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.
Explore the new era of commercial card and B2B payments at CPI Global in 2026. Join issuers, fintechs, networks, and corporate end users to address important changes in AI, virtual cards, and payment economics.
The world's most influential banking and payments conference, organized by SWIFT. Sibos attracts senior executives from global banks, payment networks, correspondent banking organizations, central banks, and payment infrastructure providers. Strong focus on cross-border payments, AI, digital assets, transaction banking, and global payment rails.
MRC San Diego returns 14–16 September 2026, bringing together payments, fraud prevention, and risk management professionals for an exclusive members-only conference focused on collaboration, education, and industry advancement.
Europe's premier summit for payments and transaction banking professionals. It is more than a two-day event; it's the place where industry leaders, innovators, and regulators come together to proactively shape the future of finance.
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.
Industry News
October 6, 2026
XFLOW, a cross-border payment platform, offers global businesses the ability to receive payments from customers in India who use cards, bank transfers and UPI. Those methods account for about 85% of all payments in India and have a success rate that exceeds 95%. Funds are settled in US dollars. Xflow, which is backed by Stripe, PayPal Ventures and General Catalyst, manages full authorization under the Reserve Bank of India’s Payment Aggregator—Cross-Border framework for imports and exports.
October 6, 2026
IN-SOLUTIONS GLOBAL, an India-based payment technology and infrastructure company, will facilitate Visa Payment Passkey transactions for issuers including Union Bank of India, Central Bank of India and Indian Overseas Bank. Visa Payment Passkey lets cardholders authenticate online and in-app payments using device biometrics or a device PIN instead of a one-time password.
October 6, 2026
SUNBIT, a provider of buy now, pay later and co-branded credit card programs that serve more than 40,000 US businesses, has launched a co-branded Mastercard program with Hollywood Feed, a pet food retailer with nearly 200 retail locations. World Elite Mastercard cardholders will receive 20% off their first purchase at a Hollywood Feed store and 5% Hollywood Feed rewards on all purchases for the first year. Transportation Alliance Bank is the card issuer.
October 6, 2026
FEEDZAI’S advanced risk scoring and financial crime detection technology will be integrated with core transaction processing at Peoples Bank of Canada and Peoples Trust ahead of the rollout
of Canada’s Real-Time Rail (RTR) payment system.
October 6, 2026
OKTO PAYMENTS, a Greece-based payment service provider, offers ecommerce merchants a direct connection via a single API to 16 million active users of the Yape wallet in Peru. More than 5 million merchants in Peru accept payments from Yape wallet users.
October 5, 2026
VISA, _ABLE and ONAFRIQ have partnered to support the expansion of the Visa Flex Credential token service across Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa (CEMEA). Visa Flex Credential enables issuers to offer multiple funding sources through a single card. Financial institutions can extend access to credit through eligible debit and prepaid credentials, helping to support broader financial inclusion. Onafriq is a pan-African payment company connected to money transfer operators, 500 million bank accounts and nearly 1 billion mobile wallets. Fintech company _able is a B2B financial technology infrastructure provider.
Nilson in the News
October 1, 2026
Credit card interchange fees: What they are and how they work
"According to the 2025 Nilson Report, in 2024, merchants paid $187.2 billion in swipe fees on over $11.9 trillion of payments for goods and services."
September 29, 2026
How banks use behavior to spot suspicious payments
"The cost of getting that decision wrong is high. Global payment card fraud losses reached $33.41 billion in 2024, according to the Nilson Report."
September 18, 2026
B2B Payments: A Gradual Shift from Checks to Electronic Payment Methods
"...issues of the Nilson Report provide the value of payments made with business credit and debit cards."
August 26, 2026
The post-penny economy: How cash rounding and credit card surcharges are changing what you pay
"In 2024, credit card spending was up 5.1% from 2023 to about $6.46 trillion, according to the Nilson Report, a publication that focuses on the global card payment business. Credit card processing fees were up more, by 9.3% to $148.52 billion."
August 25, 2026
Amex’s low fraud rate turns on its closed system
"Amex this year once again charted the lowest fraud rate among major U.S. card networks, according to the industry research publication Nilson Report. While Amex does not publicly release its exact fraud rate, the card issuer touted its low fraud track record over the past 19 years in a July 21 press release, citing Nilson’s February issue."
August 14, 2026
Credit card strain rises: study
"A 2025 Nilson report projected that card fraud would total about $404 billion in losses globally over the next decade."
Nilson in the News
Relevant and respected, the Nilson Report is quoted by more business news publications than any other in the payments industry. Here’s a sampling of the articles where our proprietary data has been featured.
Industry News
The latest information about the companies, products and services that are shaping the payments industry, selected by our team of specialists.
Industry Events
The Nilson Report curates the payment industry’s leading conferences, expos, summits, webinars, and executive forums, helping card issuers, merchant acquirers, payment networks, fintechs, processors, and technology providers stay connected to the trends, innovations, and leaders shaping the global payments ecosystem.
