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19 May 22 @ 14:39

The 2022 NICE Actimize Fraud Insights Report identifies and analyses the leading fraud threats and patterns that impacted leading global financial institutions in 2021. Noting that banking fraud continues to... read more

19 May 22 @ 12:55

The cryptocurrency and assets market has grown significantly and is now worth £1.6 trillion globally. In the UK, over 2.3 million consumers now hold some form of cryptoasset. With such... read more

19 May 22 @ 12:26

Digital wallets and account-to-account payments are growing fast – but contactless cards are currently Europe’s most popular way to pay, and will remain central to the payments mix. With fraud... read more

18 May 22 @ 12:19

Traditional banks and neobanks have complementary strengths. Phygital banking services combine the best of both worlds and create new, exciting customer experiences. Phygital services are considered “the next big thing”... read more

18 May 22 @ 11:10

Few would disagree that innovation is core to the payments sector, where speed and ease has been the defining factor for decades. But today it’s no longer just about the... read more

17 May 22 @ 16:36

The competitive playing field for banks is evolving quickly, introducing agile new competitors and challenging traditional formulas for success. Customers, not products or business lines, are the centre point of... read more

17 May 22 @ 16:10

Mastercard says it will trial a biometric payment system for physical stores, using facial recognition biometrics rather than contactless cards, smartphones or memorable PINs. The Biometric Checkout Program, as it... read more

17 May 22 @ 11:30

It was widely reported that the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), designed to reign in Big Tech in Europe, has been delayed and will now come into force in early... read more

16 May 22 @ 17:59

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) financing has become hugely popular over the last few years. However, as the industry grows and providers expand their offerings, BNPL fraud is likely to... read more

16 May 22 @ 11:14

The crisis engulfing one of the world’s biggest stablecoins has worsened, inflaming regulators’ concerns over the assets that underpin the global cryptocurrency market. The episode has poured fresh fuel on... read more

13 May 22 @ 13:00

New data from PCM’s Digital and Card Payments Yearbooks 2022 reveals the overwhelming dominance of debit cards across the continent, with around seven in ten of all cards issued in... read more

13 May 22 @ 10:40

With a combined population of 27 million digitally-savvy consumers, the Nordic region is rapidly becoming a FinTech hotspot. As the Yearbooks outline in detail, the frenetic buzz of activity around... read more