Industry Events
In Africa, Payments and Regtech stand as catalysts for economic transformation. Innovations in digital transactions coupled with robust regulatory technology are reshaping the financial landscape.
Trustech is the annual meeting place of the card and trust technology industries. The event remains a popular mix between tradeshow and conference with over 200 international exhibitors, and around 100 international speakers covering the latest technologies and trends in the fields of Payments & Identification.
Transact by Electronic Transactions Association (ETA), the world’s largest payments industry trade group is the one show focused solely on the business of payments technology. Transact is the place where financial institutions, networks, payments companies, FinTech and technology innovators gather to make the deals that shape the industry.
MPE 2025 will bring together 1,500+ individuals representing companies that are redefining the merchant payments ecosystem, on March 18-20, in the InterContinental Hotel Berlin, Germany.
A dynamic 4-day event that promises cutting-edge educational content, including keynotes, workshops, breakout sessions, and exclusive merchant roundtables, offering a comprehensive exploration of the latest payments and fraud prevention developments in Europe.
The 20th NextGen Payments & RegTech Forum returns to Zurich, Switzerland to explore how organisations are optimising operations and seizing opportunities through the latest technological innovations in Payments and RegTech.
Industry News
December 22, 2025
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES has expanded its Rapid Rewards loyalty program to include a Visa debit card issued by Sunrise Banks. Galileo Financial Technologies provides the card account processing and related issuing support services for the Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Debit Card. Cardholders earn one bonus point for every two dollars in spending. Points never expire. There are no blackout dates, and cardholders can use their points for any seat.
December 22, 2025
BELIZE BANK will deploy configurable API-based technology from i2c to extend banking services to the country’s underbanked population.
December 22, 2025
ZILCH, a UK-based BNPL provider, has received a payment services license from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority. The company has also become a Principal Member of Visa.
December 22, 2025
FIFTH THIRD BANK, which ranked 13th largest among issuers of Mastercard and Visa payment cards for businesses and their employees, has signed a partnership with corporate card specialist Brex. In 2024, Fifth Third corporate, purchasing, small business credit, small business debit and prepaid commercial card products generated more than $21 billion in purchase volume. More than 30,000 companies use commercial cards, spend management software and/or banking services from Brex. The company’s software is used to eliminate manual expense reporting and accounting tasks by finance teams at startups and Global 2000 companies.
December 22, 2025
EBANX, which provides acquirers and other companies access to local payment methods in emerging markets, has extended its ability to deliver network tokens into Brazil, Chile, Peru, Colombia and the Dominican Republic. Tokens replace a card’s primary account number.
December 22, 2025
PAYPAL has launched its buy now, pay later service in Canada, giving buyers the option of splitting payments into
four equal payments that can be funded by credit card, debit card or bank account. Buyers can pay using the PayPal app or online.
Nilson in the News
December 10, 2025
Credit card swipe fees are higher than ever, causing "cost creep"
"The average swipe fee Visa and Mastercard — the two biggest players — charged merchants last year was 2.35%, a new high, according to Nilson Report, an industry publication."
November 21, 2025
How consumers see card threats
:A Nilson Report released in January suggested fraud losses in card payments will reach $403.88 billion globally over the next ten years. Card-not-present transactions in the U.S. are particularly at risk, the report noted."
November 13, 2025
The golden age of US credit card rewards may be at an end
"Retailers, unsurprisingly, hate swipe fees, which last year doubled to $148bn from 2016 levels, according to The Nilson Report. For many, they rank second only to wages as a cost of doing business."
November 12, 2025
8 pros, cons of Visa-Mastercard pact
"Swipe fees on Visa and Mastercard credit cards totaled a record $111.2 billion last year, 11% higher than in 2023 and triple the cost a decade earlier, the Merchant Payments Coalition said in March, citing data from the Nilson Report."
November 8, 2025
Visa and Mastercard Near Deal With Merchants That Would Change Rewards Landscape
"In 2023, banks and other financial institutions that issue Visa and Mastercard credit cards collected $72 billion of these interchange fees, according to the Nilson Report, a trade publication."
October 1, 2025
How stablecoins could change the way Americans shop in stores
"Merchant processing fees reached a record $187.2 billion in 2024, according to Nilson Report."
Nilson in the News
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