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Money 2020: New data from JCB card scheme shows 63% growth in Asian spend in Europe

04 Jun 19 @ 17:22

JCB International has released an insight paper that reveals a 63% growth in annual sales volume made by Asian card members in Europe between 2017 and 2018, and a 45%... read more

Money 2020: World FinTech Report 2019

04 Jun 19 @ 16:54

The World FinTech Report 2019, published by Capgemini Efma, indicates that even though Open Banking has yet to reach maturity, the financial services industry is entering a new phase of... read more

Money 2020: Digital banking now part of everyday life for Europeans

04 Jun 19 @ 09:01

Never before has the importance of technology been greater in financial services. Digital banking solutions and apps have made their way into everyday life across Europe. A new study across... read more

Money 2020: European FI’s losing almost 40% of applicants during digital on-boarding

03 Jun 19 @ 16:45

Signicat has revealed that 38% of all financial services applications in Europe are abandoned despite massive investment in digital transformation by institutions. Although the 38% figure is an improvement on 2018’s... read more

Money 2020: 89% of merchants are primed for Open Banking

03 Jun 19 @ 16:19

89% of airline, supermarket and subscription economy merchants are primed for Open Banking and have assessed the impact it will have on their business a new piece of research commissioned... read more

Money 2020: FIME disrupts payments testing with industry’s first digital platform

03 Jun 19 @ 16:07

FIME has continued to innovate and adapt testing in line with the rapid digital transformation of the global payments industry. The new FIME Test Factory 4.0 platform enables payment players... read more

Money 2020: Tribe Payments launches with new UnionPay International service

03 Jun 19 @ 15:54

Tribe Payments launched today and has already achieved a key milestone with UnionPay International. Tribe is among the first issuer processors in Europe to be certified to allow banks to... read more

European financial institutions see Open Banking as the biggest current threat

29 May 19 @ 15:48

Open Banking was launched to spur innovation in the financial services industry and create a better deal for consumers. But new research reveals that European financial institutions still have significant... read more

BBVA launches tokenized global mobile payments platform

29 May 19 @ 15:18

Spanish bank BBVA has developed a new platform to enable secure mobile payments in all countries it operates. Using token technology, the bank has developed a platform that connects to Visa... read more

Malicious mobile banking trojans grew by 58% in Q1 2019

28 May 19 @ 17:14

Kaspersky Lab researchers have uncovered a worrying rise in mobile banking trojans and malware designed to steal credentials and money from users’ bank accounts: in Q1 2019, researchers found 29,841... read more

2.6 billion smart payment cards shipped globally in 2018

28 May 19 @ 09:27

Smart Payment Association (SPA), the trade body of the smart payments industry, has published its 2018 annual top smart payment card shipments. Data from SPA members shows the continued year-on-year... read more

Update: Global Payments agree to pay $21.5 billion for TSYS

28 May 19 @ 09:09

Global Payments has agreed to acquire Total Systems Services (TSYS) for $21.5 billion. The companies announced the deal today. The reports had an immediate effect on the stocks of the... 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