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Internet fraud is more frequent

54% of consumers say that they are most likely to come across misleading/deceptive or fraudulent advertisements or offers on the...

Safety of credit card details

21% of consumers expressed concerns that their credit card details may be stolen

The fear of cross-border fraud

62% of consumers who had not made a cross-border distance purchase said that fears about fraud put them off

Victims of online fraud

12% of internet users across the EU have already been the victims of online fraud and 8% have had to deal with...

A universal right

The access to basic banking services and traditional means of payment, such as cash payments or paper transactions must become...

What Former Commissioner Barnier thinks

It will not be acceptable that new payment technologies, of which it is also important that Europe maintains its technological...

Impact on vulnerable groups

Vulnerable groups such as migrants, low-income, over-indebted, old and disabled people are reportedly experiencing difficulties in using new payment technologies...

Technology is leaving people behind

New payment services such as cards, internet and mobile payments may leave many people behind, while also making it more...

Increasing financial exclusion

The development of new payment technologies risks increasing financial exclusion for vulnerable consumers (ie migrants, over indebted people, low-income people)