Industry Events
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.
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.
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
February 17, 2025
The Board of Directors of Zwipe AS has decided to file for bankruptcy with the Oslo district court, Norway. The company says that despite extensive efforts to restructure operations and secure continued business activities, it has not been possible to achieve a financially sustainable solution. Zwipe provides a battery-free open platform for a biometric system on an access control or payment card.
February 19, 2025
Kona I, a South-Korea-based smart card and technology platform, has received a Letter of Approval from Mastercard for biometric plastic (PVC) payment cards built on the Idex Pay platform, allowing the issuance and deployment of biometric cards globally. Idex Pay is provided by Kona says annual production capacity is 60+ million cards.
February 18, 2025
Red Maple, a company that specializes in expanding the capabilities of Microsoft Dynamics 365, has released a Subscription Payments product that is built to integrate with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations and Business Central. It manages recurring payments, billing, and customer subscriptions. New features include attaching payments directly to contracts for better tracking and compliance.
February 17, 2025
Payrails will provide payment processing support to Flix, which operates bus and train services in 40+ countries under the FlixBus, FlixTrain, Kamil Koc and Greyhound brands. Last year, 81 million passengers used Flix for travel. Payrails operates in Europe, North America and Turkey.
February 18, 2025
Turkish Airlines has partnered with Advanzia Bank to launch a Miles&Smiles Mastercard Gold in Germany. Cardholders pay an 8 euro monthly fee to earn one Mile for every two euros spent on everyday purchases. Miles can be redeemed for Turkish Airlines and Star Alliance award tickets, cabin upgrades, extra baggage allowance, as well as purchases at Shopandmiles.com. Cardholders also get comprehensive travel insurance as well as zero foreign exchange and ATM fees.
February 11, 2025
Visa has launched Tap to Add Card in Ukraine, allowing cardholders to add Visa contactless cards to digital wallets by tapping on their mobile device, citing manual entry as a common source of errors and a vulnerability to fraud. Tapping generates a unique, one-time code validated by Visa's Chip Authenticate service.
Nilson in the News
January 28, 2025
How to handle repeated credit card fraud
"Payment card fraud losses worldwide reached $33.83 billion in 2023, according to The Nilson Report’s Annual Fraud Statistics issue — up 1.1 percent from 2022."
January 15, 2025
Card fraud losses will increase over next decade
"Fraud losses in card payments will continue to rise worldwide, the research firm Nilson Report said this month, predicting $404 billion in global losses over the next ten years.
January 7, 2025
Fraud in US payments is escalating — here's how we can fix it
"In 2023, U.S. card fraud losses totaled $14.32 billion, representing over 42% of global fraud losses, even though U.S.-issued cards accounted for just over a quarter of the total global card volume, according to the Nilson Report."
January 4, 2025
The fight over credit card swipe fees enters a new year with no end in sight
"Spending on American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa cards in the U.S. soared to $5.25 trillion in the first half of 2024, up from around $4.98 trillion during the same period in 2023, according to data provided to NBC News by the Nilson Report, which covers the payments industry."
November 30, 2024
As Cash Fades, Small Retailers Embrace Efforts to Rein In Swipe Fees
"Merchants of all sizes paid a total of $172 billion in processing fees in 2023, up from roughly $116 billion the year before the pandemic, according to the Nilson Report, which tracks the payments industry. That’s a 48 percent increase."
October 18, 2024
Global payments in 2024: Simpler interfaces, complex reality
"Global losses from payment card fraud are projected to reach $400 billion over the next ten years, with authorized push payment fraud alone expected to grow at 11 percent CAGR from 2023 to 2027."
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