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Ex-Wirecard CEO, Markus Braun, charged with fraud

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

The Mobile Money Regulatory Index report

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

Mastercard interchange class action hits £14 billion – deceased now included

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

APP fraud hit £355.3 million – overtakes card fraud for the first time

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

Coinbase and Binance adhere to US sanctions by blocking crypto wallets

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

EU watchdog calls for fresh and fast regulation on digital finance

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

Indecision in Europe as UK and US push for Russian ejection from Swift

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

Long Read: Are central banks going off the idea of CBDC?

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

Open Banking and Variable Recurring Payments (VRPs) – what’s next on the roadmap

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

EBA launch EuReCA -a central database for AML and counter-terrorism financing

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

Interchange fees argument stoked up again by Merchants Payments Coalition

31 Jan 22 @ 13:13

Just days after announcing monster revenue updates, the thorny issue of interchange fees paid by merchants to the networks and issuing banks is back in the spotlight. In a letter... read more

PSR publishes final report on card acquiring market review

27 Jan 22 @ 17:27

The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published its final report into its card acquiring market review. The document sets out the regulator’s conclusion that the supply of card acquiring... read more

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ECB brings Central Bank money to tokenised market

23 Sep 26 @ 14:34

The European Central Bank has taken a significant step towards integrating distributed ledger technology with Europe’s core financial infrastructure, launchin... more

European E-commerce Hits €911bn as Payments Reshape Online Retail

21 Sep 26 @ 19:41

European e-commerce has broken through the €900bn barrier, underlining the growing importance of digital retail to the continent's economy while intensifying ... more

Inside A7: How Russia built a parallel cross-border payments network

24 Sep 26 @ 16:29

Russia’s attempts to circumvent Western financial sanctions have developed into a sophisticated parallel payments architecture combining traditional banking, ... more