Regulation

09 Mar 23 @ 11:56

On the 3rd of March Payments Cards & Mobile reported on the dangers of banks betting big on the cryto boom and the possible fall out from that bet. Today,... read more

06 Mar 23 @ 17:41

UK financial services organisations are collectively spending £34.2 billion each year on financial crime compliance (FCC), according to the latest True Cost of Compliance report from LexisNexis Risk Solutions. This... read more

03 Mar 23 @ 17:23

Silvergate, the small time US lender that bet big on crypto, has announced huge losses and may have to wind down according to its annual report, and serves as a... read more

27 Feb 23 @ 17:43

P2P payments, Online and Offline POS payments and then e-commerce payments should be the order of priorities for the digital euro, the European Central Bank has said in documents published on... read more

27 Feb 23 @ 15:07

In early February, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) discussed a board paper on Elements of Effective Policies for Crypto Assets that provides guidance to IMF member... read more

15 Feb 23 @ 17:01

BNPL has, to date, managed to escape regulations aimed at other interest-bearing loans. In the UK, where the BNPL market was worth £5.7 billion in 2021, as with regulators in... read more

14 Feb 23 @ 18:56

The European Payments Initiative (EPI), launched to some fanfare in 2020, was supposed to offer a payments solution “catering and corresponding to European needs.” But as the EPI’s scope changes... read more

08 Feb 23 @ 17:24

The Global Payments Innovation Jury has published its 2022 report into the direction of the industry. Payments Cards & Mobile (PCM) caught up with Jury Chairman John Chaplin (JC) to... read more

07 Feb 23 @ 15:00

The UK’s Treasury and the Bank of England have announced a new, bullish timeframe for the build and launch of a digital pound CBDC. The UK Treasury and Bank of... read more

06 Feb 23 @ 18:24

Payments Cards & Mobile’s exclusive annual review of European payments data from 33 European countries confirms the growth of online payments versus in-person, as well as the dominance of debit... read more

06 Feb 23 @ 12:46

The crypto industry in the UK will fall under the umbrella of mainstream financial services regulation says the UK government. The Treasury said it will unveil a series of proposals... read more

01 Feb 23 @ 11:45

Regulators for the European Union banking sectors have announced a stress test to evaluate how banks would manage with an extended period of high inflation and prolonged high interest rates.... read more