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09 Jan 20 @ 20:22

The People’s Bank of China, it’s central bank says it has accepted an application from a unit of American Express regarding starting operations in China – clearing a major hurdle... read more

08 Jan 20 @ 14:12

JPMorgan has become the first major bank to crack down on FinTech apps using customer passwords to access their bank accounts, forcing tougher security standards via token after Jamie Dimon... read more

08 Jan 20 @ 13:31

In a sensible setback, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has delayed the roll out of  Open Banking reforms in Australia by six months, because of the consumer regulator’s... read more

07 Jan 20 @ 15:19

On Thursday the 2nd January the Travelex sites went down after the foreign currency service discovered it had been hit by a software virus. The company said it had immediately... read more

07 Jan 20 @ 13:39

Developments in technology leading to contactless payment cards have led to several trends in the past years. POS payments grew stronger while cash withdrawals at ATM by card declined; card... read more

07 Jan 20 @ 12:45

Payment fraud prevention is an increasingly complicated and constantly evolving business. Issuers and merchants everywhere are being challenged by a growing variety of payment methods, which are fuelling the rise... read more

06 Jan 20 @ 17:08

A new report projects that establishing financial identities for the world’s financially excluded – or “unbanked” – population would add an extra $250 billion to global gross domestic product (GDP),... read more

06 Jan 20 @ 13:28

The Digital Revolution is changing our lives every day, but human nature does not change, and with every technological advance, new crimes emerge. As digital makes deeper inroads into our... read more

06 Jan 20 @ 09:56

According to Bloomberg’s analysis of United Nations’ data, Generation Z this year comprises 32% of the global population. By 2020, Gen Z consumers will have a greater impact on global... read more

20 Dec 19 @ 11:00

In an exceedingly commoditised market, banks are beginning to make clear bets to become leaders in scale, value, customer experience or product / service excellence. Some are turning into specialist... read more

20 Dec 19 @ 10:00

A truly agile organisation in 2020 and beyond will be a sum of various self-learning, self-healing, and self-evolving parts, each of which works in tandem with the other through suitable... read more

20 Dec 19 @ 09:00

The outlook for automation in 2020 and beyond remains strong, amid continuing pressure on margins. And RPA is one technology that most banks have deployed successfully. Some progressive banks are... read more