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M2020 Live: ACI Worldwide launches Smart Engage

07 Jun 22 @ 15:34

ACI Worldwide has launched ACI Smart Engage, a mobile engagement platform that enables merchants worldwide to serve up their inventory of goods and services directly to consumers’ smartphones using location,... read more

Seniors can’t get no satisfaction from today’s digital wallets

01 Jun 22 @ 12:49

A new white paper from Netcetera says banks should be doing more to adapt and extend their digital wallet offering to those over 65 as cash use declines and commerce goes... read more

Meta goes again – submitting Meta Pay trademark applications

31 May 22 @ 15:20

Mark Zuckerberg just can’t leave it alone! The social media company, despite many best efforts to launch a payments platform, has now submitted trademark applications for a digital assets trading... read more

How financial intermediaries can integrate crypto assets

27 May 22 @ 16:36

Most crypto owners would prefer to interact with digital assets through their banks and other traditional financial institutions, according to Navigating Crypto: How Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries Can Integrate... read more

NatWest completes first ‘non-sweeping’ customer payments through VRP

26 May 22 @ 16:33

NatWest Group is the first UK bank to go beyond the requirement for banks to provide Variable Recurring Payments (VRP) for sweeping – the automatic transfer of money between two... read more

It’s time for banks to bring their “A” game to customer chat

25 May 22 @ 14:28

As the digital revolution has gathered pace over the last decade, banks have increasingly switched to a digital service model, with the latest research[1] suggesting two-thirds of Europeans are now... read more

PCM Feature: The potential and pitfalls of Decentralised Finance

25 May 22 @ 10:22

As blockchain-enabled systems and crypto (mainly) flourish, pundits claim there’s a non-bank future before us with lower fees, faster transactions and instant exchanges of value from person to person. Payments... read more

CMA clarifies definition of Variable Recurring Payments for Sweeping

20 May 22 @ 12:24

In July 2021, the CMA mandated the use of variable recurring payments (VRPs) as the mechanism for implementing sweeping under item A10 of the Roadmap (the July letter). In the... read more

Interview: Where is the industry with biometric payment cards

19 May 22 @ 12:26

Digital wallets and account-to-account payments are growing fast – but contactless cards are currently Europe’s most popular way to pay, and will remain central to the payments mix. With fraud... read more

A spotlight on digital escrow for the payments sector

18 May 22 @ 11:10

Few would disagree that innovation is core to the payments sector, where speed and ease has been the defining factor for decades. But today it’s no longer just about the... read more

World Retail Banking Report 2022 – Data key to the future

17 May 22 @ 16:36

The competitive playing field for banks is evolving quickly, introducing agile new competitors and challenging traditional formulas for success. Customers, not products or business lines, are the centre point of... read more

Mastercard launch biometric facial recognition for POS payments

17 May 22 @ 16:10

Mastercard says it will trial a biometric payment system for physical stores, using facial recognition biometrics rather than contactless cards, smartphones or memorable PINs. The Biometric Checkout Program, as it... read more

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Wero expands into Austria as Europe’s payments ambitions gather momentum

23 Jun 26 @ 18:52

The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has secured a significant boost to its ambitions of creating a pan-European payments network, with Austria’s largest ba... more

UK fraud losses reach four-year high

16 Jun 26 @ 18:17

Financial fraud losses in the UK climbed to their highest level in four years during 2025, highlighting the growing sophistication of criminal networks and rais... more

Major UK Banks unite to develop digital verification service

30 Jun 26 @ 07:05

Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide Building Society, NatWest Group and Santander UK are working with UK Finance in the development of a voluntary ... more