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How to drive cross-border e-commerce growth

28 Sep 17 @ 11:34

Digital technologies are the “great equaliser” of our time. If you’re a business, digital means it’s now easier than ever to reach new markets. If you’re a customer, you now... read more

Worldline completes acquisition of First Data Baltics

28 Sep 17 @ 09:04

Worldline announced the completion of the agreement with First Data Corporation announced on July 25th, 2017, for the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of First Data’s fully owned subsidiaries... read more

Japan rumoured to launch its own national digital currency J COIN

27 Sep 17 @ 11:11

According to multiple press reports, Japan is planning to launch its own national digital currency, J COIN, in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games. The announcement comes against the backdrop... read more

Viewpoint from the Biometrics Institute – Spoof or proof?

27 Sep 17 @ 10:58

The security of biometrics technology is in the spotlight and stakeholders must take a balanced view on its strengths and vulnerabilities. As deployments proliferate, the technology’s credibility rests on the... read more

Nets agrees $5.3 billion take over amid fears of M&A market bubble

27 Sep 17 @ 10:48

Nets has agreed a 33.1 billion Danish crown ($5.3 billion) bid from US firm Hellman & Friedman, marking what could be one of the largest European private equity takeovers in... read more

Why cryptocurrencies are years away from replacing Fiat currencies

26 Sep 17 @ 16:57

Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and the underlying Blockchain technology was invented/created over eight years ago as an alternative means of payment through the mining of digital currency (Bitcoin) by solving cryptic... read more

The Toys ‘R’ Us bankruptcy cocktail: Amazon, Walmart and billions in debt

26 Sep 17 @ 16:49

When Toys “R” Us filed for bankruptcy protection, the easy culprit to blame was Amazon. But long before Amazon battered Toys “R” Us with a much deeper selection, Walmart was... read more

Mobile tipping point: How retailers are adding incremental sales in Japan

22 Sep 17 @ 11:00

In Japan, both local and global merchants, are successfully leveraging Japan’s technologically advanced economy to increase sales by up to 30%. The answer to how to make this increase may... read more

CMBC launch first payment card featuring dynamic CVV2 in China

22 Sep 17 @ 09:06

OT-Morpho says that Chinese bank CMBC’s new Visa Signature credit card is the first one in China to feature MOTION CODE dynamic CVV2, a technology developed to provide a higher... read more

Money laundering: the fifth largest economy in the world at 3% of global GDP

21 Sep 17 @ 10:31

Leading defence and security organisation, BAE Systems has set out six criminal types responsible for money laundering around the world, to help global businesses understand the motivations and modus operandi... read more

Ethereum rolls out its first “hard fork” Metropolis

21 Sep 17 @ 09:59

Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency in the world by market cap, like Bitcoin a few weeks ago, has rolled out the first stage of its Metropolis hard fork proposal this week. Coin Telegraph... read more

Emerging markets in Asia Pacific lead mobile shopping usage chart

20 Sep 17 @ 16:16

Mobile shopping growth is growing sharply in Asia Pacific’s emerging markets, outpacing their more developed counterparts, according to the latest Mastercard Mobile Shopping Survey. Consumer use in the Philippines (53.5... 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