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The hashtags that could land you in jail

22 Nov 19 @ 09:26

Research from Santander and former fraudster Tony Sales has exposed the dangerous hashtags on social media being used by criminals to recruit innocent – and particularly young – people into... read more

Only 9% of the world’s top tier banks are effectively monetising payments data

19 Nov 19 @ 15:54

Only 9% of the world’s top tier banks are effectively monetising payments data. The findings from Aite Group’s report “The Payments Transformation Race: Criteria for Success”, commissioned by Icon Solutions,... read more

Realtime payments offer immense potential for banks and FinTechs globally

19 Nov 19 @ 12:36

New research from Emerging Payments Association reveals that realtime payments are growing rapidly in the UK and deploying widely worldwide, signifying potential for business payments for banks and FinTechs. The... read more

Invisible payments to take the stage as the new e-commerce norm

18 Nov 19 @ 09:00

The future of commerce lies in instant and invisible payments, triggered by the needs and demands of today’s modern consumers: millennials and Gen Z. By 2020, the spending power of... read more

Facebook Pay: Social giant moves to consolidate fragmented payments platforms

14 Nov 19 @ 16:00

Facebook is consolidating its payment processing for Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp into one brand called Facebook Pay. Deb Liu, Facebook’s VP of marketplace and commerce, says that the singular brand... read more

PEPSI: A European payment system to rival Visa and Mastercard?

12 Nov 19 @ 14:18

Twenty European banks are reported to be working on setting up a pan-European payment system in order to challenge the perceived dominance of Visa and Mastercard as well as technology... read more

Apple Pay and Google Pay: Do we need to wrap up warmly?

07 Nov 19 @ 09:00

Mobile payment is possible almost everywhere – both for shops and for consumers. Despite this, comparably few customers pay using their smart phones. Will Apple and Google bring the breakthrough... read more

Millennials choose payments convenience over security

05 Nov 19 @ 15:34

A survey by Compass Plus has revealed that while millennials rely heavily on their mobile phones, they consider them one of the least secure payment methods. The results show that... read more

97% of merchants are already looking to leverage PSD2

04 Nov 19 @ 16:58

Last month, the European Banking Authority (EBA) announced an 18-month delay to the implementation of Strong Customer Authentication (SCA). However, the delay to PSD2 – which follows UK FCA’s own... read more

Continued growth in China cements UnionPay as the world’s largest card scheme

30 Oct 19 @ 16:55

New research shows that there were 16 billion payment cards in circulation at the end of 2018, up by 10% since a year earlier. The research indicates that financial inclusion initiatives... read more

Report: Payment services for SMEs – Jump-starting digital payment services

30 Oct 19 @ 12:58

Financial inclusion for SMEs is a hot topic for European governments, financial institutions, banking representatives and small business associations. All recognise that SMEs are a significant part of the region’s... read more

Would a subscription-based banking model fend off challenger banks?

29 Oct 19 @ 11:25

It is forecasted that mobile banking is set to be more popular than visiting a high street bank branch within two years. And as the banking industry continues its digital... read more

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Mastercard and BVNK Launch Platform Linking Fiat and Stablecoin Payments

20 Oct 26 @ 09:06

Mastercard has launched a new platform with BVNK that brings fiat currencies and stablecoins together through a single API, marking the first major integration ... more

Starling Builds UK-Sovereign AI Model With Nvidia and Civo

15 Oct 26 @ 19:41

Starling is developing a transactional foundation model with Nvidia that will be trained and hosted entirely within a UK sovereign cloud, as the digital bank lo... more

UK Moves to Open iPhone Contactless Payments to Apple Pay Rivals

22 Oct 26 @ 18:16

The UK’s competition regulator has set out proposals that could significantly widen access to contactless payments on Apple’s iPhone, potentially lowering b... more