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…
25 Mar 2021
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…
24 Mar 2021
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…
23 Mar 2021
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…
22 Mar 2021
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…
22 Mar 2021
Amex unleashes a flood of deals for US consumers and businesses
American Express kicked off the new year by introducing new offers for US Consumer, Small Business and Cobrand Card Members, as well as small merchants. Mohamed Dabo reports Designed with…
19 Mar 2021