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Why did the FCA shut down all the UK’s crypto ATMs

22 Apr 22 @ 10:50

In early March of 2022 the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released warning on illegal crypto ATMs operating in the UK – but why? In the warning the FCA noted... read more

Payments Cards & Mobile Jobs of the Week

22 Apr 22 @ 09:30

Tempting as it may be to assume that London is the be-all and end-all when it comes to a Fintech job hunt, the city is part of a much wider... read more

GSMA: State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money

21 Apr 22 @ 16:31

Mobile money has transformed the lives of millions of people globally. Today there are 1.35 billion registered mobile money accounts processing $1 trillion in transactions annually. That is almost $2... read more

TransUnion and senior executive charged with violating law enforcement order

21 Apr 22 @ 11:51

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is filing a lawsuit against TransUnion, two of its subsidiaries, and longtime executive John Danaher for violating a 2017 law enforcement order. The order... read more

Stripe announces growth slowdown but internet opportunities underestimated

21 Apr 22 @ 11:37

Stripe says it expects growth this year will not be as strong as last year when the company benefited from an e-commerce surge spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to... read more

Crypto industry hardens attempts to influence EU policy

20 Apr 22 @ 17:10

In what will almost certainly turn out to be an ill informed attempt to influence policy, more than 40 crypto business leaders have written to the European Union asking not... read more

Russia set to challenge legality of frozen central bank assets

20 Apr 22 @ 12:06

Russia has said it will take legal steps to recover $300 billion of its foreign currency reserves frozen by international sanctions in a bid to overturn one of the hardest... read more

Canadian prepaid payments now a CA$8.5 billion industry

20 Apr 22 @ 11:34

The Canadian Prepaid Providers Organization (CPPO), the collective voice of the open-loop prepaid payments industry in Canada, has released an updated industry forecast in collaboration with Aite-Novarica Group to finalise its... read more

Sustainability: why the card business must act

13 Apr 22 @ 16:41

Whether it’s global warming, resource depletion or the rapid exclusion of populations and communities from resources, our planet is in crisis. In a new white paper, we outline the pressures... read more

Mastercard joins gold rush into the Metaverse

13 Apr 22 @ 16:00

Mastercard has joined the land grab by major payments players and banks into the Metaverse, with new filings related to NFTs, virtual worlds and more. The 15 filings by Mastercard,... read more

Payments Cards & Mobile Jobs of the Week

13 Apr 22 @ 13:49

It’s pretty clear that it’s a jobseekers market at the moment – the great resignation has been swiftly followed by the great rehire, and as people seek out new opportunities,... read more

2022 IBM Global Financial Fraud Impact Report

12 Apr 22 @ 13:01

According to a new report commissioned by IBM, geographies and generations differ greatly in the frequency and impact of financial fraud, as well as their attitudes toward fraud detection and... read more

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ECB brings Central Bank money to tokenised market

23 Sep 26 @ 14:34

The European Central Bank has taken a significant step towards integrating distributed ledger technology with Europe’s core financial infrastructure, launchin... more

European E-commerce Hits €911bn as Payments Reshape Online Retail

21 Sep 26 @ 19:41

European e-commerce has broken through the €900bn barrier, underlining the growing importance of digital retail to the continent's economy while intensifying ... more

Inside A7: How Russia built a parallel cross-border payments network

24 Sep 26 @ 16:29

Russia’s attempts to circumvent Western financial sanctions have developed into a sophisticated parallel payments architecture combining traditional banking, ... more