Was Covid-19 the jab needed to make companies fight fake news?
If this is the era of fake news, then it's likely to be the calm before the storm. The true tempest will begin to howl once the age of deepfakes…
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GlobalData research: the journey to a cashless world
The idea of a cashless society has been threatening to take the world by storm…
Country reports: Estonia, the Netherlands and UAE
Estonia Credit card market to post modest growth Estonians are prolific users of payment cards. The frequency of overall card…
Covid accelerates the rise of digital wallets, digital gift cards
The 2020 e-commerce surge created shopper affinity around the world for retailers that offer digital payments with adoption of digital…
Mastercard: 2020 sees consumers spend additional $900bn online
It is no secret that Covid-19 altered the payments landscape throughout 2020 – as people were forced to stay at…
Kenya payments: credit cards are yet to gain traction
Kenya is a cash-dominated economy, with cash accounting for 99.6% of overall payment transaction volume in 2020. The low uptake…
Ireland payments: debit cards maintain Irish stranglehold
Despite cash being the preferred method of payments, Irish consumers are gradually shifting towards electronic payments. There has been significant progress in the adoption of card-based payments, which recorded compound…
Germany payments: girocard drives cards growth
Germany has a strong economy and high levels of financial inclusion, despite German consumers having a strong inclination towards cash for retail payments. The German maxim is “geld stinktnicht” (literally…
Take a bow Square, PayPal but customer satisfaction declines overall
Satisfaction with merchant services providers that enable small businesses to process card and mobile wallet payments has declined from 2020 amid Covid challenges, reports Douglas Blakey. But the JD Power…
Cardtronics: UK nowhere near ready to go cashless
Despite the protestations of the cashless lobby, the fact remains that the UK is nowhere near being ready to go cashless and the risks associated with sleepwalking into a cashless…
The cashless society: notes and coins dead by 2026 in the UK?
The pandemic has accelerated the journey to a cashless society at a dizzying rate as shops opt for card usage over cash. And while not everyone is ready to let…
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