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11 Jan 21 @ 17:52

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total number of QR code payment users will exceed 2.2 billion in 2025, up from 1.5 billion in 2020; equating to... read more

11 Jan 21 @ 17:34

Revolut has applied to the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK regulators, for a full banking license to fuel expansion beyond its FinTech roots.... read more

11 Jan 21 @ 17:12

Mastercard has partnered with NMI and Global Payments to launch its first live Cloud POS on Phone pilot with Computer Engineering Group (CEG). In Q3 2020, contactless penetration represented 41%... read more

11 Jan 21 @ 12:26

NCR has upped its offered to buy Cardtronics to more than $1.7 billion, beating an former bid in late 2020 for the ATM operator by Apollo Global Management. NCR, proposed a... read more

07 Jan 21 @ 18:21

A new report says that major safety gaps in the online banking security systems of some of the UK’s biggest banks have been exposed by a new investigation by consumer... read more

07 Jan 21 @ 18:07

A federal judge has invalidated part of a U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule governing prepaid cards and digital wallets, emphatically agreeing with PayPal that the agency overstepped its authority.... read more

06 Jan 21 @ 16:58

In a recent issue, PCM’s lead feature examined the potential and risks associated with African payments. Now research from global payments firm PPRO claims to show that Africa and the... read more

05 Jan 21 @ 19:54

Amidst all the hype about new payments methods and channels, it’s easy to ignore smaller, single-market players – but to do so would be a mistake. Domestic payment schemes accounted... read more

05 Jan 21 @ 17:53

Brexit is done, and its done with a trade deal. We look at what this means for payments in the short to medium term, from passporting rights to staffing, interchange... read more

05 Jan 21 @ 16:59

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has published a letter clarifying national banks’ and federal savings associations’ authority to participate in independent node verification networks (INVN) and... read more

04 Jan 21 @ 17:39

China’s central banking regulator, the People’s Bank of China, is reported to be accelerating plans to bring Ant Group closely under its control as part of a “rectification” drive that... read more

04 Jan 21 @ 17:04

In 2018, there were 60 worldwide digital challenger banks, the so called Neobanks, that had launched up to that date. Now, only three years later, that number has increased by... read more