Is using contactless payments secure? How do contactless payments work? Cash payments are slowly getting replaced by other payment methods, such as credit cards, debit cards and now contactless payments. Contactless payments are becoming increasingly popular for a good reason, they’re a secure and convenient way to pay. Contactless payments are one of the most...
Stimulated by the COVID-19 pandemic, its expected the number of unique digital wallet users to exceed 4.4B by 2025, up from 2.6 billion in 2020, according to a recent study from Juniper Research. The total amount spent through digital wallets is also expected to nearly double to $10 trillion annually by 2025 from $5.5 trillion...
The trend toward digitization has been building momentum over the past few years. Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s even faster, especially in the payment industry. Cash apps, digital wallets and card-not-present (CNP) transactions are replacing cash, checks and physical credit cards. Meanwhile, fraudulent activity across digital channels is ramping up. Merchants are...
COVID-19 has placed financial pressure like never before on companies and consumers. Banking institutions are forced to facilitate alternative payments and transfers with new automation, due to the increased number of e-commerce transactions and new consumer trends. A large proportion of people around the world made their first online purchase ever this year, with more...
What is Card-Not-Present fraud? The growing problem of card-not-present fraud harms both online consumers and online merchants. This type of fraud occurs in fraudulent transactions where a cardholder does not present a card to a merchant in person. Instead it is being used on the internet, phone and mail-order transactions. Usually in most cases, this...
