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Could Revolut be the next Wirecard?

03 Mar 23 @ 17:38

Just days after announcing that it is at the “finish line” of winning a UK banking licence, and accounts revealed its first annual profit, Revolut could be in serious trouble.... read more

Nexi seals strategic acquiring deal with Banco Sabadell

28 Feb 23 @ 16:09

Nexi and Banco de Sabadell have reached an agreement to establish a long-term acquiring partnership in the Spanish market. According to the terms of the transaction, Nexi will acquire 80%... read more

Nordic banking 2023: challenge and opportunity in changing times

28 Feb 23 @ 11:52

As banks look to transform their business for a digital future, high inflation and low economic growth are making investment decisions difficult. Nonetheless, opportunities exist to deliver customer value and... read more

ECB: Rollout approach for the digital euro

27 Feb 23 @ 17:43

P2P payments, Online and Offline POS payments and then e-commerce payments should be the order of priorities for the digital euro, the European Central Bank has said in documents published on... read more

Binance and Ingenico begin cryptocurrency payments in France

24 Feb 23 @ 11:30

Ingenico has signed a strategic partnership with Binance to offer an in-store cryptocurrency payments with the first pilot deployed in France. The partnership is a major step in the adoption... read more

Banks beginning to engage with the Metaverse

21 Feb 23 @ 18:25

For much of the past few years, if there was a focus on a Web 3.0 technology, it was probably blockchain, with cryptocurrency investments booming and technologies like NFTs promising... read more

Bank of Japan starts digital yen pilot

20 Feb 23 @ 13:49

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has announced that it will begin a pilot for its digital yen with commercial financial institutions commencing in April, the trials are expected to last... read more

Tesco explores sale of Tesco Bank assets

20 Feb 23 @ 13:33

Tesco, the UK’s current biggest retailer, is rumoured to be planning a review into its presence in the UK banking sector in a move that could lead to a sale of... read more

Feature: Easy as PSD 1… 2… 3…or is it?

17 Feb 23 @ 18:15

The EU’s second payment services directive (PSD2) included revolutionary concepts – but also accusations of adding friction for consumers. With the European Commission having closed its public consultation on PSD3,... read more

Virtual card transaction volumes to surpass 121 billion by 2027

16 Feb 23 @ 16:18

A new study has found the number of virtual card transactions, randomly generated card numbers linked to a payment account, will exceed 121 billion globally by 2027; increasing from 28... read more

Sales, demergers, spin offs…what’s behind the trend?

15 Feb 23 @ 17:54

In the last six months we have seen some of the biggest names in payments, especially in the last few weeks announce, “strategic reviews of their businesses”. It seems to... read more

BNPL regulation: Is consumer debt finally reaching breaking point?

15 Feb 23 @ 17:01

BNPL has, to date, managed to escape regulations aimed at other interest-bearing loans. In the UK, where the BNPL market was worth £5.7 billion in 2021, as with regulators in... 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