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Ingenico enable Alipay+ rollout to millions of merchants, banks and acquirers

31 May 22 @ 13:22

Ingenico and Ant Group have announced details of their  partnership that will allow acquirers and other payment service providers to implement Alipay+ seamlessly across their merchant networks using Ingenico’s PPaaS... read more

Banking Circle acquires account-to-account payment provider SEPAexpress

27 Apr 22 @ 16:24

SEPAexpress, which provides white-labelled account-to-account (A2A) payments for Payments Service Providers (PSPs), merchants and corporates in Europe has been acquired by Banking Circle Group. Less than five years after bringing... read more

Deutsche Bank, BNP Baribas and Crédit Agricole shut down in Russia

25 Mar 22 @ 11:02

Deutsche Bank was the first to go of the big European banks, officially announcing it will shut down business in Russia due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Now, BNP... read more

Is Apple set to launch the Apple Card in the UK next?

24 Mar 22 @ 13:35

There are rumours circulating that Apple has, or is in the process of, purchasing Credit Kudos with an eye to launching its Apple Card in the UK market. The company... read more

European Payments Initiative hits troubles as majority of Banks leave

22 Mar 22 @ 09:37

In late December troubling reports emerged surrounding the European Payments Initiative (EPI) as some European lenders were holding off their plans to join the project. EPI Interim Company, tasked with... read more

Worldline agrees sale of Terminals, Solutions & Services (TSS) business

21 Feb 22 @ 09:00

Worldline has entered into exclusive talks with the Apollo Funds on the basis of a binding offer for the purchase of its Terminals, Solutions & Services (“TSS”) business line. Following the strategic review... read more

Tinkoff chooses BPC’s SaaS payment services to drive Asia expansion

17 Feb 22 @ 10:41

BPC has announced that Tinkoff has selected its SaaS Cloud payment services for its planned expansion to the Philippines. The project is an extension to an existing partnership between the... read more

Discover’s partnership strategy: fostering innovation and growth

09 Feb 22 @ 10:49

In the second of a two-part series on partnerships in payments , Payments Cards & Mobile (PCM) caught up with Jonathon Gould, Regional Managing Director, Global Acceptance, Asia Pacific at Discover... read more

PSR fines five companies for cartel behaviour in the prepaid cards market

18 Jan 22 @ 08:42

In March last year Payments Cards & Mobile reported that the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has set out provisional accusations for five payments companies including Mastercard, in which it stated... read more

Cloud computing giants under scrutiny from Financial Services regulators

11 Jan 22 @ 10:42

The UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), which oversees financial stability, is to take steps to bolster banks on the cloud. Data storage is a systemic vulnerability just like financial risk. The regulator... read more

JCB expands partnership with Planet for European merchants

15 Dec 21 @ 09:15

JCB International and Planet have announced the expansion of their European partnership. This new deal ensures Planet will perform as a JCB acquirer across European territories for both face-to-face and... read more

Worldline acquires 80% of Eurobank merchant acquiring unit

08 Dec 21 @ 09:01

Eurobank, one of the four largest lenders in Greece, has announced it entered into a binding agreement to sell 80% of its merchant acquiring business to Worldline in an attempt to... read more

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Revolut eyes an IPO, but the valuation story is the real headline

21 Apr 26 @ 14:35

Revolut is beginning to sound more like a future public market heavyweight than a fast-growing European fintech. Chief executive Nik Storonsky has said the com... more

Banks to reinforce cyber defences as AI changes the threat model

22 Apr 26 @ 19:36

Banks are hardening their cyber defences as artificial intelligence begins to alter the economics of digital attacks. For financial institutions, the challenge ... more

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