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With the year coming to a close we take a look at 12 trends of the payments sector for Christmas and beyond! Day 1 Growth of embedded finance: “Expected to reach highs of $230 billion in 2025 embedded...
The modern e-commerce landscape has rapidly evolved to offer consumers faster, simpler and more secure payment methods. Rather than cumbersome bank transfers and checks, consumers can now make seamles...
Alternative finance (alt-fi) has steadily grown as a viable payment method in the e-commerce ecosystem. According to a report from Cambridge Judge Business School, in 2020, online global alt-fi volum...
There aren’t many sectors that haven’t benefited from the use of data. In fact, the ability to collect, assess and utilise data has allowed many sectors to flourish over the past decade. The fintech i...
September 2022 will be remembered as an era of profound change for the UK. At the beginning of the month, Liz Truss was officially appointed the UK’s prime minister, who is now responsible for leading...
The volume and efficiency of cross-border payments have increased considerably over the past decade. Figures from Statista show that, in 2018, $124 trillion US dollars in cross-border payments were ma...
Payment gateways have provided unprecedented access to new markets and business scale-up opportunities for their merchant clientele. However, as customer base regions and payment types diversify risk ...
Written by Sophie Flynn, co-founder and CFO of Transact365. When it comes to implementing change in any industry or sector, challenging preconceptions about what is deemed ‘normal’ and presenting a fr...
Written by Sophie Flynn, CFO of Transact365. When it comes to gender equality in the workplace, the financial services sector is regularly in the spotlight. Traditionally male-dominated, progress has ...
The rise of digital payment systems in Latin America (LATAM) is typically dominated by discussions on the region’s largest markets. Brazil and Mexico feature heavily in this discourse, a reflection of...
For the majority of the payment industry’s history, innovation has been led by multinational payment organizations. Having established a foothold in advanced economies and setting the groundwork for d...
E-commerce has revolutionised the way consumers are able to find and purchase goods and services online. In advanced economies, online transactions have become commonplace, with some businesses even p...