E-Money

09 Oct 17 @ 11:53

Hackers have managed to install code on the sites that uses visitors’ computers to “mine” the crypto-currencies. School, charities and file-sharing websites have been caught out by scammers who are... read more

04 Oct 17 @ 09:32

Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), warned central bankers that digital currencies are rising. Lagarde told them not to discount digital currencies, because they are gaining more adoption and... read more

04 Oct 17 @ 09:08

Financial inclusion, particularly in the developing world, has emerged as a significant policy objective over the last decade. There is considerable will among policymakers, the development community and private sector... read more

03 Oct 17 @ 11:16

In July the Open Banking Implementation Entity released specifications for the ‘Read/Write’ payment initiation and account information Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that will go live in January 2018. This follows... read more

02 Oct 17 @ 12:50

China, boasted over $811.96 billion in e-commerce sales in 2016, 122 million outbound travellers, and a record number of students studying abroad. This has created a booming opportunity for global marketplaces, marketplace sellers, e-commerce... read more

28 Sep 17 @ 12:03

B2B FinTechs are attracting an increasing proportion of total European FinTech funding, according to a recent research presentation from Innovate Finance and Pitchbook. There has been a growing number of... read more

28 Sep 17 @ 11:34

Digital technologies are the “great equaliser” of our time. If you’re a business, digital means it’s now easier than ever to reach new markets. If you’re a customer, you now... read more

27 Sep 17 @ 11:11

According to multiple press reports, Japan is planning to launch its own national digital currency, J COIN, in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games. The announcement comes against the backdrop... read more

20 Sep 17 @ 16:16

Mobile shopping growth is growing sharply in Asia Pacific’s emerging markets, outpacing their more developed counterparts, according to the latest Mastercard Mobile Shopping Survey. Consumer use in the Philippines (53.5... read more

20 Sep 17 @ 14:28

From virtual mobile wallets to peer-to-peer money transfer apps, there are an increasingly diverse number of ways to pay, beyond the old medium of cash. And the geographic scope of... read more

15 Sep 17 @ 09:14

Technical body EMVCo launched version two of its EMV Payment Tokenisation Specification – Technical Framework in September. The market has evolved rapidly since v1.0 was launched in 2014 to address... read more

13 Sep 17 @ 12:21

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) and Bank of England (BoE) have announced that the Payment System Operator Delivery Group (PSODG) has completed the necessary steps to deliver against the mandate... read more