Regulation

08 Sep 23 @ 16:10

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, one of the US government’s top consumer watchdogs, has warned tech giants about being overly restrictive in access to payments apps, a direct threat to... read more

07 Sep 23 @ 16:52

This article, originally published by B&B, intends to summarise the latest UK payments regulatory developments with regard to recent updates; the Future Regulatory Framework Review, the Financial Services Future Regulatory... read more

05 Sep 23 @ 10:36

The United Kingdom’s Travel Rule obligations have gone live. Furthermore, the Joint Money Laundering Steering Group (JMLSG) has just published its Travel Rule industry guidance, which will provide firms with greater... read more

04 Sep 23 @ 15:40

Verizon Business has released the 2023 Payment Security Report. The 2023 PSR coincides with the approaching compliance deadline of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) version 4.0. This update to the current PCI DSS... read more

01 Sep 23 @ 09:28

This week, Grayscale scored a resounding legal victory over the energetic and ruthless SEC, in its efforts to offer a spot bitcoin exchange traded fund. One result was that the... read more

13 Jul 23 @ 09:57

After much anticipation, the European Commission (EC) has published its proposed revisions to EU payment services legislation, as well as a proposal on Open Finance/data access in the financial services... read more

11 Jul 23 @ 10:29

A year after announcing that it had selected Nexi as its technology partner for the rollout of Synch Payments, the Irish Bank alliance has run into further regulator road bumps... read more

10 Jul 23 @ 16:13

As reported by Payments Cards & Mobile back in June 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued Walmart for allowing its money transfer services to be used by fraudsters, who... read more

29 Jun 23 @ 13:11

The European Commission has put forward proposals to bring payments and the wider financial sector into the digital age including an update to PSD2 in the form of PSD3. The... read more

28 Jun 23 @ 10:20

In March 2022, the UK implemented the final piece of the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2), requiring customer-initiated payment transactions to be subjected to strong customer authentication (SCA), via a... read more

15 Jun 23 @ 15:11

The UK has issued a public-private sector group in report, in which its argues that the country can be a hub for crypto innovation, but only if the right regulatory... read more

14 Jun 23 @ 17:25

Recent thinking published by HM Treasury and the European Central Bank show divergence between the UK and European Union (EU) visions for digital currency. At present, the UK seems to... read more