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How AI is changing fintech jobs

14 Jul 23 @ 09:39

While a lot of the conversation surrounding AI is focusing on the threat automation poses to jobs—the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2023 found that AI is expected... read more

Prompt engineers are commanding salaries in excess of £300k

23 Jun 23 @ 09:40

It’s being predicted that the advent of generative AI and its impact on productivity and jobs has the potential to be this generation’s Industrial Revolution. Just last month, the government’s... read more

The £169 billion opportunity: Empower shoppers with unified commerce

12 Jun 23 @ 10:08

Adyen has published economic research that finds that retailers could potentially add £169 billion in revenue to the sector in the UK if they switched to a unified commerce approach... read more

3 ways generative AI is being used in Financial Services

09 Jun 23 @ 09:32

Artificial intelligence (AI) and the financial services industry are not new bedfellows. As far back as 1982, hedge fund firm Renaissance Technologies developed expert, or knowledge systems to solve problems... read more

SEC bares sharp teeth with escalation of case against Coinbase and Binance

09 Jun 23 @ 09:30

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which this week launched aggressive legal pursuits of both Binance and Coinbase, demonstrates what we can expect to see in US policy setting for... read more

Phasing out Magstripe: What does the industry need to do?

09 Jun 23 @ 09:06

With the magstripe set to disappear from millions of new payment cards by the end of the decade, the Smart Payments Association (SPA) has looked at the potential impacts and... read more

Software AG and Konsentus sign global Open Banking partnership

09 Jun 23 @ 08:41

Software AG has signed a commercial partnership with Konsentus to help banks securely participate in the Open Banking ecosystem. Open Banking and Open Finance are opportunities to level the playing... read more

RS2 and Rubean announce partnership to deliver a global SoftPOS

07 Jun 23 @ 08:17

RS2 and Rubean AG have announced a strategic partnership to introduce Rubean’s SoftPOS solution on the RS2 global payment platform. With Rubean’s market leading PhonePOS solution, the business owner’s Android... read more

Flutterwave and Token.io team up to provide Pay By Bank transfer

07 Jun 23 @ 08:09

Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, has collaborated with Token.io to power Pay By Bank transfer capabilities for Flutterwave’s platform. A2A payments (often called ‘Pay By Bank’) are a fast... read more

93% of global fintechs increase reliance on payment networks

07 Jun 23 @ 07:54

Discover has released its annual Fintech State of the Union, providing global perspectives from consumers, fintech vendors, and venture capitalists. The research study commissioned by 451 Research of S&P Global Market... read more

Account to Account (A2A) payments take off; now worth over half a trillion dollars

06 Jun 23 @ 07:41

The 2023 version of The Global Payments Report by Worldpay, has revealed that Account to Account payments are now worth $525 billion globally – and are projected to grow at... read more

SEC takes aim at Binance “extensive web of deception”

06 Jun 23 @ 07:32

The Securities and Exchange Commission has sued Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange. The 13 civil charges filed accuse Binance of violations including mixing billions of dollars of customer cash... read more

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ETC Mining and the anatomy of a crypto scam

02 Mar 26 @ 11:25

Three months ago, I was approached by marketing representatives of ETC Mining, who paid $2,500 in Bitcoin for native advertising placement. On the surface, the ... more

Takeover talk swirls as PayPal’s valuation slumps

24 Feb 26 @ 12:45

After a bruising year on the public markets, PayPal has become the subject of early-stage takeover interest, underscoring how sharply sentiment has shifted arou... more

Visa and Mastercard accelerate agentic payments through bank pilots

18 Feb 26 @ 13:35

The race to define the next phase of digital commerce via agentic payments has moved decisively into the banking mainstream. [caption id="attachment_57882"... more

Stripe and PayPal combination could redefine payments

25 Feb 26 @ 17:55

Reports that Stripe is exploring a potential acquisition of PayPal have sent tremors through the global payments industry. The reports follow closely on the he... more