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Banking and payments – where are they heading in 2023?

11 Jan 23 @ 17:53

With COVID-19 now in the rear view mirror, Financial Institutions (FIs) are no longer forced to deal with the immediate adaptations that the pandemic required. Instead, the financial services industry... read more

UK B2B SMEs missing out on opportunity to use BNPL to grow sales

10 Jan 23 @ 15:39

Coming directly after Santander announced its new platform, research published by Kriya, shows that the leaders of UK B2B firms do not plan to offer BNPL on their e-commerce sites... read more

Santander launches B2B BNPL platform

09 Jan 23 @ 17:00

Santander says it is set to launch a B2B (business-to-business) BNPL service aimed at the corporate sector. In what Santander claims to be the first of its kind, its corporate... read more

Flexible, sustainable, secure: why virtual cards make sense for all

04 Jan 23 @ 17:24

As consumer attitudes change and technology develops, it’s time for virtual cards to become more prevalent. According to cloud services firm Mambu, two-thirds of consumers expect their bank to deliver... read more

US credit card spending drops, users move to BNPL

03 Jan 23 @ 12:52

For some time, the US credit card business has struggled with burgeoning costs and decreasing profitability. Now a range of factors – including rising inflation, a weakening economy and increased... read more

New white paper: How acquirers can solve the payments puzzle

03 Jan 23 @ 12:28

A new white paper from Tribe Payments outlines the huge opportunities for acquirers in the digital economy. In the last 10 years, the way consumers pay has changed beyond all... read more

PE on ice over winter as deal values fall during 2022

05 Dec 22 @ 19:27

The rising cost of leverage as well as volatile valuations amidst a global economic downturn and tightening monetary policies have been identified as the greatest challenges facing the private equity... read more

BNPL surges during cost of living crisis to 13.5 million UK users

01 Dec 22 @ 17:08

More than one quarter of UK consumers are turning to Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) schemes, according to Forbes Advisor, which researched consumer behaviour and attitudes towards BNPL service, as... read more

Embedded payments – What does the future look like?

15 Nov 22 @ 16:25

As part of our ongoing quest to demystify the hype and find the truth in payments, we take a look at the latest buzz-word, “embedded payments” and ask what it... read more

Klarna Australia adds to company woes with “catastrophic” losses

01 Nov 22 @ 17:56

Klarna Australia has added to the already disastrous set of reporting from its main company by reporting $56 million in losses last year. The result has been described as “catastrophic”... read more

One in eight consumers have experienced BNPL fraud in UK

01 Nov 22 @ 14:17

New research shows that only a third of UK consumers trust Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) services to protect their data having suffered BNPL fraud. The UK study, by Callsign,... read more

Has Apple bitten off more than it can handle with Apple Pay Later?

21 Oct 22 @ 10:05

First came Apple Pay. Then the Apple Card, in partnership with Goldman Sachs. Now Apple has entered the burgeoning Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) market with Apple Pay Later. So is Apple looking... read more

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Mastercard and BVNK Launch Platform Linking Fiat and Stablecoin Payments

20 Oct 26 @ 09:06

Mastercard has launched a new platform with BVNK that brings fiat currencies and stablecoins together through a single API, marking the first major integration ... more

Starling Builds UK-Sovereign AI Model With Nvidia and Civo

15 Oct 26 @ 19:41

Starling is developing a transactional foundation model with Nvidia that will be trained and hosted entirely within a UK sovereign cloud, as the digital bank lo... more

UK Moves to Open iPhone Contactless Payments to Apple Pay Rivals

22 Oct 26 @ 18:16

The UK’s competition regulator has set out proposals that could significantly widen access to contactless payments on Apple’s iPhone, potentially lowering b... more