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Faster payments equal real-time fraud – the Zelle story

26 Feb 18 @ 10:12

There has been an increasing amount of fraud perpetrated against Zelle, the mobile P2P platform running on faster payments rails and backed by the biggest banks in the US. The scam... read more

Biometric payment cards – where are we now?

05 Feb 18 @ 12:54

Biometric payment cards are emerging as the next innovation in payment cards. According to ABI Research the payment card is here to stay and fingerprint authentication within the card is... read more

2018: The death of the password?

18 Jan 18 @ 17:35

Passwords are no longer passing muster as a security or authentication method. The problem is quantity as much as quality. The average number of passwords registered to a single e-mail... read more

Payments Buzzwords 2018: Authentication, Identity and Chinese BigTech

03 Jan 18 @ 16:26

Authentication tipping point – will PSD2 change we way we pay? Talking about 2018 is hardly possible without mentioning PSD2. So here it is, on top of my list. On... read more

2018 payment trends: Safer data, faster payments, better experiences

13 Dec 17 @ 15:18

Fundamental shifts in consumer behavior, the emergence of new technologies and an evolving regulatory landscape means the payment trends in the payments ecosystem are poised for unprecedented transformation in 2018.... read more

Visa sensory branding elements – sound, animation and haptic – for completed transactions

11 Dec 17 @ 15:51

Visa has announced a suite of sensory branding that will support the Visa brand in an expanded universe of connected, payment-enabled devices. These new sound, animation and haptic (vibration) cues will help signify completed transactions... read more

The future of Financial Services – what will it take to live long and prosper

08 Dec 17 @ 15:27

Under assault from regulators since 2008 and distrusted by sceptical consumers, the Financial Services (FS) industry is still trying to fix past misdeeds.  But in the interim, technological advances have... read more

The digital trend that’s shaping modern banking – and how to deal with it

06 Dec 17 @ 09:39

The banking industry is changing. We’re now in an age where banks are competing on customer experience – and when it comes to making that experience better, using data to... read more

Telecoms and banking sectors most advanced in digital transformation – Infographic

30 Nov 17 @ 12:54

Ovum’s latest ICT Enterprise Insights program found that across 14 industries, the telecoms and banking sectors are most mature in the drive for digital transformation. These ranged from tackling cybersecurity,... read more

Driving the Future of Payments – 10 Mega Trends

29 Nov 17 @ 20:05

Change in payments is in overdrive, and will only get faster. Traditional payments players are being squeezed from all sides – so what is driving the future of payments. This... read more

The State of Authentication 2017

10 Nov 17 @ 16:09

A new study, 2017 State of Authentication, examines how businesses are implementing authentication, their motivations for choosing authentication technologies and approaches, and how the evolving threat environment has given rise to new,... read more

Strategies for securing retail payment data

23 Oct 17 @ 11:16

Verizon recently released its annual Payment Security Report. And for retailers, the report highlighted significant areas for improvement in encrypting data, securing transmitted retail payment data, and authentication. This should serve as... read more

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ECB brings Central Bank money to tokenised market

23 Sep 26 @ 14:34

The European Central Bank has taken a significant step towards integrating distributed ledger technology with Europe’s core financial infrastructure, launchin... more

European E-commerce Hits €911bn as Payments Reshape Online Retail

21 Sep 26 @ 19:41

European e-commerce has broken through the €900bn barrier, underlining the growing importance of digital retail to the continent's economy while intensifying ... more

Inside A7: How Russia built a parallel cross-border payments network

24 Sep 26 @ 16:29

Russia’s attempts to circumvent Western financial sanctions have developed into a sophisticated parallel payments architecture combining traditional banking, ... more