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08 Jun 21 @ 16:18

11 banks have participated in a trial of blockchain based FX intraday swaps. NatWest, Deutsche Bank, Bank of Ireland, Banca Mediolanum and seven other banks participated with $14.5 trillion in combined... read more

03 Jun 21 @ 11:38

Mir – a payment service provider introduced in Russia in late 2015 – is carving a place in the market as a serious provider. Since it launched it managed to... read more

26 May 21 @ 16:00

Following on from the World FinTech Report 2020, FinTechs are approaching their next maturity milestone – profitability – as they demonstrated resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic with verticals recording double-digit... read more

14 May 21 @ 10:34

Facebooks cryptocurrency Diem has been forced to abandon plans to gain a license in Switzerland via its financial regulator FINMA and is instead going to set up operations in the... read more

05 May 21 @ 12:51

The global smart card market size was valued at $10.19 billion in 2019, and is projected to reach $15.57 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 6.2% from 2020... read more

20 Apr 21 @ 09:22

The Bank of England and HM Treasury have announced the joint creation of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Taskforce to coordinate the exploration of a potential UK CBDC.A CBDC... read more

31 Mar 21 @ 16:11

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has set out provisional accusations for five payments companies including Mastercard, in which it states the companies violated antitrust laws, by operating a cartel for... read more

16 Mar 21 @ 16:45

Following a 2019 announcement, IDEMIA, G+D and NXP Semiconductors have launched the White Label Alliance (WLA), which responds to growing global demand for next-generation, independent payment solutions for domestic and private-label payment brands. The White... read more

11 Mar 21 @ 11:05

Russia’s largest food retailer, the X5 Group, has partnered with Visa and Sber to launch Face Pay biometrics at self-service checkout terminals in its stores, the facial recognition payment system may... read more

09 Mar 21 @ 09:36

Diem has announced partnership with Fireblocks to launch a new payment solution for institutions, merchants and payment networks, across the global stablecoin and payments system formerly known as libra. The... read more

25 Feb 21 @ 17:05

European commercial card spending rose by 11% in 2019 to €366 billion and accounted for 8% of the total value of card payments. Charge cards, where transactions must be paid... read more

23 Feb 21 @ 16:18

New research points to changing payment habits among online shoppers. A European study of 10,000 consumers and 1,000 merchants found that seven out of ten (71%) UK shoppers now prefer... read more