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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

Regulators enforce new rules – bank executives to vouch for cyber attack defences

27 Feb 17 @ 13:53

Tough rules laid down by New York’s state regulator will see senior executives at some of the world’s biggest banks and insurers vouch for their companies’ resilience to cyber attacks.... 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

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

The EBA relents on PSD2 authentication, but is it enough?

23 Feb 17 @ 10:13

The European Banking Authority says it will relax its proposed (preposterous) PSD2 rules on a requirement for strong customer authentication for all payments under €10, after receiving a huge number of complaints... 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

Visa Token Service extends mobile payments into 12 European countries

21 Feb 17 @ 10:46

Visa says that, by the end of this year, more than 12 European countries are adopting the Visa Token Service, a new technology that makes mobile and online payments more... read more

UK consumers do not trust businesses to protect financial and payments data

21 Feb 17 @ 10:22

More than half of UK consumers are concerned about the ability of businesses and financial institutions to protect financial and payments data, with 19% of respondents saying they do not... read more

Addressing the unbanked and underbanked in developing countries

20 Feb 17 @ 13:15

Around 2 billion people worldwide do not use formal financial services and around half the adults in the poorest households are unbanked, according to the World Bank. When financial inclusion is... read more

Virtual Account Management: Fast, effective relief from the pain of reconciliation

17 Feb 17 @ 12:01

Let’s be honest, reconciliation is a pain. It’s a battle, a struggle and an all-around nuisance for corporates, albeit a necessary one. Getting paid is crucial, irrespective of business size.... read more

Certifying (m)POS terminals for EMV Level 3: as easy as it looks?

17 Feb 17 @ 11:09

Before any payment terminal gets out there, it needs to adhere to the rules set by the payment systems (or payment brands), like the latest EMV Level 3. That means... read more

Kenya Bankers Association develops banking industry switch with Tieto

16 Feb 17 @ 12:00

Kenya Bankers Association (KBA), the banking industry’s umbrella body, has awarded Tieto the contract to develop Kenya’s first industrywide switching platform in a move that will see banks enhance efficiency... read more

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ECB brings Central Bank money to tokenised market

23 Sep 26 @ 14:34

The European Central Bank has taken a significant step towards integrating distributed ledger technology with Europe’s core financial infrastructure, launchin... more

European E-commerce Hits €911bn as Payments Reshape Online Retail

21 Sep 26 @ 19:41

European e-commerce has broken through the €900bn barrier, underlining the growing importance of digital retail to the continent's economy while intensifying ... more

Inside A7: How Russia built a parallel cross-border payments network

24 Sep 26 @ 16:29

Russia’s attempts to circumvent Western financial sanctions have developed into a sophisticated parallel payments architecture combining traditional banking, ... more