Category: Cardstream

July 26, 2019

PSD2: Understanding Strong Customer Authentication

PSD2: Get Set for Strong Customer Authentication PSD2 has changed the landscape of banking forever – breaking the monopoly that banks have traditionally held over their customers’ account data. Good ....

June 28, 2019

How do online payment gateways work?

Online payment gateways 101 – All you need to know EDI, HTTPS, VBV – shesh, payment gateways sure do love their acronyms (and if you need a little help with ....

April 28, 2019

Will Biometrics Replace Plastic Cards?

Biometric technology is everywhere – from smartphones to buildings, onto schools and even airports. So the natural next step for biometrics seems to be banking. Indeed, with Apple having launched ....

March 26, 2019

Will The UK Become A Cashless Society?

In the UK, the practice of paying is at a tipping point, with cards finally overtaking cash this year. It’s taken a long time for this to happen, but this ....

February 26, 2019

Are Mobile Payments The Future?

In 2017 mobile payments in the UK topped £975m – accounting for a staggering 328% increase year on year [1]. With such remarkable growth, it seems the right time to ....

December 21, 2018

Payment Trends of 2018

Here we are, in the season of yearly industry roundups and predictions for the coming year. As we countdown to 2019, we want to look forward to the changes and ....

November 23, 2018

Brace yourself: Black Friday has arrived.

10 fatalities. 111 injuries. This isn’t a count for a natural disaster. These are the numbers of deaths and serious injuries linked to Black Friday in the US to date. ....

October 5, 2018

Cardstream Does the Double at the Business Leader Awards

Fintech success Cardstream took the Business Leader Awards by storm, claiming two of the night’s most coveted trophies. The company was awarded the prestigious title of Business of the Year ....

May 11, 2018

Business Leader – Cardstream CEO Adam Sharpe Interview

Meet Adam Sharpe, once the youngest British driver to race at Le Mans and now the driving force of Fintech innovation   ADAM SHARPE is a self-confessed speed demon who ....

June 5, 2017

Cardstream Functionality

In eCommerce and FinTech, the technologies that are most versatile are the ones that thrive. Your business must provide a solution that protects your merchants and gives them the tools ....