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Jack Dorsey’s Block latest under scrutiny from Hindenburg Research

24 Mar 23 @ 10:38

Hindenburg Research, the company that forced the Adani empire onto its knees amid allegations of stock manipulation, has taken aim at and disclosed short positions in Block, alleging that the... read more

Tietoevry Banking finalizes major new payment solution upgrade in Serbia

24 Mar 23 @ 10:00

Tietoevry has completed a major systems’ upgrade for Chip Card, member of Payten, one of the leading payments processors in the Republic of Serbia. With electronic payments becoming more popular... read more

EPSM urges clarity around proposed eIDAS 2.0 regulation for card payments

23 Mar 23 @ 13:09

The European Association of Payment Service Providers for Merchants (EPSM) is urging European lawmakers to make clear that card payments with SCA will be out of the scope of the... read more

Cross-border expansion top priority for US based businesses

23 Mar 23 @ 12:36

41% of business-to-business organisations believe that cross-border business expansion is imperative to ease their current trading concerns. That’s according to a new study released by Rapyd, which shows that a sizeable... read more

Evolution of the merchant acquiring competitive landscape

22 Mar 23 @ 20:09

In the years between 2017 and 2021, the electronic payments industry grew at 30% and 13% CAGRs in volume and value of transactions respectively; for card acquiring specifically, the volume... read more

Checkout.com launches Checkout.com Issuing for clients

22 Mar 23 @ 19:42

Checkout.com has announced it will launch Checkout.com Issuing allowing customers to create payment cards for their own customers. The company has been testing Checkout.com Issuing for a while, and millions of... read more

Battle for BNPL customers is being won at point of sale

21 Mar 23 @ 15:53

Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) usage continues to grow, but not all these payment plans are experiencing the same level of customer engagement. By the end of 2021, shoppers had... read more

Large-value payment system EURO1 successfully migrates to ISO 20022

21 Mar 23 @ 14:21

EBA CLEARING says its systemically important payment system EURO1 has successfully migrated to ISO 20022. The RTGS-equivalent payment infrastructure closed its first business day operating on the new message standard.... read more

NAB gets competitive with AUDN stablecoin pilot

20 Mar 23 @ 17:35

National Australia Bank (NAB) appears to be going head to head with its own Central Bank in a race to launch its own stablecoin AUDN. Earlier this month, Payments Cards... read more

Five ways digital payments will change financial services

20 Mar 23 @ 16:38

The last three years have seen considerable change in how the UK financial services sector operates. The expectations of consumers have shifted, prompted by the pandemic and a need for... read more

Half a trillion dollars wiped off Bank stocks as rout continues

20 Mar 23 @ 13:26

It has not been a good week for the global banking community. Starting with Silvergate Bank and ending (so far) in emergency purchase of Credit Suisse, the underlying lack of... read more

Motive Partners front of queue for ACI Worldwide purchase

17 Mar 23 @ 17:27

Rumours are flying that ACI Worldwide is being reviewed for purchase by the FinTech strong private equity firm Motive Partners. Motive has been seeking financing in recent weeks for a... read more

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ECB brings Central Bank money to tokenised market

23 Sep 26 @ 14:34

The European Central Bank has taken a significant step towards integrating distributed ledger technology with Europe’s core financial infrastructure, launchin... more

European E-commerce Hits €911bn as Payments Reshape Online Retail

21 Sep 26 @ 19:41

European e-commerce has broken through the €900bn barrier, underlining the growing importance of digital retail to the continent's economy while intensifying ... more

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