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£4.7 billion stolen from UK credit card fraud

28 Nov 19 @ 15:32

Millions of UK credit card customers have fallen victim to credit card fraud over the last year, research from Compare the Market reveals. In the last 12 months, over a... read more

Threat actors demonstrate persistent interest in ATM malware

26 Nov 19 @ 09:31

As giant boxes of cash, it’s understandable that ATMs are magnets for nefarious activity. Like many other forms of financially motivated crime, malicious activity against ATMs is supported by an... read more

Consumers want it all: High security, minimal friction digital experiences

26 Nov 19 @ 09:16

A new report commissioned by Ekata reveals that a majority of consumers demand trust, security, and data privacy, and also expect their digital experiences to be fast and frictionless. For... read more

SmartPay Wallet Vietnam acquires 250,000 users and 3,000 merchants since launch

26 Nov 19 @ 09:00

The financial inclusion wallet SmartPay has acquired over 250,000 wallet app users and 3,000 merchants across Vietnam in just half a year after its launch. Merchants who have been joining... read more

Will you benefit from mobile payment?

26 Nov 19 @ 08:33

The time has finally come: Apple and Google are well and truly established with their own mobile payment solutions. But what do these new players means for e-commerce and stationary... read more

Black Friday: E-commerce attacks rise by 15%

25 Nov 19 @ 15:35

As Black Friday continues to grow in popularity, online shoppers are more likely to be the victim of cyber-attacks, a new report from Kaspersky has revealed. E-commerce attacks targeted directly... read more

Paytm raises a further $1 billion giving it a $16 billion valuation

25 Nov 19 @ 12:37

Paytm has announced new funding from existing shareholders like SoftBank Group Vision Fund and new investors, as competition in India’s digital payments and finance sector heats up. Though the company... read more

ABN Amro discontinue mobile wallet app – another one bites the dust

22 Nov 19 @ 14:25

ABN Amro has recently announced it will discontinue is Android based mobile wallet – joining a ever growing list of deceased mobile payment platforms. In October PCM reported that JP... read more

Two-thirds of consumers do not understand how personal data is used

22 Nov 19 @ 14:00

As consumers become more aware of their personal data, its value and how it is used it has become a key concern. The latest APEX report reveals the key marketing challenges... read more

The hashtags that could land you in jail

22 Nov 19 @ 09:26

Research from Santander and former fraudster Tony Sales has exposed the dangerous hashtags on social media being used by criminals to recruit innocent – and particularly young – people into... read more

Basel Committee Open Banking report focuses on customer-permissioned data sharing

20 Nov 19 @ 10:57

Open banking is an evolving trend in many jurisdictions and authorities have responded by taking a broad range of actions in recent years. In its recent, the Basel Committee on... read more

Only 9% of the world’s top tier banks are effectively monetising payments data

19 Nov 19 @ 15:54

Only 9% of the world’s top tier banks are effectively monetising payments data. The findings from Aite Group’s report “The Payments Transformation Race: Criteria for Success”, commissioned by Icon Solutions,... read more

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Mastercard and BVNK Launch Platform Linking Fiat and Stablecoin Payments

20 Oct 26 @ 09:06

Mastercard has launched a new platform with BVNK that brings fiat currencies and stablecoins together through a single API, marking the first major integration ... more

Starling Builds UK-Sovereign AI Model With Nvidia and Civo

15 Oct 26 @ 19:41

Starling is developing a transactional foundation model with Nvidia that will be trained and hosted entirely within a UK sovereign cloud, as the digital bank lo... more

UK Moves to Open iPhone Contactless Payments to Apple Pay Rivals

22 Oct 26 @ 18:16

The UK’s competition regulator has set out proposals that could significantly widen access to contactless payments on Apple’s iPhone, potentially lowering b... more