FinTech

16 Oct 18 @ 15:08

SWIFT has published a blueprint for common API standards following collaboration with European banking standards bodies, STET and Berlin Group NextGenPSD2 – who together represent many of the region’s banks... read more

16 Oct 18 @ 12:57

The Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) certainly covers a lot of ground, but one important and largely overlooked aspect is the requirement that: “strong customer authentication […] should be applied each... read more

12 Oct 18 @ 10:43

Unified Payments Interface (UPI) that allows for instant bank-to-bank fund transfers is gradually taking the lead over the vibrant mobile wallet market in India. A large chunk of P2P remittance... read more

11 Oct 18 @ 08:54

There is no doubt that lack of trust in the payment system remains a fundamental obstacle to a cashless society. Research shows that consumers are now more concerned than ever... read more

10 Oct 18 @ 08:28

Still dealing with the damage to consumer confidence after the crisis of 2008 and the new opportunities being seized by FinTech businesses the big banks are caught in a perfect... read more

05 Oct 18 @ 16:23

In the last couple of weeks two Challenger banks have hit the UK. N26 is a German direct bank, headquartered in Berlin, that offers its services throughout most of the... read more

28 Sep 18 @ 10:47

2018 marks the fifth year of FIS’ report “Flavors of Fast”. It was originally inspired to capture the early but remarkable influences of faster payments schemes around the world. In... read more

25 Sep 18 @ 10:10

The $110 trillion payments business is facing further and major disruption from the FinTech revolution that will upend the traditional financial services industry and create new opportunities for venture-backed companies... read more

25 Sep 18 @ 09:24

In September 2015, Entrepreneur Magazine pointed out to its readers that, at the time of writing, there were some 200 different ways to make electronic payments. To put that in its... read more

24 Sep 18 @ 12:23

The Singapore government is set to allow access to its real-time payments system, FAST, to extend the availability of the payments systems for FinTechs and other payments players. The country... read more

17 Sep 18 @ 17:10

In the continuing fight for supremacy between banks and FinTechs, one of the US top banking regulator in New York is to sue the US Office of the Comptroller of the... read more

17 Sep 18 @ 16:32

The “SMART Payments” series will provide insights on the components that are essential for any organisation wishing to succeed in digital finance and some examples of best practice – i.e.... read more