Issuing & Acquiring

27 Nov 17 @ 16:16

The European Central Bank (ECB) has conducted a comprehensive study to analyse the use of cash, cards and other payment instruments used at points of sale (POS) by euro area... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 10:49

Building a national payment system is a huge undertaking. Prior to launch, banks and non-banks have to collaborate on the governance, rules and features of the system. They have to... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 09:48

At a major FinTech conference in Singapore, Visa announced that it is going to pilot its blockchain based B2B payments system called B2B Connect in mid-2018. Visa has partnered with... read more

21 Nov 17 @ 09:00

The Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) scheme created by the European Payments Council (EPC) is operational. As of today, nearly 600 payment service providers (PSPs)... read more

16 Nov 17 @ 16:42

American Express has announced the introduction of blockchain-enabled, cross-border B2B  payments. The American Express FX International Payments (FXIP) business is working with Ripple to make blockchain payments commercially available, reducing... read more

15 Nov 17 @ 12:47

A growing middle class in China with a high propensity to shop for foreign brands is helping to drive up spending on cross-border e-commerce goods, according to eMarketer’s forecast. Total... read more

14 Nov 17 @ 14:23

The Clearing House (TCH) has launched RTP, its real-time payments system, the first new core payments infrastructure in the US in more than 40 years. The new RTP system was... read more

14 Nov 17 @ 10:23

In recent months, the Bitcoin community has been in a bitter fight that escalated to an all-out war over the seemingly natural question of how to allow more transactions through the... read more

10 Nov 17 @ 16:09

A new study, 2017 State of Authentication, examines how businesses are implementing authentication, their motivations for choosing authentication technologies and approaches, and how the evolving threat environment has given rise to new,... read more

10 Nov 17 @ 11:33

According to a new study, Global Payment Cards Data and Forecasts to 2022, card issuers in Europe are continuing to change the scheme of the cards they issue – particularly... read more

09 Nov 17 @ 16:36

The rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the enterprise and its impact on how organizations design and build their public key infrastructure (PKI) is a key theme. Specifically,... read more

09 Nov 17 @ 16:06

Regulation, compliance and legacy systems have, for so long, been the stumbling blocks for financial institutions to capitalise on the new digital age where there are few barriers to international... read more