Spending fell as the economy closed at the end of Q1 2020 and consumers sought to be “diligent” with debts

Washington’s Coastal Community Bank is to launch digital accounts next year with the help of Google Pay

Fraudsters are taking advantage of this time to target vulnerable populations and companies

The pandemic has forced people to embrace contactless and card-based payments – and the trend will only accelerate, research shows

Decentralized finance (“DeFi") has grown from a blockchain-based FinTech sandbox into a complex array of platforms through which borrowers, lenders and investors can undertake bank-like transactions without banks

Alipay is not the only company that is using APIs to transform payments, industry stalwart Visa is rapidly catching up with its own API library

The $2.65 billion deal would have been one of the largest transactions this year but will no longer go ahead

Research predicts a 28% annual growth rate for payments based on smartphone replicas of credit and debit cards

DCBank and XTM want to place cashless kiosks in retail venues – but is a cashless society a realistic aim?

McKinsey warns on the elevated risk of increased losses as the pandemic-induced unemployment rate rises