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Research note: The top 10 consumer pattern changes in the shift to digital

14 Sep 20 @ 13:26

Anyone who has read the title to this post and is wondering what its all about, should perhaps read more news. Meaning that the shift towards digital has happened and... read more

E-payments: Latin America joins the race to develop alternative payments methods

14 Sep 20 @ 09:50

The Latin American e-payments market is in full development. We are seeing high rates of growth in alternative payment methods and processing solutions, especially after countries such as Chile and... read more

Everything you need to know about eIDAS for Open Banking

11 Sep 20 @ 12:08

For those less familiar, the Electronic Identification, Authentication and Trust Services, or the eIDAS system as it is more commonly known, came into effect on 1st July 2016, with Regulation (EU) 910/2014 on electronic identification... read more

Life beyond legacy: assessing digital payments in the Middle East

11 Sep 20 @ 10:10

As the global face of financial technology changes beyond all recognition, the need for the right kinds of payments solutions to be in place has never been greater. Built to... read more

Why biometrics are the future of securing digital currency

10 Sep 20 @ 16:07

The world is moving ever closer to digital currency for all. Although investors have watched cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Zcash grow for years, national digital currencies are now starting... read more

Banking Circle improves payments transparency with ‘Payments On Behalf Of’

10 Sep 20 @ 15:29

Financial infrastructure provider, Banking Circle, is tackling the compliance and reconciliation issues often faced in global B2B payments with its new Payments on Behalf of (POBO) and Collections on Behalf... read more

Mastercard launch Central Bank Digital Currencies testing platform

09 Sep 20 @ 14:26

With the global economy racing to embrace digital payments, central banks also are looking to the future and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), investigating how to support innovation while maintaining... read more

Analysis of UK credit card issuer data shows uplift in spending and payments

08 Sep 20 @ 10:05

New UK credit card issuer data has been released for the period June and July 2020, the below is an analysis of UK credit card trends post COVID-19. The data... read more

Visa hit by EC digital wallets investigation

07 Sep 20 @ 16:20

Visa says the European Commission (EC) has opened a preliminary investigation into the its rules for staged digital wallets. Visa has faced criticism for attaching higher fees to staged digital... read more

New web card skimmer steals credit card data and sends via Telegram

07 Sep 20 @ 14:14

The digital card skimmer landscape keeps evolving, often borrowing techniques used by other malware authors in order to avoid detection. Defenders of the ecosystem look for any kind of artifacts... read more

The top ten challenger banks by value – and why

07 Sep 20 @ 12:46

Challenger banks have raised hundreds of millions in venture capital to take on bank incumbents. But how are these startups doing at reaching, converting, and engaging millions of customers? Challenger... read more

Robinhood probed by SEC over high-speed trading

04 Sep 20 @ 12:10

Robinhood, a pioneer of commission-free investing which recently pulled out of its UK market entry,  now faces a civil fraud investigation over its failure to fully disclose its practice of... read more

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Inside A7: How Russia built a parallel cross-border payments network

24 Sep 26 @ 16:29

Russia’s attempts to circumvent Western financial sanctions have developed into a sophisticated parallel payments architecture combining traditional banking, ... more

Global Banks set ground rules for Agentic Commerce as Fraud and Liability risks rise

27 Sep 26 @ 18:53

Six major banks have joined forces to establish principles for trusted agentic commerce, warning that the rapid adoption of AI shopping agents could outpace exi... more

UK Banks complete first live transactions using Tokenised Deposits

27 Sep 26 @ 18:52

Seven major UK financial institutions have completed the first live customer transactions using tokenised sterling deposits, marking an important step in Britai... more