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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

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

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

Project Leap: Protecting banking infrastructure in the quantum age

05 Jun 23 @ 13:54

A secure communication channel designed to protect financial data against future threats from quantum computers has been successfully established by the BIS Innovation Hub Eurosystem Centre and its Eurosystem partners,... read more

White paper: Phygital payments are here. Are you ready?

05 Jun 23 @ 12:54

A new white paper from global security technology group and paytech leader Giesecke + Devrient explains why the world of phygital payments is already with us, and how banks and payments... read more

Hong Kong Monetary Authority announces trial of e-HKD CBDC

18 May 23 @ 15:47

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has announced a trial of its CBDC, the e-HKD, allowing the public to be able to shop, dine out and make money transfers with... read more

European Parliament paper rejects Digital Euro CBDC launch

10 May 23 @ 09:37

The European Parliament has published a paper entitled, Digital Euro: When in doubt, abstain (but be prepared) ahead of a vote on whether to proceed with the technical implementation phase... read more

2022 a record-breaking year for European retail banks

09 May 23 @ 14:01

Kearney has released the fifteenth edition of its annual European Retail Banking Radar, which tracks the performance of 89 retail banks across 21 European markets. In the face of uncertain... read more

Major trends impacting payments modernization in 2023

05 May 23 @ 15:42

The evolving payments landscape in commercial banking is a continued area of focus for financial institutions (FIs) and vendors. Broadly described as infrastructure or payments modernization efforts, FIs in particular... read more

Why embedded finance is set to change the payments world

24 Apr 23 @ 09:25

The global finance industry was worth, by one estimate, $22.5 trillion in 2021. This vast market – encompassing banking, insurance, loans, payments, savings and more – comprises a quarter of the world’s... read more

Kalifa Review is “Work in progress” at two-year anniversary

29 Mar 23 @ 16:04

Launched by former Chancellor and now Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the Kalifa Review into the future of the UK fintech sector outlined five core recommendations: policy and regulation; skills and... read more

European banking industry sets out a vision for digital euro

29 Mar 23 @ 10:26

The European Banking Federation (EBF) has published a vision paper on a Digital Euro Ecosystem. The EBF sets forth its perspective on the digital money ecosystem of the future, where... read more

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Wero expands merchant payments in France with Orange

06 Sep 26 @ 19:31

Wero is moving further beyond its origins as a peer-to-peer payment service, with Orange becoming the first merchant in France to offer subscription bill paymen... more

ECB and Brazil explore cross-border link between TIPS and Pix

06 Sep 26 @ 19:32

The European Central Bank and Banco Central do Brasil are examining whether Europe’s TIPS instant-payment infrastructure could be connected with Brazil’s hu... more

US Bank tests its own Stablecoin for Cross-Border Payments

10 Sep 26 @ 15:44

US Bank has completed a live cross-border transaction using its own dollar-backed stablecoin, becoming one of the latest major lenders to test whether blockchai... more