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AISPs and PISPs make their mark in Europe – thanks to PSD2

01 Oct 21 @ 11:46

PSD2 took its time to be implemented across Europe, but now that the legislation has been adopted and transposed into most markets, it’s beginning to deliver on what it promised.... read more

Report: Customer experience more important than product for the Future of Banking

30 Sep 21 @ 08:06

A new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit reveals that four in five bankers (81%) believe that financial institutions will seek to differentiate themselves on customer experience rather than on... read more

Singapore’s MAS takes a lead in foreign faster payment links

29 Sep 21 @ 16:07

Singapore is taking a leading position in the fast growing Faster Payments space, inking two deals with influential neighbours in the space of two weeks. First, the Reserve Bank of... read more

FinTechs approach profitability – but will it last?

17 Sep 21 @ 16:06

The FinTech sector – often hyped as the answer to banks’ digitisation woes – demonstrated resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic, with leading FinTechs recording double-digit growth despite sector-wide operational and... read more

M-Pesa hits 50 million customers as Africa’s largest FinTech platform

07 Sep 21 @ 08:14

M-Pesa has reached 50 million monthly active customers, cementing its position as Africa’s largest FinTech platform – an amazing feat on the continent. Launched more than 14 years ago in... read more

Why more and more people prefer to pay straight from their online bank

07 Sep 21 @ 07:31

Trustly is a world leader in account-to-account payments with an unmatched banking network and consumer reach of over half a billion. Here’s their view of the increasing popularity of Online... read more

India launches new national digital payment: e-RUPI

24 Aug 21 @ 15:33

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently unveiled a new digital payment product called e-RUPI under the country’s UPI (Unified Payments Interface). According to state news sources, this payment mechanism is to ensure... read more

The value of cloud-based payments

23 Aug 21 @ 12:12

Two decades into the 21st Century, we have become accustomed to having every convenience at our fingertips exactly when we want it. In many ways that extends to our finances,... read more

BLIK sees huge increase in the popularity of P2P instant payments

20 Aug 21 @ 13:18

From April to June 2021, BLIK users completed nearly 176 million transactions worth PLN 24 billion. At that time, the number of BLIK’s P2P instant payments was growing the fastest... read more

Facebook digital wallet Novi ready for market launch

19 Aug 21 @ 11:06

Facebook has announced it will launch the Novi digital wallet tied to the Diem blockchain-based payment system, having received the necessary regulatory clearances. David Marcus, chief of Facebook’s financial services... read more

How does the OECD’s CRS effect mobile money providers

17 Aug 21 @ 15:56

Adopted in 2014, the CRS’s purpose is to combat tax evasion – not just in mobile money. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Common Reporting Standard (CRS) is an information... read more

Payments sector keeps top spot for FinTech investment in record H1 2021

11 Aug 21 @ 11:07

Overall global FinTech funding across M&A, PE, and VC deals soared to a new high in H1 2021, according to KPMG’s Pulse of FinTech, a bi-annual report on FinTech investment... read more

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Mastercard and BVNK Launch Platform Linking Fiat and Stablecoin Payments

20 Oct 26 @ 09:06

Mastercard has launched a new platform with BVNK that brings fiat currencies and stablecoins together through a single API, marking the first major integration ... more

Starling Builds UK-Sovereign AI Model With Nvidia and Civo

15 Oct 26 @ 19:41

Starling is developing a transactional foundation model with Nvidia that will be trained and hosted entirely within a UK sovereign cloud, as the digital bank lo... more

UK Moves to Open iPhone Contactless Payments to Apple Pay Rivals

22 Oct 26 @ 18:16

The UK’s competition regulator has set out proposals that could significantly widen access to contactless payments on Apple’s iPhone, potentially lowering b... more