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 […]
The future of ecommerce payments: 3 ways open banking is ready to challenge card payments
By TrueLayer One key motivation behind open banking is to enable the growth of alternative payment methods. With the continuing growth of online retail sales and the card network’s ageing infrastructure, there’s an opportunity for the ecommerce industry to embrace open banking payments. Here are three reasons why open banking is ready to challenge the […]
Payment fraud against fintech companies soars by 70%
The payment fraud attack rate (the rate of fraudulent transactions blocked out of total transactions) across fintech ballooned 70% in 2021—making it the highest increase across any vertical. That’s according to Sift’s Digital Trust & Safety Index, which details the increasingly sophisticated—and often automated—tactics cybercriminals leverage to commit payment fraud. According to Sift’s analysis, derived […]
Connect, Manage, Optimize: The three pillars of payment orchestration explained
Payment orchestration is getting more and more buzz in the digital payments world. It will soon become a requirement in the software stack of businesses trading internationally. This article from BridgerPay will walk you through the three principles that make payment orchestration the invaluable tool it is… Payment orchestration is not just a buzzword. It’s […]
5 Minutes With… BridgerPay’s Ran Cohen
In the latest instalment of our eCommerce industry executive interview series we spoke to BridgerPay Co-Founder & CEO Ran Cohen (pictured) about the company, the challenges posed by increased PSP demand during the pandemic, the opportunities presented by user-centric digital payments and the importance of payment volumes… Tell us about your company, products and services. Our vision is to bring together the digital payments […]
FREE GUIDE: Automate your ecommerce operations to drive growth
By Linnworks As your sales increase and your operations scale across multiple channels, automation is key to keeping control as you drive growth. To continue finding new customers and growing sales, retailers need to be wherever their customers want to shop. To deliver a frictionless and convenient experience from product discovery right through to fulfillment […]
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Magento 2 + Thunes
Magento is a powerful e-commerce platform that offers both an open source version for smaller businesses and the enterprise level offering for more advanced sellers. Built on top of industry leading technologies, choose simplicity with this free integration of our Magento 2 plugin. The rise in online shopping has been exponential. To keep up with this […]
Get paid using QR Codes
By Ordo QR Codes were once the domain of quirky-can’t-really-see-the-genuinely-needed-gap-in-the-market gimmick. They were invented by Toyota in Japan in the 1990s to improve the process of car manufacturing. A QR code can store three times the amount of data as a bar code using the same amount of space, and they’re secure, so now, they’ve […]
SIBF leads $4 million Seed round for payment orchestration startup BridgerPay
BridgerPay, payments orchestration software that boosts online businesses’ payments capabilities with one API, dynamic checkout, and a single admin interface to manage all transactions, routes, and rules of the business in real-time, has raised $4 million in a Seed round of funding. The bootstrapped company has been active for two years with an impressive and […]
PCI DSS: Why it pays to comply
By Rob Crutchington, Managing Director, Encoded For customers to buy from an organisation either in person, online or via a contact centre they need to be confident that their payment cards will not be compromised, their personal details are secure and their identities cannot be stolen. PCI DSS was created to protect consumers and merchants […]
