Regulation

17 Mar 22 @ 17:10

Open Banking got started back in 2018 thanks to ground-breaking regulations (PSD2), that gave consumers the right to access their bank account data using third parties called account information services providers... read more

15 Mar 22 @ 13:19

Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, was recently involved in a panel to discus central bank digital currencies at the US Monetary Policy Forum in New... read more

14 Mar 22 @ 15:52

German prosecutors have charged Wirecard’s former chief executive, Markus Braun, and two other former senior executives with suspected market manipulation, fraud, breach of trust and accounting manipulation of the company’s... read more

11 Mar 22 @ 10:49

The GSMA have produced the Mobile Money Regulatory Index (MMRI), a unique tool for the assessment of the effectiveness of mobile money regulatory frameworks. Mobile money provides arguably the most economically viable... read more

10 Mar 22 @ 12:04

As per previous Payments Cards & Mobile reports, former financial services ombudsman Walter Merricks is bringing, a now £14 billion interchange fees claim, on behalf of around 46 million people... read more

09 Mar 22 @ 16:56

Which? A consumer rights and protection website has analysed new data and says that every hour, APP fraud (Authorised push payment fraud) victims lose more money than the average UK... read more

08 Mar 22 @ 15:57

Coinbase says it has blocked over 25,000 wallet addresses related to Russian individuals or entities that it believes to be engaging in illicit activity. The blocked addresses represent about 0.2%... read more

03 Mar 22 @ 12:42

According to European regulators, rapid action is needed to update how cross-border digital finance services are scrutinised within the region and consumers are protected as the sector becomes digitalised with... read more

25 Feb 22 @ 16:21

A raft of economic sanctions have been heaped on Russian banks and oligarchs as the West promises to make Vladimir Putin pay dearly for invading Ukraine. But even with Russian... read more

21 Feb 22 @ 13:33

The Federal Reserve recently requested comment on a discussion paper describing the potential benefits and costs of issuing a CBDC. The paper is not the ringing endorsement of the concept... read more

09 Feb 22 @ 09:39

The continued roll out of Open Banking is seeing its next major step forward as the nine largest banks in the UK (the CMA9) prepare for the implementation of Variable... read more

02 Feb 22 @ 10:40

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has launched its central database for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT). This European reporting System for material CFT/AML weaknesses, EuReCA, will be central to... read more