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Can Russian payments systems weather the sanctions storm
Alongside a host of other Western companies, PayPal, Mastercard, Apple and Visa have pulled out of the Russian market following...
Eurasian payments: Electronic payments moving fast
New data from Payments Cards & Mobile’s Digital and Card Payments yearbooks reveals strong growth in electronic payments across Russia...
Alternative Payments: Why are “Alt Pays” on the rise?
As both Visa and Mastercard announce higher charges for e-commerce transactions and almost two-thirds of Europeans now bank online, it...
Citi launches SEPA instant payments
Citi has announced it will launch SEPA Instant Payments in Europe, further increasing the bank’s global Instant Payments offering. The...
Stablecoin invasion – The next big thing in crypto?
Cryptocurrency has been in the sights of the payments industry for more than a decade, but it still only just...
Interview: The rapid rise of Pix real-time payments in Brazil
Two years ago, the Brazilian Central Bank decided to launch Pix, a real-time payment scheme that the bank developed, manages,...
Interview: Joining the SEPA Request-to-Pay scheme (SRTP)
Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Request-to-Pay (SRTP) is one of the most recent European Payments Council (EPC) schemes. Sami Karhunen,...
EU charge Apple Pay with abuse of market power
The European Commission has accused Apple of abusing its market position for contactless payments via its digital wallet app Apple...