 12:46

The growth of Paytm has been exponential as it achieved an annual run rate of 5 billion digital transactions and $50 billion GTV (Gross Transaction Value) in July 2018. Paytm... read more

09 Aug 18 @ 14:32

WhatsApp is already the largest messaging app in the India with over 200 million active monthly users. Over the past few months, it has quietly rolled out its payments feature (WhatsApp... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 14:08

Google has made several announcements around Google Tez, the payments app that the search giant launched in India in September. Based on Unified Payments Interface (UPI), the NPCI’s payments platform for the... read more

11 Oct 17 @ 14:59

WhatsApp is rumoured to be preparing P2P payments for its messaging app, making it the latest service to let users transfer money to one another with a text. A beta... read more

06 Apr 17 @ 16:14

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

25 May 16 @ 09:55

Card payments in the Nordics are two-and-a-half to four times higher than the European average. Local person-to-person (P2P) mobile payment apps regularly top the app download charts. And at least... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 16:01

Metro Bank’s CEO Craig Donaldson spoke to us about results, differentiation and the next 10 years:  Results We have ambitious growth plans at Metro Bank but the response from both... read more

30 Mar 15 @ 17:24

The creation of a relevant and coherent digital strategy has become the most pressing concern for retail banks worldwide, overtaking their worries over regulation, according to a survey carried out... read more

29 Jul 13 @ 05:39

Card-not-present fraud levels are rising in many regions despite intense efforts to combat this pernicious threat. What is the industry doing to counter it? by Victoria Conroy It is a... read more