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Mass deployment of biometric payment cards is coming globally
Approximately 3 billion payment cards are issued every year globally[1] – but this was not achieved overnight. When Chip & PIN...
Some say payment cards are yesterday. But they could be key to the future…
Amid all the hype about a digital future in which consumers transact instantly between their accounts using digital wallets, it...
Report: Cash and cards still king, trust an issue with wallets
A new study from leading European payment specialists Transact Payments reveals Brits overwhelmingly prefer to carry cash and use cards. Although...
Is 2022 the year that payment cards pass their expiry date?
As reported in Payments Cards & Mobile, Amazon announced in November that it would stop taking payments from Visa credit...
Biometrics: securing a future for contactless cards
Digital wallets and account-to-account payments are growing fast – but contactless cards are currently Europe’s most popular way to pay,...
2.6 billion smart payment cards shipped globally in 2018
Smart Payment Association (SPA), the trade body of the smart payments industry, has published its 2018 annual top smart payment...
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...
Global card expenditure to reach $45 trillion by 2023 – contactless driving growth
Payment cards were used for purchases with a value of $25.1 trillion worldwide in 2017, an increase of 13% on...