What Payments Cards & Mobile does

Payments Cards & Mobile (PCM), operating under the legal name Payments Industry Intelligence (PCM Publishing), is a UK-based B2B media and intelligence platform serving the global payments industry. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in London, with a headcount of 11–50 employees. It targets senior decision-makers at banks, card networks, payment processors, fintechs, technology vendors, and financial services firms, providing them with curated news, analysis, and research on a horizontal segmentation basis.

PCM's product portfolio is centered on a multi-brand publishing platform: the flagship Payments Industry Intelligence website delivers daily news and analysis via an email newsletter, supported by the legacy Payments Cards & Mobile magazine, The Payments Guide (a UK-focused reference resource), and Payment Yearbooks (annual reference publications). The company also operates the Payments Power 50 awards program, an events/conference business, sponsored webinars, podcasts, video content, and consulting services. Visible advertising relationships with major payments vendors (Worldline, FIS, BPC, Visa/Worldpay) indicate a sponsorship-driven monetization model layered on top of subscriptions and event revenue.

The business model is a diversified B2B publishing and events model with revenue drawn from advertising, sponsored content, event sponsorships, paid subscriptions, and consulting. Distribution is primarily through the company's own digital platform with global content reach, though operations remain UK-domiciled. There is no disclosed funding history, no institutional ownership identified, and no proprietary AI/ML technology; the company is positioned as an independent, founder-controlled niche media business rather than a payments technology provider.

Name

Payments Cards & Mobile

Legal name

Payments Industry Intelligence (PCM Publishing)

Website

https://paymentscardsandmobile.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Payments Cards & Mobile (PCM) is a London-based B2B media and intelligence platform that publishes daily news, analysis, a magazine, yearbooks, and runs the Payments Power 50 awards, serving senior decision-makers across the global payments industry.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Payments Cards & Mobile (PCM), operating as Payments Industry Intelligence, is a B2B media and intelligence hub serving the global payments industry. It publishes daily news, in-depth analysis, research, an industry magazine, an annual yearbook, and a payments guide for senior decision-makers in banks, fintechs, payment processors, and technology vendors. The company also offers consulting services, conferences, webinars, podcasts, and videos covering payments, cards, and mobile payment technologies.

Product overview

Payments Cards & Mobile (PCM) operates a multi-platform media and intelligence business serving the global payments industry. The core offering is a unified portfolio of publications providing news, analysis, research, and industry recognition. Key products include the Payments Industry Intelligence digital platform (delivering daily news direct to senior decision-makers), the Payments Cards & Mobile magazine, The Payments Guide, and the Payments Yearbook annual reference. The company also organizes conferences, webinars, podcasts, and videos, and runs the Payments Power 50 awards program. This is a media/intelligence platform rather than a payments technology product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Payment Yearbooks: Yearbook publications covering payments industry analysis and trends
• Payments Guide

Products and services

• Payments Industry Intelligence A daily news and analysis digital platform providing senior payments industry decision-makers with coverage of new technologies (stablecoins, AI), players, and regulations reshaping the global payments landscape. Delivered via website and email newsletter.
• Payments Cards & Mobile Magazine An industry magazine covering payments, cards, and mobile technology topics, featuring in-depth analysis and industry reporting. Distributed to payments industry professionals.
• The Payments Guide
• Payments Yearbook An annual reference publication documenting key developments, trends, and players in the payments industry, providing a year-in-review resource for industry professionals.
• Payments Industry Consulting Services Consulting services offered to banks, fintechs, payment processors, and technology vendors based on the company's market intelligence and industry expertise in the payments sector.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Finextra: Finextra is a long-running payments and banking industry news site and community covering cards, payments rails, and fintech — directly comparable to PCM in audience, subject area, and editorial format (daily news plus research).
• PaymentsDive: PaymentsDive is an Industry Dive publication providing payments industry news, analysis, and newsletters to payments professionals — a directly comparable B2B editorial model with overlapping coverage and a comparable email-led distribution approach.
• Digital Transactions: Digital Transactions is a US-based payments industry news publication covering card payments, processing, and payments technology — directly comparable in subject area and target audience, with the added relevance of anchoring US coverage PCM currently lacks.
• PYMNTS: PYMNTS is a daily news and intelligence platform covering payments, ecommerce, and the connected economy for senior decision-makers — the closest like-for-like competitor to Payments Industry Intelligence, with a similarly senior-executive audience and a comparable editorial cadence.
• Electronic Payments International: Electronic Payments International is a trade magazine covering cards, mobile, and electronic payments — a directly comparable legacy trade-publication model serving similar payments audiences with overlapping coverage (cards, mobile, retail payments).
• Paypers: Paypers is an online publication providing news, reviews, and research on the global payments industry — a directly comparable editorial business covering payments with similar target readers and similar news/research product mix.

Broad incumbents

• Tearsheet: Tearsheet is a B2B media and research firm covering financial services, fintech, and wealth management with a subscription-plus-events model — a comparable editorial product targeting financial industry decision-makers, though with a wider fintech/wealth focus versus PCM's payments-specific niche.
• Retail Banker International: Retail Banker International is a financial services publication focused on retail banking and payments — directly comparable B2B media model with overlapping audience (senior retail banking executives) and similar events/newsletter/awards product mix.
• American Banker: American Banker is the largest US B2B financial services media brand covering banking, payments, and fintech at a broader level — comparable editorial model (subscription news, events, awards) but covering banking more broadly, with payments as one vertical among many.

Emerging players

• Bank Automation News: Bank Automation News is an Informa title covering automation, AI, and digital transformation in banking and payments — comparable in subject matter and audience, with stronger emphasis on technology verticals that increasingly intersect with PCM's coverage of AI in payments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/paymentscm

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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