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FCA crackdown on contactless card fraud security flaw
The UK’s FCA has set out measures to tackle contactless card fraud on contactless cards which have been reported lost or...
Australia banks lose ruling to Apple Pay as mobile wallet continues dominance
Apple Pay has won a major regulatory battle with Australian banks that will see it retain control of its contactless mobile...
The US payments landscape: EMV, card-not-present and mobile ecosystems
There are a lot of moving parts in the US payments landscape with the ongoing EMV migration to chip technology,...
Market analysis – payments cards in Europe (E33)
Payments cards and card payment at the point of sale and online showed solid growth rates in most European countries...
To ‘Pay’ or not to ‘Pay’? The choice around mobile payment
People don’t use their mobile phones to make telephone calls nearly as much as they used to. They are using...
HCE – The way to move mobile payments forward fast
No personal consumer device seems to have had the same impact as the smartphone. Unbelievably it’s only ten years ago...
Mastercard Periodic Table of Payment Elements
The payments industry is ever-evolving and, with it, the terminology used to describe it. With the Mastercard PERIODIC TABLE OF...
EMV payment card market struggles for growth as saturation levels hit
Global EMV payment card shipments reached just under 3 billion in 2016, marking a year-on-year (YoY) increase of less than 1%....