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Visa and Mastercard $5.6 billion interchange settlement upheld

17 Mar 23 @ 16:03

In a blow to the two biggest networks in payments, the $5.6 billion antitrust class-action settlement, in which more than 12 million retailers have accused Visa and Mastercard of improperly... read more

Mastercard becomes a trusted provider of Digital ID in the UK

17 Mar 23 @ 13:27

Mastercard announced it is now certified under the United Kingdom’s Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework (DIATF) as an Digital ID provider. Mastercard can now offer ID, its digital identity... read more

Will Silicon Valley Bank collapse affect your FinTech career prospects?

17 Mar 23 @ 11:31

The big news that rocked the tech sector this week has been, of course, the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), along with the twin failures of Silvergate Capital and... read more

The Future of Identity Report: Convenience without sacrificing security

15 Mar 23 @ 09:45

The Entrust Cybersecurity Institute has surveyed 1,450 global consumers to explore their experiences with passwordless authentication, hybrid identities, and ownership over personally identifiable information. In short, the report, The Future... read more

Silicon Valley Bank contagion poses little risk to European banks

14 Mar 23 @ 14:07

As the contagion from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank rips through the markets, European countries are rushing to reassure the market that their banks pose... read more

From Silvergate to Silicon Valley Bank – what went wrong?

13 Mar 23 @ 16:34

Last week, after Payments Cards & Mobile reported on the failure of Silvergate Bank, an even bigger failure began to unfold for Silicon Valley Bank. On the 9th March shares... read more

Swift set to continue test on inter-bank CBDC connector

13 Mar 23 @ 13:17

Swift says it will continue to progress on its experimental solution for interlinking Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), reporting that 18 central and commercial banks found “clear potential and value”... read more

Worldline deploy white label shopping mall in Metaverse

10 Mar 23 @ 10:28

Worldline has launched a Metaverse shopping mall that enables merchants, banks and service providers to easily enter the Metaverse. In the future, it is currently assumed that the Metaverse will... read more

94% of banks to invest in modern payment technology

09 Mar 23 @ 16:36

Aite-Novarica research reveals that payment technology is an important area of growth and innovation within the commercial banking space, and legacy systems cannot support end-user demand for better payment capabilities.... read more

Silvergate Bank winds up and heads for insolvency

09 Mar 23 @ 11:56

On the 3rd of March Payments Cards & Mobile reported on the dangers of banks betting big on the cryto boom and the possible fall out from that bet. Today,... read more

Mercedes pay+: In-car payment and authentication

09 Mar 23 @ 09:51

Mercedes-Benz customers in Germany are now able to authenticate payments via an in-car fingerprint sensor. Mercedes bought PayCash Europe back in 2017 with the intent on launching in-car payments. With... read more

Brazil central banks prepares for digital real CBDC trial

08 Mar 23 @ 18:04

The Central Bank of Brazil will start a CBDC pilot project, aiming to replicate the success of its instant payment system Pix and help further popularise financial services in the... 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