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Ant group heads towards record breaking IPO

26 Oct 20 @ 08:20

Jack Ma’s Ant Group has set its sights on raising more than $34 billion in its initial public offering (IPO), putting the Chinese payments group on course to beat Saudi... read more

Mobile wallet transactions in India to exceed $1.36 trillion by 2024

22 Oct 20 @ 11:29

Mobile wallet adoption is hotting up and gradually displacing traditional payments forms such as cash and cards in India. This has become even more prevalent during the current COVID-19 crisis... read more

PayPal takes cryptocurrency mainstream with access to its network

22 Oct 20 @ 11:09

PayPal announced it will allow customers to hold bitcoin and other cryptocurrency in its wallet and shop using cryptocurrencies at the 26 million merchants on its network. The new service... read more

Rethinking how to serve SMEs: What do new banking models look like?

22 Oct 20 @ 09:00

A recent webinar hosted by Banking Circle looked at how micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are currently being served when it comes to financial services, and the future of... read more

BRC Payments Survey point finger at card scheme fees – The facts

21 Oct 20 @ 11:20

Over the last couple of days there have been numerous reports around extravagant card scheme fees paid to the major payment networks, retailers had to spend more than £1 billion... read more

Why did Yandex drop $5.5 billion Tinkoff take over?

20 Oct 20 @ 12:44

The  $5.48 billion mega merger, Russia’s largest corporate deal of 2020 collapsed over the weekend after talks between online bank Tinkoff and internet giant Yandex ended. Discussions over the potential... read more

FSB: Roadmap for enhancing cross-border payments

20 Oct 20 @ 12:28

The G20 has made enhancing cross-border payments a priority during the Saudi Arabian Presidency. Faster, cheaper, more transparent and more inclusive cross-border payment services, including remittances, while maintaining their safety... read more

AML: Taking compliance from expensive and ineffective to affordable, accessible and reliable

20 Oct 20 @ 10:12

A leak from the US treasury department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen) in September showed that even the biggest, most globally respected banks appeared to be allowing money laundering to... read more

Portugal’s SIBS opens up pan-European Instant Payments

16 Oct 20 @ 14:58

Portugal’s Instant Payments platform SIBS, is now able to make pan-European instant payments from Portugal to other markets – until now an exclusive service between national banks. The SIBS platform,... read more

UK Government backs cashback in shops without purchase

16 Oct 20 @ 09:13

Following the dramatic decline in cash usage and the consequential reduction in ATM estates, the UK Government is backing an initiative to allow people to access cashback in shops without... read more

European banking outlook: What has changed and what comes next?

15 Oct 20 @ 13:26

European banking has been a hotbed of innovation in recent years, as Open Banking regulations, new cloud technologies, and almost universal adoption of smartphones have paved the way for a... read more

Challenger Vs Incumbent – The great savings account battle?

15 Oct 20 @ 09:00

New research suggests that the UK’s largest retail banking brands’ ascendency in the savings account market could be under threat. According to the report by Deposit Solutions, a fifth (20%)... read more

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Swift launches new framework for cross-border payments

09 Mar 26 @ 14:45

SWIFT has introduced a new international payments framework aimed at significantly improving the speed, transparency and predictability of cross-border retail t... more

Credit’s next competitive frontier beyond top of wallet

12 Mar 26 @ 18:21

For years, the credit card industry has pursued a simple ambition: to become the card a consumer reaches for first. [caption id="attachment_52085" align="a... more

Visa tests the foundations of agentic payments in Europe

17 Mar 26 @ 15:03

Visa is moving to bring agentic commerce closer to commercial reality, launching a new programme with banks across the UK and Europe to test how artificial inte... more