24 Oct 22 @ 13:21

With a young, dynamic population and a growing economy, Brazil is a hot market for global payments players. But will endemic fraud problems and technical challenges blunt its attraction? There’s... read more

25 Aug 22 @ 12:18

Some experts say cards are a legacy technology while digital wallets and alt-pays are the future. But more powerful cards with multiple functions and better security are fighting back. So... read more

21 Apr 22 @ 09:40

With more transactions per month, new stablecoins being launched and new regulatory frameworks coming to market in the next eighteen months, cryptocurrencies – and specifically stablecoins and Central Bank Digital... read more

17 Feb 22 @ 15:05

This year’s PCM’s Digital and Card Payment Yearbooks suggest payment card use may be starting to decline, to be replaced by digital wallets, direct-to-account payments and other methods. James Wood... read more

17 Feb 22 @ 14:48

As the number of merchants looking to accept digital payments shoots up, cheaper and more capable acceptance systems based on mobile devices are growing fast. James Wood looks at the... read more

24 Aug 21 @ 09:21

For more than a decade, the shift to e-commerce and mobile has brought huge amounts of investment into payments. As further fresh investment rounds are announced, PCM asks whether a... read more

09 Jun 21 @ 03:52

While most of the world can’t travel across borders just yet, we can certainly shop across them. Data shows that almost 24 percent of e-commerce purchases in Europe are international.... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 13:09

The WorldPay/FIS Global Payments Report 2021 is one of the landmark studies in the payments calendar. This year, the report suggests a barely-credible rise in digital wallet use in both... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 11:24

The 2021 Visa Back to Business survey of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) has revealed the major pain points for the world’s small businesses when it comes to payments –... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 10:26

Proponents say payments automation will reduce costs, speed up transactions and make life easier for consumers and businesses. Yet many problems remain – not least data protection and digital identity... read more

23 Dec 20 @ 12:07

From acquiring to fraud, the role of big tech, mobile wallets and faster payments – PCM’s James Wood asks industry leaders to play Gypsy Rosie Lee and read what’s on... 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

06 Apr 20 @ 13:00

Research from Deloitte in the United States has warned credit card issuers they need to do more to encourage credit card use if credit products are to have a long... read more

06 Apr 20 @ 12:09

Intuit, which already owns TurboTax and QuickBooks, has agreed to buy credit report provider Credit Karma for $7.1 billion. The deal highlights the growing appetite among financial services groups for... read more

13 Oct 19 @ 21:32

Three FinTech mega-deals totalling $87 billion set the scene for a record-breaking $120 billion in disclosed fintech transaction value during a ‘white-hot’ first half of 2019, the latest global FinTech... read more

06 Aug 19 @ 09:35

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is launching a merchant acquiring service, NatWest Tyl, for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), heading back into the payments business, putting it in direct competition... read more

03 Jun 19 @ 14:51

The UK’s competition regulator, which had been looking into the merger, has dropped its opposition to PayPal’s $2.2 billion takeover of iZettle, after finding that the enlarged payments group would... read more

03 Jun 19 @ 14:29

Citigroup recently announced that it is developing a consumer payments platform (B2C payments), in a move to enter the rapidly growing digital payments industry. Citi’s new service will offer merchants... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 11:30

Born around the turn of the millennium, a new generation of consumers has entered adulthood in 2018. They have never known a world without mobile phones and tablet computers, have... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 06:26

The French bank Natixis is reported to be reviewing a potential deal with Ingenico as the companies look to expand in the rapidly consolidating payments sector. In a statement today,... read more