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Brad Hyett CEO at phos
With the help of SoftPoS, also referred to as "Tap to Pay" technology, retailers and vendors can transform phones and other mobile devices into contactless payment terminals. For smaller businesses, this means cost savings over traditional POS terminals, i.e. costly chip and pin machines. Meanwhile, larger retailers can rapidly increase...
15 March 2023 /payments
Stan Cowan
According to a recent survey from PYMNTS, over 71% of executives are significantly interested in real-time payment systems. It’s easy to see the value in near-instant transactions – faster account openings, purchase confirmations, fund transfers between banks, amongst others. These benefit businesses, consumer and financial institutions (FIs) Even...
07 March 2023 /payments /crime
Fatemeh Nikayin Co-Founder at Rivero
On first inspection, the card payments industry appears to be a mismatch of service providers covering similar functions. However, each firm has an important role in the card payment process. From customer sales to transaction bookings, a breakdown of the card payments value chain is overdue. Locking Down the Customer The crucial first step in the...
27 February 2023 /payments /regulation
Brad Goodall CEO at BANKED
While the rise of mobile devices has streamlined transactions worldwide and made consumers’ lives easier, the dark side of this growth is that mobile payment fraud has only become more sophisticated. Back in 2007, only a third of people in Great Britain used mobile banking – now, that figure is over 90 per cent. Alongside this growth, there has b...
27 February 2023 /security /payments
Jamel Derdour CMO at Transact365 / Nucleus365
An incontrovertible key to the rise of e-commerce globally has been payment gateway providers’ facilitation of e-commerce products, services, and purchases in untapped and emerging economies. We expect e-commerce volume and values in emerging economies to grow considerably as technology continues to facilitate merchant supply chains and champion c...
01 February 2023 /payments /markets
Back in 2002, the fraud losses related to eCommerce fraud on UK-issued debt and credit cards amounted to 28 million pounds. Decades later, that number continues to skyrocket, with the annual losses hitting 376.5 million pounds as of 2020. During the pandemic, as people spent more time online than ever, there were new waves of online crime. Ove
22 January 2023 /payments /crime
Thomas Mueller Co-Founder & CEO at Rivero AG
Rates of fraud have continued to soar in the latest 3-year period studied by the UK’s Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), and neo-banks account for the bulk of increases. This has confused industry observers as one of the benefits of neo-banks is reportedly greater transparency and control over transactions. However, it now appears likely that thes...
09 January 2023 /security /payments
Craig Brightly Head of Sales & Account Management - Europe at Trust Payments
The imminent Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 created significant disruptions for tourism. Many businesses closed, and the hospitality and travel sectors came to a halt. The pandemic had a substantial impact on businesses in this sector where cash was a relatively common means of payment. As a way of aiding social distancing, card payments were encourage...
04 January 2023 /payments
With the year coming to a close we take a look at 12 trends of the payments sector for Christmas and beyond! Day 1 Growth of embedded finance: “Expected to reach highs of $230 billion in 2025 embedded finance will see a 10x growth since 2020” - Forbes. Day 2 In time… real-time: A focus for the last few years, payments sectors will move further towa...
22 December 2022 /payments /markets
Philippe Vappereau General Manager at Calypso Networks Association
The aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, coupled with increased inflation and the rising cost of living has forced the transport industry, like many others, to adapt. Therefore, as we enter 2023, public transport authorities and operators should change their priorities to meet customer needs, such as the increased demand for contactless ticketing p...
21 December 2022 /payments /sustainable
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