09 Dec 21 @ 11:04

Hong Kong is heading towards being cashless as paper money and coins account for no more than 1.6% of POS transactions by 2024, the lowest in the Asia-Pacific region, and... read more

11 Nov 21 @ 11:39

Asia is the world’s consumption growth engine—miss Asia and you could miss half of the global picture, a $10 trillion consumption growth opportunity over the next decade. But Asia’s consumer markets... read more

02 Nov 21 @ 17:23

Digital wallets are expanding their functionality and credit cards are going to have to evolve to compete. As digitisation gathers pace, mobile devices with digital wallets linked directly to bank... read more

13 Oct 21 @ 17:02

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

13 Oct 21 @ 10:14

Payments are entering a new experience-driven era (Payments 4.X), ushered in by an accelerated transformation timeline due to COVID-19 and the growing digital appetite of customers, according to the World Payments... read more

11 Oct 21 @ 08:45

Global cross-border payment flows are expected to reach $156 trillion in 2022. This trillion-dollar cross-border payments market is being shaken up by a rush of new entrants that promise to... read more

08 Oct 21 @ 12:06

The pandemic affected business as usual in all sectors. But in the payments industry, business hasn’t been usual for years. So, when lockdowns, supply chain interruptions, and economic uncertainty consumed... read more

05 Oct 21 @ 13:37

Can you imagine your life without your phone? In little over a decade, smartphones have become more than just a device in our pockets. Today, they are something closer to... read more

31 Aug 21 @ 12:48

The pace of evolution in Europe’s payment market is evident in all areas – including processors. Sweeping changes in consumer payment behaviour, merchant acceptance and democratisation of services have produced... read more

24 May 21 @ 14:05

In 2020, a study by CMSPI and Zephyre found that, on average, European merchants were paying more to accept each card payments than they had prior to regulation.1 This significant finding was... read more

28 Apr 21 @ 15:49

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

18 Mar 21 @ 14:28

The 2021 Visa Back to Business study 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

02 Mar 21 @ 17:26

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

25 Feb 21 @ 17:49

Global payments preferences for consumers vary considerably around the world, reflecting an infinite diversity of historical, technical, cultural, economic and regulatory factors. Alternative payment methods like digital wallets and bank... read more

24 Feb 21 @ 17:55

Despite growing calls for regulation and some demographics turning their back on credit, Buy now, pay later (BNPL) schemes were the fastest-growing online payment method in the UK last year,... read more

06 Oct 20 @ 17:10

The latest version of the World Payments Report has been released today, payment firms are being pushed rapidly into transformation, even as they handle larger transaction volumes, face increased competition... read more

26 Aug 20 @ 12:26

If you mentioned that Amazon was trying to take a foothold in the financial services and payments market, not many would be surprised. But what if you explained how deep... read more

10 Aug 20 @ 14:31

Research from Deloitte has warned credit card issuers they need to do more to encourage credit card use if credit products are to have a long term future, especially with... read more

31 Jul 20 @ 12:10

A global payments report 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 by... read more

11 May 20 @ 15:03

Payvision, a global FinTech and omnichannel payments provider, announced today that it has appointed Andre Valkenburg as its new CEO. Andre brings more than 20 years of experience in the... read more