Travel to popular destinations such as France, China, Morocco, and the USA increased by ~85% among Visa premium cardholders, holiday shopping on luxury apparel and jewelry rose over 55%, and inbound travel spend increased by ~75%.
Paysecure has received the Best Payments Industry Newcomer Award at the Card and Payments Awards, held in London on 5 February 2026.
Adyen and Uber are expanding their payments partnership with physical kiosks that bring ride booking and checkout experiences into real-world locations beyond the smartphone.
Lidl in Germany now lets customers check out using SEPA bank transfer, bypassing American Visa and Mastercard payment networks.
Affiliate World Global Dubai is back on 4-5 March and is set to break the record for our biggest performance marketing conference yet.
UNCHAIN Festival returns to Oradea on 17–18 June 2026, offering unparalleled networking opportunities, exclusive industry insights, and strategic connections for over 800 senior leaders and decision-makers from more than 40 countries.
How UNCHAIN 2026 Brings Europe’s Banks Face to Face with Execution Gaps, Infrastructure Risk, and the Limits of Automation
Pepper Money is at the centre of takeover discussions with Challenger Limited that could see the Australian non-bank lender taken private again, just a few years after returning to the ASX.
In 2025, newly released data from the independent Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) revealed that Monzo, one of the UK’s largest digital banks, had the highest rate of overturned decisions in fraud and scam refund complaints among major lenders.
Join the Payments Leaders’ Summit UK in London on 28-29th April 2026 for two days of strategic insights, peer networking and practical guidance on the future of payments.
Chargebase has introduced a new platform designed to help e-commerce and software-as-a-service businesses manage and prevent payment disputes before they escalate into chargebacks.
A new forecast from Juniper Research anticipates that the number of mobile money users in emerging markets will grow significantly through the end of the decade, driven by enhanced interoperability, expanded use cases and deeper integration with broader digital financial services.
Under the partnership, Payrails customers will be able to access Ecommpay’s suite of payment services, including global and local acquiring, more than 100 alternative payment methods, and proprietary fraud tools, through a single API integration.
The global payment gateway market size is expected to reach USD 114.30 Billion by 2030 according to a new study by Polaris Market Research.
This major regulatory milestone enables AUSTRIACARD to serve banking sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
As financial platforms grow more complex, fintech providers are increasingly embedding AI assistants directly into their products to help customers navigate features, automate routine tasks, and reduce reliance on manual support. Airwallex is the latest payments company to introduce such a tool, adding an in-app AI assistant designed primarily to simplify day-to-day platform use.
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