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Mastercard opens up API access to blockchain platform

30 Oct 17 @ 12:15

Mastercard says that it will open up access to its in house blockchain technology platform via an application programming interface (API) which will be made available to developers at banks... read more

A fresh look at Asia’s payment landscape

20 Oct 17 @ 09:33

Digital payments are growing rapidly in Asia, fuelled by increasing smartphone ownership and improving access to the internet. An increasing array of solutions such as digital wallets, mobile payment apps... read more

Spanish consortium launches blockchain based Alastria

19 Oct 17 @ 18:00

A consortium of Spanish banking, energy and teleco heavyweights have established blockchain based national network dubbed Alastria. The non-profit “world’s first regulated national network based on blockchain”, will develop distributed... read more

PSD2 and Europe’s Open Banking Mandate – a PCM report

18 Oct 17 @ 13:00

In a new report, PSD2 and Europe’s Open Banking Mandate, we aim to analyse the implications of the revised Payment Services Directive, PSD2, for the European banking industry and Open Banking... read more

Growing InsurTech sector tackles industry ripe for change

18 Oct 17 @ 09:39

After 2 moderate quarters, VC investment into InsurTech startups was strong in Q2’17, with $745.4 million invested across 60 deals. Despite quarterly fluctuation in deal size and volume, the overall... read more

JP Morgan launch interbank payments platform on Quorum blockchain

17 Oct 17 @ 15:41

JPMorgan Chase is set to launch a new interbank payments platform powered by the Quorum Enterprise-ready distributed ledger and smart contract blockchain platform. With the participation of two other banks... read more

On The Pulse of FinTech – global investment continues at pace

17 Oct 17 @ 12:33

Globally, the FinTech market made a strong rebound in Q2’17, with total investment more than doubling on a quarter-over-quarter basis to more than $8.4 billion. Large increases in private equity... read more

National payment systems in the open era

16 Oct 17 @ 11:13

The basic movement of money from A to B is changing. It’s becoming faster, embedded and more open ecosystem driven. Whereas payments used to be cleared and settled in days,... read more

Payment Issuers need technology innovation to stay relevant

11 Oct 17 @ 10:00

Over the last decade, payment acquirers have made leaps and bounds in FinTech innovation — for instance, major players like PayPal, Intuit, Stripe, and Square have completely reinvented the acceptance... read more

EU launches Bank industry anti-trust probe into bank data sharing

09 Oct 17 @ 16:50

As the European Union prepares to usher in new data-sharing rules for banks and financial institutions, antitrust authorities are probing whether the banking industry is preventing rival FinTech services from... read more

Canadian banks wary of Opening Banking access to financial data

04 Oct 17 @ 10:00

As Open Banking in Europe continues to gather momentum, Canada’s banking industry has issued a warning to government about giving Canadians more control of their own banking data: proceed with caution.... read more

Why it’s so important to deliver on financial inclusion

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

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Mastercard and BVNK Launch Platform Linking Fiat and Stablecoin Payments

20 Oct 26 @ 09:06

Mastercard has launched a new platform with BVNK that brings fiat currencies and stablecoins together through a single API, marking the first major integration ... more

Starling Builds UK-Sovereign AI Model With Nvidia and Civo

15 Oct 26 @ 19:41

Starling is developing a transactional foundation model with Nvidia that will be trained and hosted entirely within a UK sovereign cloud, as the digital bank lo... more

UK Moves to Open iPhone Contactless Payments to Apple Pay Rivals

22 Oct 26 @ 18:16

The UK’s competition regulator has set out proposals that could significantly widen access to contactless payments on Apple’s iPhone, potentially lowering b... more