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Merchant acquiring faces new challenges
The changing face of merchant acquiring not only creates new opportunities, but also challenges. In an increasingly competitive market, merchants…
Non-cash payments maintain growth
The 2010 edition of the World Payments Report from Capgemini, RBS and EFMA shows that electronic payment methods are increasingly…
Spotlight on corporate receivables
Receivables and payables operations are the source of many challenges for corporates and financial institutions around the world. As Victoria…
Sweden switches from cash
A surge in the use of debit cards and the widespread adoption of online banking has enabled Sweden to make…
Contactless set to enter the mainstream
Could 2010 be the year that contactless payment reaches the tipping point and becomes a mainstream payment tool? The payment…
MasterCard: the Apple of payments?
MasterCard’s recent media and analyst symposium was the setting for several announcements of new initiatives, which the payment network hopes…
The challenge of securing payment data
With several high-profile data breaches in the news over the past year, the issue of data security is once again…
Trends in Canadian cash management
Canada’s banks have enjoyed relative strength and stability compared to their larger US neighbours and have dominated the cash management…
Samba leads the way in Saudi Arabia
With assets of over $49bn, Samba Financial Group is one of the leading players in the Saudi Arabian financial industry.…
Country survey: France waves goodbye to cheques
Although France boasts one of the world’s highest levels of non-cash payments, adoption of electronic payments has been hindered by…
Country survey: In pole position in payments
If anyone needed convincing that Poland is a growth hotspot for electronic payments, one only needs to look at transaction…
Ixaris raises its profile in prepaid
Since 2000, Ixaris has specialised in developing global applications based on open-loop prepaid card schemes. Its payment applications enable consumers…
Increasing profits after Reg E
A new report from US payment consultancy Javelin looks at how current and looming regulation is threatening banking practices and…
The emergence of non-banks
The Latin America region is recognised as one of the fastest-growing electronic payment markets in the world. A new report…
27% of Americans still paid by cheque
Over the past two decades, electronic payments have gradually displaced paper-based payments as the preferred means of transacting in the…