Industry Events
MPE 2026 will bring together 1,600+ individuals representing companies that are redefining the merchant payments ecosystem, on March 17-19, in the InterContinental Hotel Berlin, Germany.
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
April 16, 2026
DELUXE MERCHANT SERVICES will provide a payment processing platform to Washington Trust, a Spokane-based full-service bank with more than
$10 billion in assets.
April 16, 2026
AMERICAN EXPRESS has made its flexible payment options (FPOs) available to new American Express Business Platinum and Gold Cardholders in the UK. FPOs provide new cardholders the option to repay their statement balance in full or pay a portion over time, with interest. Cardholders can manage payments in the Amex app.
April 16, 2026
UNITED AIRLINES has launched a Mastercard debit card in the UK in partnership with co-brand debit card program manager Currensea. The card can be linked to any UK bank account. Cardholders earn miles and access to travel rewards based on spending.
April 16, 2026
WOLFE COMPANIES provides private label prepaid card products and loyalty programs to national and global brands through its PerfectGift.com, Gift Card Granny, GiftYa and Give InKind portfolio companies. Pizza Hut, which has nearly 20,000 restaurants in 110 markets and territories, has engaged Wolfe to modernize and scale its prepaid card infrastructure.
April 16, 2026
VISA offers a suite of six dispute resolution tools to help merchants, acquirers and financial institutions
cut administrative costs and reduce fraud-related losses. In 2025, Visa processed 106 million disputes worldwide. That number more than doubled from five years ago.
April 16, 2026
BANK ZERO, a South Africa-based branchless, app-driven financial institution, will use UK-headquartered Paymentology as its issuer processor for Mastercard branded payment cards.
Nilson in the News
April 3, 2026
Card volume rises with digital boost
"'There’s a surprising amount of new transactions as Visa and Mastercard really work to expand the merchant acceptance side of the business,' Nilson Report publisher and owner David Robertson said in an interview last month."
March 13, 2026
Credit-card cash reshapes US airline loyalty — and profit
"David Robertson of the Nilson Report said that if redeeming miles feels out of reach, some consumers may abandon airline cards, potentially prompting pressure from banks that buy miles in bulk."
March 4, 2026
CCCA seeks new path to passage
"Visa, the largest U.S. network, and No. 2 Mastercard, dominate the industry, controlling about 77% of the market in the U.S. credit card market, according to the research firm Nilson Report."
March 4, 2026
ACI Worldwide Unveils Connetic for Cards Payments Hub
"Despite the rise of real-time payments, cards continue to dominate globally. Fuelled by contactless adoption, e-commerce growth and B2B digitisation, global card transactions totalled 776 billion in 2024 and are projected to reach 1.1 trillion annually in 2029 – a 43% increase, according to research from Nilson Report."
January 12, 2026
Heavy metal’s hot in payment cards
"The number of payment cards circulating globally has nearly doubled since 2015, to 18.1 billion last year, but yearly growth rates have slowed since 2021, according to Nilson Report data CompoSecure cited in an August investor presentation."
January 8, 2026
Apple Card switches hands but no immediate changes for users
"The shift solidifies JPMorgan’s dominance in the credit card sector. The company was the top U.S. credit card issuer in 2024 based on more than $1.344 trillion in purchase volume, according to The Nilson Report. It’s the sixth year in a row that JPMorgan has held the top spot."
Nilson in the News
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Industry News
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Industry Events
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