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Industry Event

August 6-7, 2025

Africa Payments & RegTech Forum

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.

Industry Event

December 10-11, 2024

15th NextGen Payments & Regtech Forum

The 15th NextGen Payments & RegTech Forum aims to discover how organizations are seeking to optimize operations, with a growing focus on expanding opportunities by adopting the latest technologies that are reshaping the Payments and Regtech industry.

Industry Event

December 3 – December 5, 2024

Trustech

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 150 international speakers covering the latest technologies and trends in the fields of Payments & Identification.

Industry Event

November 7-8, 2024

Banking 4.0 and Finance Innovation Conference

Conferenzia World’s Banking 4.0 and Finance Innovation Conference 2024 is bringing together leading banking experts to analyze the challenges companies are now facing and the core opportunities for banking industries to strengthen strategies to attract and retain customers.

Industry Event

November 6-7, 2024

19th NextGen Payments & Regtech Forum

The 19th NextGen Payments & RegTech Forum aims to discover how organizations are seeking to optimize operations, with a growing focus on expanding opportunities by adopting the latest technologies that are reshaping the Payments and Regtech industry.

Industry Event

October 10-11, 2024

18th NextGen Payments & Regtech

The 18th NextGen Payments & RegTech Forum aims to discover how organizations are seeking to optimize operations, with a growing focus on expanding opportunities by adopting the latest technologies that are reshaping the Payments and Regtech industry.

Industry News

Industry News

November 7, 2024

Priority Technology Holdings Announces Third Quarter Financial Results

Financial highlights of the third quarter of 2024 compared with the third quarter of 2023 include revenue of $227.0 million, up 20.1%, adjusted gross profit of $86.0 million, up 18.9% and operating income of $38.1 million up, 62.0%.

Industry News

November 5, 2024

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2025 Results

GAAP revenue increased 5.2% and GAAP operating income increased 14.0% for the fiscal three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the prior fiscal year quarter. Non-GAAP adjusted revenue increased 5.3% and non-GAAP adjusted operating income increased 1.6%.

Industry News

October 25, 2024

Mastercard is Expanding its US Installments Program

Mastercard is expanding its US Installments Payments program at checkout to give merchants, financial service providers, processors and digital wallets the ability to offer consumers installment payments at checkout. Partners working with Mastercard include Global Payments, Skipify and Splitit.

Industry News

October 23, 2024

Fidelity Payment Services and Cardknox Rebrand as Sola

Fidelity Payment Services and its proprietary payment gateway, Cardknox, have consolidated the brand identity and company name and will now be known as Sola. Founded in 1996, Fidelity started out by offering merchants payment processing services. It was acquired by PSG Private Equity in 2022.

Industry News

October 28, 2024

Nium Launches Verify for Real-Time Account Verification

Nium, the a provider of infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, has launched Nium Verify, a real-time bank account verification service for businesses and individual accounts. The product will be available in 50 markets. It integrates with clearing systems and major banks within each country, providing instant confirmation of beneficiary account details before transactions are initiated.

Industry News

October 28, 2024

Vaiu Global Unveils Tokenization Software to Enhance FedNow Security and Usability in Banking

Vaiu Global, a software technology provider, has introduced Ephemeral Token Software to accelerate the adoption of instant payments, including the US Federal Reserve's FedNow real-time payments system. The company's software enables banks to implement token-based bank withdrawals and deposits, eliminating the need to exchange credentials (account or personal information, including ID, phone numbers, and email) when making a payment.

Nilson in the News

Nilson in the news

October 14, 2024

Bankrate

Travelers are vulnerable: Here’s how to keep your money safe while traveling

"Payment card fraud losses worldwide totaled $33.45 billion in 2022 and is projected to reach over $43 billion by 2028"

Nilson in the news

September 19, 2024

Wall Street Journal

Trump Floats Long-Shot Proposal for 10% Cap on Credit-Card Rates

"Borrowers in lower- and middle-income households who carry balances would benefit the most from caps on credit-card charges. But they would also be the first ones banks would stop lending to if Trump’s cap were passed, said David Robertson, publisher of the Nilson Report, an industry publication."

"'Wall Street banks would say, how much further risk do I want to bring on given the fact that my revenue is shrinking?” Robertson said. “That’s where the rubber meets the road.'"

Nilson in the news

September 17, 2024

CNBC

Apple is in talks with JPMorgan for bank to take over card from Goldman Sachs

"JPMorgan is the country’s biggest credit card issuer by purchase volume, according to the Nilson Report, an industry newsletter."

Nilson in the news

September 12, 2024

Upgradedpoints.com

Credit Card Facts & Statistics – Debt, Spending & More [2024]

"According to the 2024 Nilson Report, the breakdown of purchase volume from the top issuers of general-purpose credit cards in the U.S. is below:

Chase: $1.246 billion
American Express: $1.124 billion
Citi: $594 billion
Capital One: $575 billion
Bank of America: $494 billion
Discover: $218 billion
U.S. Bank: $200 billion
Wells Fargo: $192 billion"

Nilson in the news

July 31, 2024

Payments Dive

Is Visa readying for an expiration of cards?

"While Kupferberg also downgraded Mastercard, it’s more striking that he would take aim at the industry-leader, given Visa’s dominant global market share of about 39%, compared to Mastercard’s 33%, according to the research firm Nilson Report."

Nilson in the news

July 19, 2024

Bankrate

Target bans checks — does anyone still use them?
"I understand that some organizations... don’t want to pay credit card processing fees (these average 2.2 percent of the transaction, according to The Nilson Report)."

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
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Industry Events
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