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PSR annual – Access and governance report on payment systems

09 Mar 17 @ 15:06

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) was established to promote effective competition and innovation in payment systems. Ensuring open access to participants and potential participants is a key component of this.... read more

New reports show mobile wallet suffering an identity crisis in Europe

07 Mar 17 @ 12:44

New research by Juniper, analysing the mobile wallet market, indicates Europe lagging behind almost every other region in its transaction value forecast despite high levels of tech adoption and smartphone penetration. So, what’s going wrong?... read more

Optal to acquire B2B payments business Invapay

07 Mar 17 @ 08:44

Optal announced the acquisition of Invapay, in a deal which will significantly expand Optal’s capabilities in the global corporate payments space. Invapay enables corporate buyers to use credit cards to... read more

US Federal Reserve express caution on central bank issued digital currency

06 Mar 17 @ 15:53

Federal Reserve board governor Jerome Powell took critical aim at the concept of a central bank-issued digital currency during a roundtable event focused on blockchain and the future of financial... read more

Mastercard Periodic Table of Payment Elements

02 Mar 17 @ 17:02

The payments industry is ever-evolving and, with it, the terminology used to describe it. With the Mastercard PERIODIC TABLE OF PAYMENTS, you don’t have to be a financial genius to... read more

Domestic payment schemes shifting focus to new digital payments services

28 Feb 17 @ 17:06

The development of new payment services and the evolution of technology are currently the top priority of most domestic payment schemes. An overwhelming majority of schemes are in favour of... read more

Virtual Account Management: the minimum viable proposition

27 Feb 17 @ 14:15

When it comes to corporate liquidity and treasury management, the banks I’m talking to all seem to have one thing in common. The need for speed. Whether they are offering in-house... read more

Payments processing technology: Have Payment Gateways achieved parity with Processors?

27 Feb 17 @ 12:43

It has been almost 20 years since the internet made a paradigm leap in transaction transport, and made simple payment gateways integration available to an exploding community of web developers.... read more

Why IoT is the fastest growing retail trend of 2017

24 Feb 17 @ 10:45

A recent Gartner survey estimated that by 2020, the number of connected objects will increase by 30 times current levels, making IoT (Internet of Things) a huge untapped opportunity for retailers... read more

İşbank becomes first Turkish bank to offer local alternative payment methods

24 Feb 17 @ 10:35

İşbank, the biggest private bank in Turkey and provider of PSP services, is partnering with PPRO Group to enable İşbank to offer e-commerce merchants 13 local alternative payment methods worldwide. İşbank... read more

SEPA: Is the ECB stifling competition with its latest move?

23 Feb 17 @ 10:01

Ten years ago the European Commission (EC) and the European Central Bank (ECB) announced a common vision for the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), which they described as an “integrated... read more

IBM Watson IoT to provide access to 20 billion POS devices for Visa

20 Feb 17 @ 12:03

IBM Watson IoT and Visa announced the industry’s first collaboration that brings the POS to everywhere Visa is accepted, by allowing businesses to quickly introduce secure payment experiences for any device... 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