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This week, new research from RBR finds that expansion into rural areas is the key driver of the impressive card acceptance growth happening in developing markets.

Plus, guest author Bethan Cowper looks at the evolution of fraud in payments and what organisations can do to protect against fraud as much as possible.

Enjoy!

Expansion into rural areas is they key driver of the impressive card acceptance growth happening in developing markets, finds new research from RBR.

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.

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.

Android Pay has launched in Poland, which becomes only the second country in Europe (after the UK) to work with Google’s mobile payment service. It will be available to customers with Mastercards and Android-based devices.