Google Zero + HTTPS-by-default = a changing telemedia funnel
Google Zero changes how the customer discovers and reaches a service. HTTPS-by-default changes how the customer is identified and charged once they get there....
More than payments: why telemedia needs to stop thinking in rails
For years, the telemedia industry has tended to view payments as a choice of rails. Cards, direct carrier billing, wallets, bank transfer, local payment...
Digital euro pilot goes ahead with 36 PSPs and merchants despite...
The European Central Bank (ECB) has given the green light for 36 PSPs and selected merchants to participate in the Eurosystem’s digital euro pilot.
The...
Why payments are no longer just payments – Editorial
For years, the telemedia industry has tended to view payments as a choice of rails. Cards, direct carrier billing, wallets, bank transfer, local payment...
Consumer payments predictions: a market driven by agentic commerce, bank-backed wallets...
Consumer payments are entering a new phase, with AI-led shopping, bank-backed wallets and one-click checkout set to have the greatest impact on the market...
Mastercard scam rules put 72-hour clock on telemedia payment risk
Mastercard is tightening the way suspected payment scams are identified and acted on, with new monitoring standards due to take effect on 24 July...
Pix points the way to the next generation of subscription payments:...
Just six months after introducing Pix Automático in Brazil through payments specialist EBANX, recurring Pix payments already account for 28% of Nord Security's total...
South Africa’s digital services lesson: why the rest of the world...
Conferences often claim to reveal the future. Most don't. They offer snapshots of where an industry is today, occasionally dressed up as predictions about...
Friendly fraud to make up 28% of chargebacks globally by 2031
The value of transactions lost to friendly fraud – also known as first-party fraud – will reach nearly $16bn in 2031; a growth of...
TELEMEDIA JOHANNESBURG 2026 Keynote shows why sport could be Africa’s next...
One of the strongest themes to emerge from Telemedia Johannesburg was that Africa's digital services market is entering a new phase of maturity. The...
