More than a quarter of payments in 2020 were contactless as cash use plunged

More than one in every four payments last year were contactless as cash use plunged, according to figures from a trade association. Coins and banknotes...

Black Friday footfall expected to rise +2%, as discounts unlock pent-up spending from bargain-focused,...

UK retailers are expected to see a boost in footfall on Black Friday (29 Nov 2024), with the lure of discounts unlocking pent-up post-payday...

Clearpay Partners with Luxury Retailer MATCHES

Clearpay, a prominent figure in the Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) market, has unveiled a partnership with the esteemed London-based luxury clothing brand MATCHES....

Risk averse GenZ and Millenials make over 90% of purchases via a debit card...

ClearPay’s Richard Bayer, EVP, Country Manager and Head of Sales, while on a panel at the Ecommerce Expo, co-located with Technology for Marketing, said...

Gift cards are shoppers ‘go to’ in supporting favourite brands’ recovery, according to research

With high street fortunes continuing to improve following the lifting of lockdown restrictions, new research reveals that a renewed surge of customer loyalty, fuelled...

Ripple and Lunu partner to enable luxury retailers to accept cryptocurrency payments

Today, Ripple, the leader in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, has announced a partnership with Lunu to support the Berlin-based company’s luxury retailers in...

£15.4m lost to scams last Christmas

Scam online shopping “bargains” that turned out to be too good to be true cost shoppers £15.4 million over Christmas last year, according to...

New report by Hokodo finds that B2B sellers lose out on buyer loyalty and...

Hokodo has released a report that explores the habits and e-commerce expectations of business buyers.  Out of the 500 surveyed B2B buyers, 83% said that...

NatWest Group first UK bank to sign agreements with payment providers to offer new...

NatWest Group has signed agreements with three payment providers – TrueLayer, GoCardless and Crezco – to offer Variable Recurring Payments (VRP) as a new...

Card payments in Singapore to grow by 8% in 2022, says GlobalData

Card payments in Singapore are set to rebound with 8% growth in 2022, with improving economic conditions, forecasts GlobalData, a leading data and analytics...