Payments News

03 Nov 20 @ 13:54

According to news reports, Ant Group’s $37 billion IPO is to be forcibly withheld by The Shanghai Stock Exchange, after four Chinese regulators summoned Jack Ma and other Ant executives... read more

02 Nov 20 @ 13:02

Nexi, Italy’s biggest payments group has entered into merger talks with Nets over a potential $8 billion take over in hot pursuit of the multi-billion euro deal last month with... read more

27 Oct 20 @ 16:54

Amazon is reported to have launched a market intelligence platform called Amazon Shopper Panel to gather data on competitor retailers. They say that participation (by which they mean gathering reams... read more

26 Oct 20 @ 08:20

Jack Ma’s Ant Group has set its sights on raising more than $34 billion in its initial public offering (IPO), putting the Chinese payments group on course to beat Saudi... read more

08 Oct 20 @ 13:14

Payments players are used to operating in an instant and real-time world, but few could have anticipated the crushing speed of the pandemic or its devastating toll. With economic life... read more

05 Oct 20 @ 13:55

Nexi, an Italian PayTech leader and SIA have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) regarding the integration of the two groups through the merger by incorporation of SIA into Nexi.... read more

30 Sep 20 @ 18:36

The European Union (EU) is reported to be preparing new rules that will force Big Tech companies to share their customer data with smaller rivals. Citing an early draft of... read more

30 Sep 20 @ 18:19

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has launched its 7th annual EU-wide transparency exercise. The objective is to provide market participants with updated information on the financial conditions of EU banks... read more

21 Sep 20 @ 11:55

Over the weekend the FinCEN files story broke, one of the most reputationally damaging stories related to major global banks. Leaked secret government documents reveal how the giants of Western... read more

18 Sep 20 @ 09:46

ClearBank has become the first clearing bank to offer multi-currency bank accounts via API. In Q4 2020, ClearBank will be able to offer more than 30 multi-currency bank accounts, providing... read more

10 Sep 20 @ 15:29

Financial infrastructure provider, Banking Circle, is tackling the compliance and reconciliation issues often faced in global B2B payments with its new Payments on Behalf of (POBO) and Collections on Behalf... read more

04 Sep 20 @ 12:10

Robinhood, a pioneer of commission-free investing which recently pulled out of its UK market entry,  now faces a civil fraud investigation over its failure to fully disclose its practice of... read more