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Card payments in China set for post-Covid surge

The Chinese government’s recent announcements regarding the termination of zero-COVID policies and the relaxation of restrictions will drive 3.6% growth in the country’s card payments this year. That’s according to GlobalData, which has analysed a market that was among the fastest-growing globally, but experienced an adverse impact from the COVID-19 pandemic. Ravi Sharma, Lead Banking and Payments […]

Is 2022 the year card payments expire?

Card payments may be the single most common way we choose to pay in the UK — there were 15.8 billion debit card payments in 2020 — but they weren’t designed for digital commerce. They were invented in the 50s by a businessman who forgot his wallet in a restaurant. And it shows. The 16-digit […]

50% of Brits won’t use a card for small payments

Almost half of Britons are still unwilling to use their card for small items. That’s according to a YouGov Realtime survey, which shows that when asked if there are some sums too small to pay with a card, 47% said yes, while an identical 47% said it was always acceptable to pay on plastic no […]