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Indonesia takes steps towards a digital Fiat Currency

23 Oct 17 @ 11:05

eCurrency Mint Limited says that it has partnered with PayPro Indonesia to provide eCurrency’s digital fiat currency (DFC) solution in Indonesia. Through eCurrency’s solution, PayPro’s e-money product delivers a cryptographically protected, secure instrument... read more

A fresh look at Asia’s payment landscape

20 Oct 17 @ 09:33

Digital payments are growing rapidly in Asia, fuelled by increasing smartphone ownership and improving access to the internet. An increasing array of solutions such as digital wallets, mobile payment apps... read more

E-commerce authentication gets a major makeover

19 Oct 17 @ 18:24

We live in digital times. Customers are increasingly shopping online and on mobile devices. In fact, the number of Europeans regularly using a mobile device — smartphone, tablet or wearable... read more

Spanish consortium launches blockchain based Alastria

19 Oct 17 @ 18:00

A consortium of Spanish banking, energy and teleco heavyweights have established blockchain based national network dubbed Alastria. The non-profit “world’s first regulated national network based on blockchain”, will develop distributed... read more

The cashless society – what happens when the power goes out?

19 Oct 17 @ 09:10

Bloomberg recently reported that the Fed was forced to fly a planeload of cash to Puerto Rico to help avert disaster, when Hurricane Maria knocked out power on the island, the residents realized they... read more

PSD2 and Europe’s Open Banking Mandate – a PCM report

18 Oct 17 @ 13:00

In a new report, PSD2 and Europe’s Open Banking Mandate, we aim to analyse the implications of the revised Payment Services Directive, PSD2, for the European banking industry and Open Banking... read more

Growing InsurTech sector tackles industry ripe for change

18 Oct 17 @ 09:39

After 2 moderate quarters, VC investment into InsurTech startups was strong in Q2’17, with $745.4 million invested across 60 deals. Despite quarterly fluctuation in deal size and volume, the overall... read more

JP Morgan launch interbank payments platform on Quorum blockchain

17 Oct 17 @ 15:41

JPMorgan Chase is set to launch a new interbank payments platform powered by the Quorum Enterprise-ready distributed ledger and smart contract blockchain platform. With the participation of two other banks... read more

Russia to launch national Cryptocurrency – CryptoRuble

17 Oct 17 @ 13:52

Nikolay Nikiforov, Russia’s Minister of Communications has revealed that President Vladimir Putin has given the Go-Ahead for a new cryptocurrency dubbed CryptoRuble, reports CoinTelegraph, claiming local news sources. The Russian form of cryptocurrency won’t be... read more

Head of central bank of China calls for more approachable banking sector

17 Oct 17 @ 13:35

The governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), Zhou Xiaochuan has been recorded in the press as asking for his country to move open its financial sector. Zhou noted... read more

On The Pulse of FinTech – global investment continues at pace

17 Oct 17 @ 12:33

Globally, the FinTech market made a strong rebound in Q2’17, with total investment more than doubling on a quarter-over-quarter basis to more than $8.4 billion. Large increases in private equity... read more

National payment systems in the open era

16 Oct 17 @ 11:13

The basic movement of money from A to B is changing. It’s becoming faster, embedded and more open ecosystem driven. Whereas payments used to be cleared and settled in days,... read more

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Global Banks set ground rules for Agentic Commerce as Fraud and Liability risks rise

27 Sep 26 @ 18:53

Six major banks have joined forces to establish principles for trusted agentic commerce, warning that the rapid adoption of AI shopping agents could outpace exi... more

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

UK Banks complete first live transactions using Tokenised Deposits

27 Sep 26 @ 18:52

Seven major UK financial institutions have completed the first live customer transactions using tokenised sterling deposits, marking an important step in Britai... more