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Top 8 future cyber security threats to the financial services sector

16 Jun 15 @ 17:14

Financial services providers must better prepare for the threat that new technologies pose to their cyber security strategies or risk damaging customer and investor confidence. Cyber-crime within the financial services... read more

Most dangerous countries for e-commerce fraud

16 Jun 15 @ 11:05

It’s all too common for online retailers to avoid encouraging international business out of fear that the pros of a wider market, higher visibility and more sales will be offset... read more

Nets acquires Nordea Merchant Acquiring

16 Jun 15 @ 09:11

Nordea has signed an agreement to divest its merchant acquiring business Nordea Merchant Acquiring (NMA) to Nets Holding (Nets). The sale of the NMA business and the establishment of a partnership... read more

ClearXchange introduces real-time payments in US

15 Jun 15 @ 16:14

ClearXchange, the US bank-owned digital payments network, is rolling out a system that enables real-time bank-to-bank transfers. ClearXchange acts as a clearing house for person-to-person online payments transfer, enabling customers to send... read more

Virgin Money chooses MasterCard for debit cards

15 Jun 15 @ 12:19

MasterCard has announced that Virgin Money has entered a long-term agreement to issue contactless-enabled MasterCard debit cards to the bank’s growing customer base. According to MasterCard, it has developed a strong... read more

One in four UK consumers would share their DNA with their bank to secure financial information

15 Jun 15 @ 12:13

A new mobile identity whitepaper from Telstra reveals the majority of United Kingdom (UK) consumers using mobile banking applications want their mobile devices to instantly recognise them via biometrics, such as fingerprint... read more

Criminals receive 1,425% ROI from Cybercrime

12 Jun 15 @ 15:47

Trustwave has released the 2015 Trustwave Global Security Report which reveals the top cybercrime, data breach and security threat trends from 2014. The report discloses how much criminals can profit from malware attacks,... read more

UnionPay hits 5 billion issued mark

12 Jun 15 @ 13:20

China UnionPay aims to become a global bank card company, Ge Huayong, chairman of China UnionPay and UnionPay International, said on Wednesday. Ge made the remarks after a speech at... read more

Banks lose out as half of online banking applications fail

12 Jun 15 @ 13:06

Jumio has launched new research that benchmarks high street banks in their approach to digital account opening. The research report is based on interviews with eight leading high street banks which analyse... read more

Miura raises $16m in VC round

11 Jun 15 @ 14:34

Miura Systems has closed a $16m fundraising round, led by London-based investmend syndicate, DFJ Esprit Secondaries (DFJES). The company has sold off a minority stake to speed-up growth in a... read more

Bitreserve launch free money transfer and currency exchange

11 Jun 15 @ 14:31

Bitreserve is now, according to a company statement, the world’s first zero-cost money transfer and currency exchange service. For the first time in history, the transfer, exchange and conversion of money... read more

Ericsson And VeriFone Mobile Money announce global partnership

11 Jun 15 @ 14:23

Ericsson has partnered with VeriFone Mobile Money, a retail enablement software suite that will be integrated with Ericsson Wallet Platform to expand payment options, including in emerging markets. The global partnership... read more

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Swift launches new framework for cross-border payments

09 Mar 26 @ 14:45

SWIFT has introduced a new international payments framework aimed at significantly improving the speed, transparency and predictability of cross-border retail t... more

Credit’s next competitive frontier beyond top of wallet

12 Mar 26 @ 18:21

For years, the credit card industry has pursued a simple ambition: to become the card a consumer reaches for first. [caption id="attachment_52085" align="a... more

Visa tests the foundations of agentic payments in Europe

17 Mar 26 @ 15:03

Visa is moving to bring agentic commerce closer to commercial reality, launching a new programme with banks across the UK and Europe to test how artificial inte... more