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Payment M&A booming in Europe

12 Apr 16 @ 12:09

Payment M&A activity in the payment acceptance space is at an all-time high in Europe, both in terms of liquidity and valuations. Recent activity is being driven by three trends:... read more

FinTech: Reinventing traditional banking

07 Apr 16 @ 13:31

Efma has published a new Efma Digest to highlight how FinTech is rapidly impacting on the range of services provided by retail banks, disrupting the traditional business model and introducing new customer... read more

Global Financial Centres Index – London remains top

07 Apr 16 @ 13:10

For the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), London remains just ahead of New York to retain the number one position. Both cities gained four points in the ratings and London... read more

Amazon Payments targets FinTech acquisition as valuations fall

06 Apr 16 @ 12:21

Amazon Payments is said to be targeting acquisitions as the value of FinTech “comes back to earth”, a top executive at the e-commerce company says. Global investment in FinTech firms hit $20... read more

Atom Bank app goes live

06 Apr 16 @ 08:48

Atom Bank, the UK’s first bank designed for digital and optimised for mobile, announces that the restriction on its regulatory authorisation has been lifted, and as of today opens its... read more

FinTech booming – payments infrastructure compliance remains in the dark ages

16 Mar 16 @ 12:16

The UK FinTech report, commissioned by HM Treasury and published last month, confirmed something we’re pretty much all agreed upon: “The UK is a global capital for FinTech”. Within FinTech,... read more

Challenger banks must strike the right balance between mobile and card

09 Mar 16 @ 22:05

NFC mobile payments continue to grab headlines, but to really drive uptake and ensure full market coverage, combining contactless cards with next-gen mobile banking apps is surely the right way... read more

Bitcoin breaks – network capacity maxed out

07 Mar 16 @ 16:37

A number of prominent voices in the Bitcoin community have been warning that the system needs to make fundamental changes to its core software code to avoid being overwhelmed by the... read more

Powa Technologies sells business units under administration

03 Mar 16 @ 15:58

Failed e-commerce software Unicorn Powa Technologies,  sold two of its divisions  today as it seeks to save jobs after entering administration in February. Deloitte, which was appointed as administrator of the... read more

Mondo raises £1m in under a minute

03 Mar 16 @ 15:44

Challenger bank Mondo raised £1m in a record-breaking one minute and 36 seconds on crowdfunding platform Crowdcube. Mondo was forced to suspend its initial launch date for the crowdfunding rise... read more

Google launches face biometrics payment app

03 Mar 16 @ 15:40

Google has launched a new app called Hands Free that doesn’t require you to take your phone out of your pocket and uses face biomerics. The new system is available on... read more

MasterCard on biometric payments and security

02 Mar 16 @ 15:15

Payments Cards and Mobile interviewed Ajay Bhalla of MasterCard to understand what is hot in the world of biometric payments including selfie pay and securing the further digitisation of payments.

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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