Tag Archives: Payments

Facebook has introduced Facebook Pay, a unified online payment system for Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp. Facebook Pay is designed to simplify transactions made through the sites while also ensuring …

The payment industry continues to expand and evolve, with digital payment vehicles and transaction volumes growing across the globe. Experts anticipate that 2020 payment trends will push the development of …

Ingenico, a global leader in seamless payments, have analyzed the disruptive trends likely to transform the payment industry in the future and come up with 5 predictions for payments in …

Business-to-business (B2B) payments are expected to continue their advance and become any even more popular payment method in 2020, reaching USD 23.1 trillion in the U.S. alone. This boom in …

People are gradually moving away from plastic cards, as evidence by the fact that more and more payment cards are being tokenized into mobile phones. With this trend especially popular …

Over the last five years, mobile payments have grown, grown and grown some more. In 2017, wallet spending amounted to USD 1.35 trillion. In 2018, that figure rose to USD …

Russia’s banking market has already proven itself to be very dynamic. But with changing regulations, new business models and new innovations coming to market, 2020 promises to be an interesting …

Money20/20 was held earlier this year in Las Vegas. Here are 5 key takeaways from the event: The distinguishing lines between merchants and FinTechs continue to blur –  Uber created …

Earlier this year, Kiev played host to the 4th Visa Cashless Forum. In total, more than 300 participants gathered to discuss this year’s topic: “Driving the Future”. During the event, …

Consumers choose to use digital services for one main reason – it solves an issue. In Kazakhstan, however, the adoption of digital services has been somewhat lower than in other …

FinTech is a booming industry in Ukraine, with more than 100 such companies operating in the country today (58% of which were founded in the last 3 years). Because of …

Experts discuss the trends likely to influence the payments sphere in 2020. Open Banking & Digital Wallets: Transforming Fintech in the MENA Region Infographic: characteristics of startups that fail and …

The advancement of technology has been a consistent driver of business development, and 2020 will be no different. Here’s a quick look at the top FinTech trends for the coming …

Equifax Inc. and Urjanet are partnering to give more power to consumers and businesses to use their payment data from utility, telecom and cable providers to give a more complete …

Facebook has announced a plan to launch its own cryptocurrency (Libra) next year. In fact, what they may be doing in launching Libra is actually creating a new financial system …

With Apple Inc. starting the rollout of its brand-new Apple Card and its availability expected to reach more than 40 countries by the end of the year, we wanted to …

U.S. banks are projected to lose as much as USD 43 billion in revenue if mobile payment apps become as popular in the U.S. as they are in China. This …

Android users in India can now make instant peer-to-peer (P2P) payments via Amazon Pay through a government-backed unified payments interface (UPI) platform. The new service will also allow customers to …

Competition in the Asia-Pacific region is intensifying between established financial institutions and the technology and e-commerce disruptors that threaten to carve up the payment solutions market. According to a report …

Internet company Ozon has announced the launch of its own card. The MasterCard World PayPass card serves as a payment instrument as well as gives users access to a loyalty …