FinTech

12 Sep 18 @ 14:52

SoftBank, Synchronoss and TBCASoft have announced that they have partnered on a Proof of Concept (PoC) for a new cross-carrier mobile payments service based on the Rich Communications Service (RCS) global messaging standard... read more

12 Sep 18 @ 14:40

Barclays says it will embrace the Open Banking revolution by updating its core mobile banking app allowing customers to view accounts from rival banks in one place. This change has... read more

10 Sep 18 @ 17:00

Two buzzwords often heard in identity today are self-sovereign identity and distributed identity. The reason for considering new models for identity is, among other things, to avoid a single point... read more

07 Sep 18 @ 16:07

The Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) has announce the publication of the Open Banking Standards, version 3. This update builds significantly on the version of the Standards that launched in... read more

03 Sep 18 @ 12:16

Alternative payments methods such as mobile and digital wallets are steadily displacing traditional payment methods such as cards, bank transfers and cash/cheques in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) e-commerce market. GlobalData forecasts... read more

31 Aug 18 @ 15:11

Deploying AI in the payments sector – With the global volume of online payments set to increase by almost 11% a year between 2015 and 2020 (and by as much... read more

31 Aug 18 @ 13:25

The doom-mongers have long been predicting an existential crisis in banking. Banks are being assailed on every side — by FinTech start-ups, Big Tech and regulators. They must maintain 24/7... read more

28 Aug 18 @ 12:42

Kroger has made good on its threat to stop accepting Visa credit cards, the culmination of a dispute over the interchange fee retailers pay to card networks for each transaction... read more

23 Aug 18 @ 13:59

In today’s mobile world, financial institutions are working hard to give their digital offerings an overhaul. They are under pressure from several key factors to do so: firstly, because of... read more

23 Aug 18 @ 12:08

While the phrase ‘time is money’ may seem clichéd, it is becoming increasingly relevant as technology-savvy but busy consumers turn to the Internet and alternative payments to make shopping faster... read more

23 Aug 18 @ 11:44

The race to digital is rattling the payment ecosystem with more choice for consumers adding complexity across the payment value chain – from merchants to consumers and everyone in between.... read more

15 Aug 18 @ 11:26

It has been an interesting few weeks in the P2P payments market. It all began when Snapchap  announced that it will cease Snapcash, its mobile P2P payments app for Snapchat, on... read more