Tag: payments
Payment fraud has become an industry: here’s how to stop it
Payments fraud is becoming an industry and consumers are paying the price. It's time for a systemic solution, write Anna Martin and Mireia Llambrich Anto from BEUC's Financial Services team.
The future of payments: why we need an inclusive digital euro
In an increasingly digitalised world, a digital euro offers many advantages but only if it can mirror the key characteristics of cash, writes Anna Martin.
Consumers deserve better security in electronic payments
It is a lesson from history that fraud always moves to the least secure form of payment available. The first credit card was launched in 1950 in the US. To authorise a payment, the consumer simply had to present it...
Why digital can’t replace cash
We live in a digital era where smartphones rule. These intelligent devices offer consumers instant and convenient access to information, services, shopping, banking and payments. So a logical question is to ask whether banknotes and coins still have a role...