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Data from The Barmard Institute reveals[1] an average of 70.19% of consumers dropped out of transactions last year. 25% of those dropping out citing information security concerns as a reason for doing so, and a further 22% complaining about high levels of inputs and data entry requirements. A new opinion piece by Martin Zeisel, Principal […]

Mastercard has expanded its cybersecurity services with an agreement to acquire global threat intelligence company Recorded Future from Insight Partners for $2.65 billion. Mastercard acquires threat intelligence capabilities Recorded Future is the world’s largest threat intelligence company, with more than 1,900 clients across 75 countries, including the governments of 45 countries and over 50% of

It’s tough at the top so they say. Well, it’s even tougher at the bottom. While the pressure has arguably never been greater for retail banks to conform to new standards of service expectation amid regulatory change and operational challenges, it is far from game over just yet. The customer relationship is so much more

A new report from Token ID, A Visa Solution, outlines in detail why Payment Account Tokenization (PAT) is essential to the future of payments. As the global economy digitises, the new report from Token ID argues that PAT will help to reduce fraud and improve authorisation rates while enabling the exchange of rich transaction data between banks

As fraud risk rockets and regulations tighten, customer identity and authentication management (CIAM) is top-of-mind for banks, financial services firms and insurers (BFSIs). Netcetera’s Martin Zeisel says comprehensive, properly-orchestrated CIAM has benefits beyond mitigating risk and maintaining compliance. Identity orchestration: beyond mitigating risk Every year, a higher proportion of global business goes digital. This year,

Brazil’s instant payment system Pix is set to surpass credit cards as the most widely used payment method in Brazilian digital commerce by next year, according to Payments and Commerce Market Intelligence (PCMI) data analysed by EBANX. The projection for 2025 estimates that Pix will account for 44% of all value transacted in online purchases

The Capgemini World Payments Report 2025, reveals an industry set to be reimagined with account-to-account and instant payments, predicting instant payments will account for 22% of all non-cash transaction volumes by 2028 globally. Since the inaugural World Payments Report in 2004, the payments industry has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past two decades. Digital technologies, such

The integration of AI into the payments industry is no longer a futuristic concept; it’s a transformative reality actively reshaping how transactions are conducted, streamlined, and secured. With the global financial landscape pushing towards greater efficiency, cost reduction, and innovation, AI is rapidly becoming the cornerstone of payment modernisation projects across banks and financial institutions.

A new report from financial software leaders Tietoevry Banking reveals that most European banks are now engaged in card systems modernisation by migrating their card management platforms away from legacy technologies and towards modern, more capable systems. Banks card system modernisation This follows a long period of hesitation, during which banks were considering their options while

Enfuce has announces the expansion of its E2 card, a 2-in-1 debit and credit card, to the UK, France and Germany, in collaboration with Mastercard.   2-in-1 debit and credit card Offering debit and credit PANs in one card, E2 bolsters the company’s track record of delivering cutting-edge products that benefit both card issuers and