E-Money

28 Nov 17 @ 10:23

2018 is set to be a pivotal year for the financial services industry with both the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the revised Payments Services Directive (PSD2) due to... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 10:49

Building a national payment system is a huge undertaking. Prior to launch, banks and non-banks have to collaborate on the governance, rules and features of the system. They have to... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 09:48

At a major FinTech conference in Singapore, Visa announced that it is going to pilot its blockchain based B2B payments system called B2B Connect in mid-2018. Visa has partnered with... read more

22 Nov 17 @ 20:13

The Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE), the body set up by the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) to enable a new, secure way for customers to take control of their... read more

21 Nov 17 @ 09:00

The Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) scheme created by the European Payments Council (EPC) is operational. As of today, nearly 600 payment service providers (PSPs)... read more

09 Nov 17 @ 16:06

Regulation, compliance and legacy systems have, for so long, been the stumbling blocks for financial institutions to capitalise on the new digital age where there are few barriers to international... read more

08 Nov 17 @ 16:22

Apple rolled out Apple Pay Cash for those in its public beta program the service will act like virtual debit card, allowing P2P payments, to take on Venmo. Apple Pay Cash will... read more

02 Nov 17 @ 16:34

Visa has announced the European launch of Visa Direct – a real-time payments platform that allows companies to leverage Visa’s global reach and scale to transform domestic and cross-border payments... read more

01 Nov 17 @ 10:38

Google has made several announcements around Google Tez, the payments app that the search giant had launched in India last month. Based on Unified Payments Interface (UPI), the NPCI’s payments platform for the... read more

01 Nov 17 @ 09:18

While payments might seem ‘instant’ to those engaged in the transaction, the reality is, apart from cash, they are generally not. Real time clearing is what happens when you hand... read more

31 Oct 17 @ 14:50

Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered a new malware, CryptoShuffler Trojan, which steals cryptocurrencies from a user’s wallet by replacing their address with its own in the device’s clipboard. Criminals are targeting... read more

31 Oct 17 @ 10:15

A new study has found the countries among the 20 largest economies who are adapting quickest to using cashless systems like phones and contactless cards – revealing that Canada narrowly... read more