All articles by Robert Prendergast

Robert Prendergast

Digital wallet adoption is on the rise in the UK

Digital wallets are projected to account for £203.5bn of all e-commerce transactions in the UK by 2027

ING and Mastercard partner to enhance the online shopping experience

ING and Mastercard have partnered to make payments easier and safer for consumers when shopping online through Click to Play

MeaWallet launches Mea Card Gateway

Mea Card Gateway is a platform aimed at issuers, fintechs, online merchants, financial institutions and payment service providers

No cash, no sausage roll: Greggs stores unable to take card payments

The recent payment processing issues for Greggs makes a convincing argument towards importance of cash in today’s society

PayPoint and Lloyds Bank expand partnership

The partnership will see Lloyds Bank Cardnet become the main card acquiring partner across PayPoint’s network of over 60,000 SME

VoPay sets sights on European expansion 

VoPay eyes up London as it shows its commitment to broadening its international footprint and fostering financial inclusion worldwide

Galileo expands Buy Now, Pay Later solution

Galileo’s new Buy Now, Pay Later offering allows banks and fintechs to give consumers greater financial flexibility

Thredd expands into the US card issuing market

Working with long-standing partner, B4B Payments, Thredd has processed its first US-issued debit transaction

Appdome unveils defence to social engineering attacks on mobile apps

Brands can now prevent AI-powered social engineering attacks in Android & iOS apps and protect billions of mobile users from fraud and abuse in real time

Zone raises $8.5m in funding

VC investment firms Flourish Ventures and TLcom Capital co-lead the funding round of Africa’s first regulated layer-1 blockchain for payments