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Remote KYC: A competitive advantage for mobile only banking

31 Aug 17 @ 14:01

The required procedures for Know Your Customer (KYC) have finally broken free of branch-based face-to-face meetings, and now enable banks to use videoconferencing and biometrics to verify a customer’s identity... read more

Are banks using the best biometric security systems available?

30 Aug 17 @ 13:45

Many banks around the world, large and small, continue to experience major security failures. At this year’s Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit, analysts explained their investigation of the takeover of a... read more

Symantec annual Internet Security Threat Report

22 Aug 17 @ 14:57

In the latest Symantec annual Internet Security Threat Report, Cyber attackers revealed new levels of ambition in 2016, a year marked by extraordinary attacks, including multi-million dollar virtual bank heists,... read more

Bitcoin surges to new high of over $4,500

21 Aug 17 @ 14:25

Defying its naysayers once again, Bitcoin’s price surged above $4,500 for the first time late last week to reach a market value of $73.6 billion. While the cryptocurrency has since pared some of its... read more

UK contactless spend tops £370 million in H1 2017

17 Aug 17 @ 16:46

Mobile contactless transactions topped £370 million in the first six months of 2017, a 336% year on year rise in spending, according to the latest transaction data from payments processor... read more

Visa applies for direct bank-card clearing access in China

16 Aug 17 @ 11:24

With a new found direction, not seen since its merger with Visa Europe began, Visa is on the charge, becoming the first overseas card payment company to apply for a... read more

Cash still king in UK but consumers are turning to contactless

11 Aug 17 @ 13:54

The number of cash payments decreased by 11% between 2015 and 2016, but it still remains the most frequently used payment method in the UK, according to new data published... read more

What is the driving force behind the new fashion of mega-mergers in payments

11 Aug 17 @ 11:59

For many years payments processing has been considered the ugly sister of the payments industry that quietly ticks over in the depths of back offices. In the last 18 months... read more

PSR bares its teeth issuing public censure on Cheque & Credit Clearing Company

11 Aug 17 @ 11:20

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has imposed a public censure on Cheque & Credit Clearing Company Ltd (C&CCC) following its failure to comply with the PSR’s General Directions. As part... read more

Class action lawsuits filed against EVO Payments International and EVO Merchant Services

07 Aug 17 @ 10:42

Atlanta-based law firm Webb, Klase & Lemond, LLC has filed two class action lawsuits against payment processing giants EVO Payments International and EVO Merchant Services (collectively, “EVO”) alleging they maintain... read more

Unlocking a $5 billion commercial card prize for issuers

03 Aug 17 @ 14:15

At a typical 1% level of rebates (akin to cash back for consumer and business cards) on commercial card spend for corporate travel and purchasing, including virtual card spend, we... read more

Bitcoin digital currency splits in two: Bitcoin and Bitcoin cash

01 Aug 17 @ 16:36

Today, the cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, split in two as a ‘breakaway’ group of Bitcoin miners and developers plan to create the new Bitcoin cash network that increases the transaction capacity of... 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