The evolution of fraud in payments
In this guest post Bethan Cowper, Head of Global Marketing at Compass Plus, takes a look at the constant presence of fraud in payments, and what organisations can do to protect against it.
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UK’s Black Friday online spending growth set to beat the US
Grab your party hats and Union Jacks because the UK's Black Friday online spending growth is set be higher than America's according to new data from Ingenico ePayments, the online and mobile division of Ingenico Group.
Thirteen times more costly than fraud: Why false declines are the real threat to Black Friday profits
New research has shown that poor payment security could be costing merchants big. Rather than this being from fraud, however, it’s happening through turning away legitimate customers.
Cash still most popular method in Canada, but for how long?
Cash and other paper-based transactions are still the most popular way of paying Canada, a new Canadian Payment Methods and Trends (CPMT) report has found. But for how long?
British shoppers frustrated by in-store experience, turn to technology
With Black Friday approaching, it's time to take a quick look at how the modern day Brit likes to shop, and it looks like the behaviour is in the midst of a noticeable evolution.
Contactless spending in UK hits £2 billion monthly mark
If there is one metric that can be used to most clearly present the rising success of contactless payments, it would be monthly spend. New research from the UK Card Association shows that monthly contactless card spending has passed the £2 billion mark in July.
A history of binary options [Infographic]
In a new infographic, Binary Options Robots recaps the history of binary options since 1973, the highs and the lows, through to 2016 and the present day.
Over three quarters of POS terminals will be contactless by 2020
The contactless technology momentum doesn't only apply to the ever increasing spending as new research from analyst firm Berg Insight predicts that nearly 80% of the world's POS terminals will be contactless within the next four years.
Start-up focusing on financial exclusion reaches 100k users
Pockit, a startup that focuses on helping the four million 'financially excluded' people in the UK, has hit 100,000 users since it began trading in 2014.
Millennials around the world ‘waiting’ for progress in payments
Millennials aren't chomping at the bit to adopt the newest payment methods just yet, new research suggests. Instead they are biding their time, using traditional payments while waiting for advancements in the market.
