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The future of online gambling: Frictionless payment experiences

The online gambling industry has undergone a dramatic transformation in recent years. Gone are the days of clunky interfaces and limited payment options. The future of online gambling Today’s players crave a seamless, secure, and personalised experience, pushing the boundaries of innovation in the space. This article delves into the trends shaping the future of […]

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BIS selects CaixaBank for Project Agorá cross-border payments

CaixaBank has been selected as one of the private entities that will be part of the Project Agorá global initiative of Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the Institute of International Finance (IIF) to explore new forms of international payments. BIS selects CaixaBank for Project Agorá Project Agorá has involved private sector companies worldwide to

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The growing divide in payments: Small businesses struggle to align

As we know, the global payments landscape is undergoing rapid transformation, but small businesses and consumers appear to be at odds when it comes to payment preferences. This misalignment, highlighted in the 2024 Xero Global Payments Report, exposes a significant gap between the payment methods consumers want and those small businesses are prepared to offer.

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Improved identity and authentication management leads to higher revenue

Data from The Barmard Institute reveals[1] an average of 70.19% of consumers dropped out of transactions last year. 25% of those dropping out citing information security concerns as a reason for doing so, and a further 22% complaining about high levels of inputs and data entry requirements. A new opinion piece by Martin Zeisel, Principal

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Mastercard acquires Recorded Future for threat intelligence capabilities

Mastercard has expanded its cybersecurity services with an agreement to acquire global threat intelligence company Recorded Future from Insight Partners for $2.65 billion. Mastercard acquires threat intelligence capabilities Recorded Future is the world’s largest threat intelligence company, with more than 1,900 clients across 75 countries, including the governments of 45 countries and over 50% of

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Why Payment Account Tokenization (PAT) is vital for an instant future

A new report from Token ID, A Visa Solution, outlines in detail why Payment Account Tokenization (PAT) is essential to the future of payments. As the global economy digitises, the new report from Token ID argues that PAT will help to reduce fraud and improve authorisation rates while enabling the exchange of rich transaction data between banks

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Identity orchestration: beyond mitigating risk to multiple benefits

As fraud risk rockets and regulations tighten, customer identity and authentication management (CIAM) is top-of-mind for banks, financial services firms and insurers (BFSIs). Netcetera’s Martin Zeisel says comprehensive, properly-orchestrated CIAM has benefits beyond mitigating risk and maintaining compliance. Identity orchestration: beyond mitigating risk Every year, a higher proportion of global business goes digital. This year,

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Pix to surpass credit cards in digital commerce in Brazil

Brazil’s instant payment system Pix is set to surpass credit cards as the most widely used payment method in Brazilian digital commerce by next year, according to Payments and Commerce Market Intelligence (PCMI) data analysed by EBANX. The projection for 2025 estimates that Pix will account for 44% of all value transacted in online purchases

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World Payments Report: A2A payments spark new wave of innovation

The Capgemini World Payments Report 2025, reveals an industry set to be reimagined with account-to-account and instant payments, predicting instant payments will account for 22% of all non-cash transaction volumes by 2028 globally. Since the inaugural World Payments Report in 2004, the payments industry has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past two decades. Digital technologies, such

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