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Digital & Payment Card Yearbooks: Digital currencies take centre stage
Since 2008, there has been much speculation about the role of digital currencies in global payments, and the application of the software engineering behind cryptocurrencies built with blockchain. While speculation... read 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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Payment cards in Europe – an update from the European Payment Card Yearbooks
Cards and card payment at the point of sale and online showed solid growth rates in most European countries in 2017. This was supported by the rollout of contactless technologies, digital wallets and mobile NFC HCE payments. We examine the statistics and notable trends from the latest Payment Card Yearbooks. Cards in issue and card [...]
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Domestic payment schemes shifting focus to new digital payments services
The development of new payment services and the evolution of technology are currently the top priority of most domestic payment schemes. An overwhelming majority of schemes are in favour of cross-border collaboration and the top two rated actions are sharing of technical standards and jointly developing technical solutions. These the findings of a recent global [...]
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