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09 Apr 19 @ 10:00

GATE (Global Acceptance Transaction Engine) has released its Mobile Wallet Trends Annual Report, highlighting trends in both mobile wallet and mobile payment usage across global markets. Mobile wallets are still... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 12:35

A group of 12 regional and digital financial institutions have joined together as investors and members in KY3P, for managing third-party risk and optimising the processes by which financial institutions... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 10:23

A recent research report by Bitwise Asset Management revealed that 95% of the reported trading volumes in Bitcoin by CoinMarketCap.com is fake and artificially created by unregulated exchanges. Surprisingly, this fake data... read more

05 Apr 19 @ 12:20

Citigroup recently announced that it is developing a consumer-payments platform (B2C payments), in a move to enter the rapidly growing digital payments industry. Citi’s new service will offer merchants a... read more

03 Apr 19 @ 11:50

The biometrics market as a whole has grown substantially in recent years due in part to accuracy improvements in the algorithms used to support voice biometric authentication as well as... read more

03 Apr 19 @ 11:16

105 organisations representing the full distributed ledger technology (DLT) ecosystem, including a number of big names from the financial services sector, announced their commitment to a new platform, the International... read more

03 Apr 19 @ 09:53

French  electronics group Thales has completed its previously announced €4.8 billion ($5.4 billion) takeover of Gemalto, boosting Thales’ presence in the booming security services market. Thales had to clear various... read more

02 Apr 19 @ 15:17

Different approaches to the regulation of new payments technologies is creating confusion and uncertainty for payments companies and consumers within different regions and between countries. This uncertainty risks impeding innovation... read more

02 Apr 19 @ 15:09

A range of pressures are bearing down on acquiring and processing businesses, including the emergence of new technologies such as faster payments and blockchain solutions – not to mention increasing... read more

02 Apr 19 @ 10:27

65% of merchants want to accept instant payments. That’s because they know the customer experience (CX) benefits will drive growth for their business, and they recognise that this payment type... read more

01 Apr 19 @ 08:32

FIME is the only testing laboratory in Japan accredited to provide NFC Forum testing and certification services. Japanese card, terminal and mobile device manufacturers can now benefit from local end-to-end... read more

28 Mar 19 @ 11:06

Heads continues to roll in the Nordic banking sector as the chief executive of Swedbank was fired by the board, paying the price for a rapidly escalating €135 billion money... read more