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DBS launches mobile-only bank

26 Apr 16 @ 09:37

Singapore’s DBS bank has decided to go for the mass-market retail customers and has launched a mobile-only bank. The bank say the product will be completely paperless and branchless and will allow customers to... read more

Deloitte autopsy the collapse of Powa Technologies

25 Apr 16 @ 17:01

Powa Technologies’ insolvency specialists Deloitte have released its insolvency report into exactly what went wrong at the London payment company that folded spectacularly in February. The company autopsy reveals Powa’s ultimate controlling... read more

Alternative payments impact South Africa’s payments market

20 Apr 16 @ 10:49

Alternative payments are gaining traction in South Africa, with banks and payment companies introducing new solutions. Recent initiatives include the launch of MasterPass, Zapper, FlickPay and SnapScan. The MasterPass digital... read more

Digital Payments Report 2016

18 Apr 16 @ 16:52

American Express, a leading global payments brand, have sponsored a report payments consulting firm Accourt who conduct a survey on the state of Digital Payments. Advancements in digital technology continued to... read more

Digital commerce to reach $8 trillion

14 Apr 16 @ 12:49

New data has found that the digital commerce market is set to increase from $4.9 Trillion in 2015, to just over $8 trillion by 2020. In perspective, the GDP of Japan... read more

India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) goes live

11 Apr 16 @ 15:12

A project from National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), The Unified Payments Interface (UPI), goes live today, April 11. UPI is expected to bring about a significant shift in the way... read more

Mobile wallets in Europe will generate €1 billion revenue

08 Apr 16 @ 09:10

A new report  investigating how mobile wallets like Apple Pay, Android Pay, Samsung Pay and others which were developed in other world regions can be adapted to fit the European payment... read more

MePIN releases PSD2 authentication for non-smartphones

08 Apr 16 @ 08:18

MePIN has released a new addition to their universal authentication platform. MePIN now simplifies and secures the lives of banks, payment service providers and their legacy users, by allowing the service... 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

Consumer appetite for digital wallets growing in Europe

06 Apr 16 @ 13:02

New research from Aimia reveals that consumer appetite for digital wallets in Europe is growing. The findings show almost a third (31%) of Europeans say they are likely to use... 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

The state of mobile banking 2015

05 Apr 16 @ 10:56

Mobile banking continues to gather momentum, fuelled by rising smartphone use and the steadily improving supply of mobile-optimized banking worldwide. In a new piece of research by Forrester, they surveyed... read more

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Visa and Mastercard move to end two-decade swipe fee battle

11 Jun 26 @ 16:00

A landmark legal battle that has shaped the economics of card payments in the United States for more than twenty years has taken another significant step toward... more

Bank of England Warns DLT Complexity in Settlements

18 May 26 @ 17:07

The Bank of England has found that distributed ledger technology could improve aspects of wholesale payments and settlement, but only at the cost of significant... more

Visa announces €500 Million European Investment Signals Strategic Response to Payments Sovereignty Push

31 May 26 @ 12:59

The debate around European payments sovereignty has intensified significantly over the past two years. Policymakers, regulators and financial institutions acros... more