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Payments Systems Regulator: The future for cryptocurrency and crypto assets

19 May 22 @ 12:55

The cryptocurrency and assets market has grown significantly and is now worth £1.6 trillion globally. In the UK, over 2.3 million consumers now hold some form of cryptoasset. With such... read more

Stablecoins crisis – What happened to the $3.5 billion Terra reserve?

16 May 22 @ 11:14

The crisis engulfing one of the world’s biggest stablecoins has worsened, inflaming regulators’ concerns over the assets that underpin the global cryptocurrency market. The episode has poured fresh fuel on... read more

Is the crypto market beginning to run out of runway?

12 May 22 @ 16:32

Yesterday there were amazing report about a man, who had never flown an airplane managing to successfully land the plane as the pilot had passed out…he had plenty of support... read more

Stablecoin invasion – The next big thing in crypto?

04 May 22 @ 09:59

Cryptocurrency has been in the sights of the payments industry for more than a decade, but it still only just making its way into mainstream commerce. One reason is volatility... read more

Fabio Panetta: Why we must reign in the wild West of crypto

27 Apr 22 @ 16:41

“170 years ago Americans pushed westward across the frontier to seek their fortune in the gold rush. Greed and lawlessness turned this promised land into the Wild West, where the... read more

Why did the FCA shut down all the UK’s crypto ATMs

22 Apr 22 @ 10:50

In early March of 2022 the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released warning on illegal crypto ATMs operating in the UK – but why? In the warning the FCA noted... read more

Can the Metaverse REALLY be worth $13 trillion?

06 Apr 22 @ 11:59

I think it would be a fair statement to make, that some people are still sceptical about the Metaverse. However, Citi bank sees tremendous potential in the concept of the... read more

One-third of UK shoppers plan to use crypto as a form of payment in 2022

06 Apr 22 @ 11:08

Demystifying Crypto – Shedding light on the adoption of digital currencies for payments in 2022 is a new report, pointing to increasingly positive trends in the adoption of cryptocurrencies for... read more

A guide to the European Regulation on Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCAR)

18 Mar 22 @ 10:48

The regulation of crypto assets and related services is still not treated uniformly in the European Union and resembles more a patchwork of regulatory fragmentation. Although the fifth Anti-Money Laundering... read more

80% of US consumers now use digital payments

28 Feb 22 @ 10:51

More than 80% of Americans used some form of digital payments in 2021, continuing a long-standing trend. The findings of McKinsey’s 2021 Digital Payments Consumer Survey – an ongoing research... read more

European-based crypto apps boomed as downloads soar 560% in 2021

04 Feb 22 @ 15:20

New research from app analytics and marketing platform App Radar has found that 2021 was a record year for crypto apps with over 82.9 million Google Play Store downloads compared... read more

Long Read: Payment predictions for an industry in flux

25 Jan 22 @ 12:07

Thanks to the pandemic, consumers have become accustomed to doing almost everything online, accelerating digital transformation and embedding new behaviours. After a 5% in global payment revenues in 2021, the... read more

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Visa turns the card into an identity credential

12 May 26 @ 15:44

Visa has launched a new tap-based authentication technology that could reshape how banks verify customers in mobile banking environments. [caption id="atta... more

Santander backs Ebury’s next phase with fresh funding

05 May 26 @ 16:52

Banco Santander has reinforced its commitment to Ebury after taking part in a funding round of about £550mn for the cross-border payments and trade finance fin... more

RBC and BMO weigh sale of Moneris as banks retreat from merchant acquiring

06 May 26 @ 16:43

Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal are reportedly in talks to sell Moneris, their jointly owned payments processing business, to Francisco Partners, in a... more