Publications

PSE produces a wide range of industry-leading publications on a wide range of topics, and in variety of formats. Here you can find some of our most recent publications. For daily updates on the latest developments in the global payments market please follow us on Twitter at @pseconsulting.com.

Will Regulatory Innovation Destroy the EU’s Cards Business?

15th November 2018

The following blog summarises Peter Jones’s presentation at PSE’s Merchant Acquiring Conference 2018 Over the past 10 years, Europe’s cards business has suffered a tidal wave of regulation. Not […]

The End of the European Cards Business?

9th October 2018

Peter Jones presented in Frankfurt last week to an august audience of senior German payments experts, at the PaySys breakfast event, on his perspectives on the future for cards. Is […]

Making Cards an “Instant” Winner

10th May 2018

This topic, and many others, are going to be discussed at our Payment Gateway Conference on 16th May 2018 Proposition Instant Credit Transfer (ICT) real time payments are becoming […]

Getting Real(Time) – How Acquirers Can Save the EU Cards Model

1st May 2018

With the coming of Instant Payments, many are questioning the capability of the EU cards rails to offer a competing real time service. Current EU acquiring platforms are predominantly dual […]

Time to Deliver Consumer Redress for the EU’s Instant Credit Transfer?

17th November 2017

Last the week the UK Payment Services Regulator (PSR) responded to the UK Consumer Association’s November 2016 super-complaint over the lack of consumer redress for Credit Transfers. The PSR has been […]

Does the EBA’s risk based approach to Strong Customer Authentication destroy frictionless card payments?

14th March 2017

There has been a flurry of excitement since the publication of the EBA’s draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on 23rd February 2017. While there is much to consider within its […]