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Which digital wallet is best for the consumer and the merchant?

Which digital wallet is best for the consumer and the merchant?

Did you know that consumers could use a different digital wallet for every month of the year. There is AliPay, Amazon Pay, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Masterpass, PayPal, Paytm, Samsung Pay, Shop Pay, Venmo, Visa Checkout and WeChat Pay. 12 wallets for 12 months! Mark Beresford (Director, London) has asked to the question - could all these different digital wallets confuse consumers and merchants. And, importantly, could there be one digital wallet for all your needs?

Retail
Strategy Consulting
by Mark Beresford | May 02, 2023
9 min listen
9 min read
B2C
Digital payments
e-commerce
Seizing the SME card payment opportunity in Europe

Seizing the SME card payment opportunity in Europe

European SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) have historically been underserved by payment-related actors, often squeezed between consumers and corporates by financial institutions. In this article written by Louis Wapler, Manager in EDC’s Paris office, in collaboration with Gregoire Toussaint, Director and B2B Payments practice lead, they analysed the topic of SME payment cards, focusing on the key aspects such as existing pain points and unmet needs and how card related services SMEs to overcome them.

Issuers & Account Providers
Strategy Consulting
by Louis Wapler | May 02, 2023
10 min listen
10 min read
B2B Payments
Open Banking
What the JROC milestone document reveals about Open Banking in the UK

What the JROC milestone document reveals about Open Banking in the UK

On Monday 17th April 2023, the Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee (JROC), co-chaired by the Financial Service Authority (FCA) and the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), published its recommendations for the next phase of Open Banking in the UK. The report contains recommendations and it is effectively a roadmap for the future of Open Banking and payments in the UK. Mark Beresford (Director, London) and Elisabetta Nadal (Business Analyst, London) have taken some time to review and identify the implications of the report and consider other UK-wide financial services initiatives that have happened in recent history.

Government & Regulators
Product Innovation
by Mark Beresford | May 02, 2023
15 min listen
15 min read
B2C
Open Banking
Merchant Risk Council Las Vegas 2023

Merchant Risk Council Las Vegas 2023

Greg Toussaint (Director, Paris) took part in the Merchant Risk Council conference on 6-9 March 2023 in Las Vegas. Greg presented the key outcomes of the white paper on Payment Orchestration that Edgar, Dunn & Company (EDC) wrote for payment provider Nuvei and moderated a panel discussion with Corey Murphy, Head of Consumer Transactions at CarTrawler and Carl Miller, SVP Sales, North America at Nuvei.

Payment Service Providers & Acquirers
Payment Optimisation
by Gregoire Toussaint | Apr 03, 2023
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2 min read
White Paper
Payment Orchestration
Digital payments
Omnichannel
Cash versus cashless retail

Cash versus cashless retail

Cashless shops may become a reality sooner than we believe. In this article, Mark Beresford (Director, London) and the Retail Practice at EDC explore how this fundamental change to cashless stores may affect consumers, where the benefits and potential concerns exist, and which retailers are going cashless.

Retail
Strategy Consulting
by Mark Beresford | Apr 03, 2023
12 min listen
12 min read
B2C
Digital payments
Could Open Banking be open to the wrong type of participants?

Could Open Banking be open to the wrong type of participants?

Open Banking places the customer at the centre of the financial ecosystem, encouraging more innovation and the entry of new players to produce more specialized and pertinent financial products and services. Rawad Nasser (Consultant, Paris) has taken a closer look at the implications of the Open Banking technology from the consumers and merchants' perspectives and its potential future as a result of the upcoming regulations.

Technology Providers
Product Innovation
by Rawad Nasser | Apr 03, 2023
8 min listen
8 min read
Open Banking
PSD3
Real Time Payments

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