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The fastest growing and declining retail brands in 2020

22 May 20 @ 09:42

The COVID-19 outbreak has led to the savage disruption of retail the world over. Almost overnight, foot traffic in physical stores disappeared, and supply chains were left scrambled. Now at... read more

First Data forced to pay $40 million fine over consumer scams

19 May 20 @ 08:11

First Data Merchant Services and a former executive have been forced to pay more than $40 million to settle a claim by the Federal Trade Commission that the company processed... read more

Mastercard updated Q2 2020 operating metrics reflect COVID-19 impact

14 May 20 @ 10:11

Mastercard has updated its operating metrics with an additional two weeks of information, in which it is monitoring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related actions being taken by... read more

2020 vision in COVID-19 – the crisis that changed payments

30 Apr 20 @ 09:17

2020 so far has not been quite what anyone expected. There are no flying cars, no hoverboards, no teleportation – and thankfully we haven’t been forced to survive on fried... read more

KPMG reports clean bill of health for Wirecard fraud allegations

28 Apr 20 @ 08:37

Wirecard says that the independent audit by KPMG into fraud allegations uncovered no need to restate earnings, but added that all the data needed to confirm past revenues could not... read more

COVID-19: 1 in 8 banks will face losses in 2020

23 Apr 20 @ 15:49

Due to COVID-19, over the past few months, nationwide restrictions on travel, work, and leisure across most European countries have led to a dramatic drop in consumer spend. Meanwhile, repayment... read more

Weathering the Storm: A consultation on the impact of COVID-19

07 Apr 20 @ 16:09

The Emerging Payments Association (EPA), which encourages collaboration and innovation within new and existing finance companies, has announces the outcomes of its first COVID-19 consultation. The detailed assessment, ‘Weathering the... read more

McKinsey predicts payments revenues to enter negative decline

02 Apr 20 @ 16:08

As the catastrophic human costs of the coronavirus come into clearer focus, so too do the consequences for people’s well-being beyond the immediate imperative to safeguard lives. Taking care of... read more

SDK.finance offers one year payment deferral for FinTech software

30 Mar 20 @ 09:26

SDK.finance, a financial technology provider, has announced a one year payment deferral for all companies with financial licenses issued by any country of the European Union and the United Kingdom.... read more

COVID-19: $76 billion wiped off private FinTech market

23 Mar 20 @ 12:05

What a difference one month makes. Public FinTechs were significantly outperforming the S&P 500 and Nasdaq until the COVID-19 crisis hit. On Feb 19th, the FinTech index comprising 26 public... read more

ECB reveals €750 billion COVID-19 stimulus package

20 Mar 20 @ 12:49

The European Central Bank says it will spend €750 billion in bond purchases to calm down sovereign debt markets, in the strongest signal in the euro area to date that... read more

Finablr seeks insolvency as stock market blood bath takes first victim

17 Mar 20 @ 09:47

As the global battle against Covid-19 moves into uncharted territory, the avalanche witnessed across global stock markets may have claimed its first victim. Finablr, the owner of Travelex, has asked... 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