ANALYSIS Europe’s payments paradox: one market, many ways to pay
Europe’s payment infrastructure is converging, but its consumers are not. New research finds that shoppers mix habit with choice, local trust with global convenience...
120bn agentic transactions expected by 2031 as B2C use accelerates
A new study by Juniper Research has found that the number of agentic commerce transactions globally across B2B and B2C use cases will reach 120 billion annually...
One in four Europeans will abandon purchases over missing payment options
More than one in four European consumers are likely to abandon a purchase if they cannot pay using their preferred method, according to new...
ANALYSIS The invisible mobile operator: how eSIM is opening telecoms to...
The most important development in mobile may not be taking place inside the mobile network operators at all. It is happening inside supermarket loyalty...
OPINION How Lidl’s MVNO turns mobile into a retail engagement tool
Hamish White, CEO of telecom software provider Mobilise, explores why retail MVNOs are gaining renewed momentum and what this means for the future of...
Starling moves beyond banking with travel eSIM launch
Starling Bank has launched an eSIM service offering customers mobile data in more than 130 countries, extending its travel proposition beyond payments and underlining...
Lidl and AO dial into the branded MVNO boom
AO has launched its own UK mobile network, while Lidl is preparing to become an MVNO across its European markets, as retailers, banks and...
DTC is the future for app monetisation, but lack of clear...
A report from GDC Festival of Gaming and Appcharge, a DTC payments platform for mobile games, reveals the state of direct-to-consumer (DTC) monetisation, predicts...
Banglalink receives Bangladesh Bank approval to launch digital payment service
Bangalink, the Bangladeshi arm of telco VEON, has been awarded a Payment Service Provider (PSP) licence from Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of Bangladesh,...
Visa and Mastercard lay payment rails for the agentic economy –...
Visa and Mastercard have unveiled separate initiatives designed to make payments initiated by AI agents secure, controllable and scalable, as artificial intelligence moves from...
