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Payment Orchestration: Will it revolutionise the payments industry?

24 Mar 23 @ 17:07

Recent research by payabl. has looked into whether or not payment orchestration could become a key capability for merchants across varying sectors, and for businesses of all shapes and sizes.... read more

Instant payment transactions to exceed 235 billion globally by 2027

07 Mar 23 @ 17:45

A study has found that the number of consumer instant payments, any payment outside of a card network that is capable of receiving funds in 10 seconds or under, will... read more

Four steps to delivering complex digital transformation projects in fast-changing environments

07 Feb 23 @ 14:37

The rate of change in the business world is increasing exponentially. Disruptive companies are upending whole industries by introducing new technologies and business models quickly copied and adopted by their... read more

DBX: The Digital Banking Experience Report

23 Jan 23 @ 17:09

Sopra Steria has revealed the results of its Digital Banking Experience Report (DBX) For the second year running, IPSOS and Forrester assessed banks’ digital maturity and ability to keep pace... read more

PCM Feature: Payment platform problems – fix or switch?

03 Jan 23 @ 13:21

Today’s leading financial institutions still operate outdated card and payment platforms from the 1990s and need to change. But why are so many opting to patch their systems up, rather... read more

FinTechs should partner in DevOps – here’s why

29 Nov 22 @ 13:44

As neobanks and FinTechs target growth with new apps and digital services, Adrian Marinica, Technical Manager from Maxcode explains why partnering with external providers is the optimal way to deliver high... read more

Nearly half of the finance industry have adopted Open Banking

18 Nov 22 @ 12:57

Nearly half (43%) of all large financial institutions have already adopted Open Banking according to a new report from API-driven identity management company Curity. The Facilitating the Future of Open... read more

Open Banking APIs offer £1 billion monetisation potential for banks

11 Nov 22 @ 13:42

Considerable opportunities exist for banks to monetise their Open Banking APIs for both internal and external-facing use cases, according to a report released by Mobey Forum’s Open Banking Expert Group.... read more

M&A in FinTech remains stable as gravity returns to valuations

14 Sep 22 @ 12:06

It has been a conflicting week in the M&A market and the broader FinTech investment scene. UK FinTech investment fell to $9.6 billion in H1 2022, down from $27.8 billion... read more

Open Banking is a massive opportunity for marketplaces

08 Jun 22 @ 18:58

Online marketplaces may be the greatest business success story of the last twenty years. Perhaps the most well known are Amazon – revenue $477 billion last year, up 14% –... read more

NatWest completes first ‘non-sweeping’ customer payments through VRP

26 May 22 @ 16:33

NatWest Group is the first UK bank to go beyond the requirement for banks to provide Variable Recurring Payments (VRP) for sweeping – the automatic transfer of money between two... read more

Open Banking is forging a new era in European payments

24 May 22 @ 08:54

A new white paper from leading digital finance company Plaid says the advent of Open Banking will herald a revolution in payments. The paper explains the implications of this new era... read more

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ETC Mining and the anatomy of a crypto scam

02 Mar 26 @ 11:25

Three months ago, I was approached by marketing representatives of ETC Mining, who paid $2,500 in Bitcoin for native advertising placement. On the surface, the ... more

Takeover talk swirls as PayPal’s valuation slumps

24 Feb 26 @ 12:45

After a bruising year on the public markets, PayPal has become the subject of early-stage takeover interest, underscoring how sharply sentiment has shifted arou... more

Visa and Mastercard accelerate agentic payments through bank pilots

18 Feb 26 @ 13:35

The race to define the next phase of digital commerce via agentic payments has moved decisively into the banking mainstream. [caption id="attachment_57882"... more

Stripe and PayPal combination could redefine payments

25 Feb 26 @ 17:55

Reports that Stripe is exploring a potential acquisition of PayPal have sent tremors through the global payments industry. The reports follow closely on the he... more