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Card payments are the preferred payment method for both consumers and merchants
The European payments landscape has undergone a profound transformation over the past few years. According to an April 2019 report by the European Central Bank (ECB), electronic payments have grown... more
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Card payments rise to 24% of total e-commerce spend
Card payments online are growing at double digit rates and will continue to increase significantly faster than card spending at physical outlets to account for nearly a quarter of all... more
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Payment Card Yearbooks: European payments continue to rise rapidly
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... more
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Illegal card surcharging still prevalent in UK
In the UK customers are still paying hundreds of pounds as retailers are illegally surcharging for card payments at POS. Credit and debit card surcharging was banned in January 2018,... more
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Strong growth in card acceptance fuelled by consumer demand and government campaigns
The number of merchant outlets accepting card payments worldwide grew by 13% throughout 2017 to reach 69.2 million at the end of the year. The two least developed regions in... more
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