Payments tech trends: Bitcoin leads Twitter mentions in October 2020
Electronic Payments International lists the top five terms tweeted by payments tech trends influencers in October 2020, based on data…
Morocco payments: Covid-19 drives online growth
Payment cards are at a nascent stage of development in Morocco, and accounted for just 2.1% of the total payment transaction value in 2019. The low uptake of payment cards…
30 Oct 2020
Covid-19 and the threats it brings to mobile payments
Covid-19 has accelerated the mass adoption of mobile payments, as a means of avoiding direct contact with banknotes and coins. However, as Mohamed Dabo reports, it has also heightened security…
29 Oct 2020
Portugal payments: Cash dominance in decline
Cash remains the preferred method of consumer payment in Portugal, accounting for more than half of the total payment transaction volume in 2019. However, the share of cash payments has…
28 Oct 2020
Fiserv’s David Chance: the multiple possibilities of Request to Pay
In an increasingly connected world, consumers and businesses expect more than just fast payments. David Chance, VP of strategy and innovation at Fiserv, looks at the market opportunities offered by…
26 Oct 2020
Open payments providers face competition from incumbent OBeP schemes
New entrants taking advantage of PSD2 regulations to offer open payments-initiation services in Europe are faced with incumbent online banking e-payments providers with established customer, merchant and bank relationships. In…
26 Oct 2020
Cambodia payments: Credit card growth remains modest
Cambodian consumers remain slow adopters of cashless payment systems, primarily due to the country’s high unbanked population, inadequate banking infrastructure, limited public awareness of electronic payments, and low acceptance of…
23 Oct 2020