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Digital & Payment Card Yearbooks: Digital currencies take centre stage

23 Mar 21 @ 16:38

Since 2008, there has been much speculation about the role of digital currencies in global payments, and the application of the software engineering behind cryptocurrencies built with blockchain. While speculation... read more

Visa facing DOJ antitrust investigation over Debit cards

22 Mar 21 @ 15:40

Its all go for Visa right now, having raised interchange fees in the UK, The Justice Department is now investigating whether it is engaging in anticompetitive practices in the debit... read more

Visa follows suit and raises interchange fees for UK card holders

22 Mar 21 @ 13:32

Visa is reported to be following Mastercard’s earlier decision and plans to increase interchange fees on purchases made by British customers from most of Europe. The company is preparing to... read more

Ripple and Moneygram end partnership over SEC battle

11 Mar 21 @ 12:51

Ripple says its partnership with MoneyGram is to end by mutual agreement. Several weeks ago MoneyGram said it had stopped using Ripple’s On Demand Liquidity (ODL) solution for the four currencies where it was... read more

GDPR is already out of date: EU must overhaul data protection laws

10 Mar 21 @ 13:20

Axel Voss, one of the original authors of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), told the FT that Europe’s data protection laws are already out of date and must be... read more

What is the potential impact of a digital euro on the financial system

23 Feb 21 @ 17:00

Throughout history, innovations in money have challenged and altered the structure of the financial system, but perhaps non more so than the concept of a digital euro. Time and time... read more

How has the regulatory landscape for the finance industry changed in 2020 – early 2021?

22 Feb 21 @ 15:19

Almost all countries increased regulation of the crypto finance industry in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic provoked a significant boost of digital crimes, including money laundering, terrorist financing, online black marketing... read more

Davos and digital currencies – What world leaders think of cryptocurrency

22 Feb 21 @ 15:16

Digital currencies, whether these are central-bank issued, price-stabilised cryptocurrencies (“stablecoins”), or non-stabilised cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, are poised to have an impact on the financial system. In recent months we... read more

Ant forced to put payments group in financial holding company

03 Feb 21 @ 17:25

“If you mess with the bull, expect to get the horns”. So says American folklore – Jack Ma and his Ant group should have listened to the proverb. In just... read more

UK financial watchdog pushes for further regulation of ‘buy now, pay later’ credit

03 Feb 21 @ 16:59

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has said that “buy now, pay later” credit deals offered by online retailers pose a “significant potential for consumer harm” and require regulation “as a... read more

Capital One fined $390 million for anti-money laundering failures

20 Jan 21 @ 16:15

Capital One has picked up a $390 million penalty from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) for engaging in both “wilful and negligent violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)... read more

Banking regulation needs a reset to remove Big Tech’s advantages

15 Jan 21 @ 16:50

As the new year begins, and we try to rebuild our economies, we need to rethink the way we regulate finance. That is because the challenges posed by the COVID-19... read more

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Swift launches new framework for cross-border payments

09 Mar 26 @ 14:45

SWIFT has introduced a new international payments framework aimed at significantly improving the speed, transparency and predictability of cross-border retail t... more

Visa tests the foundations of agentic payments in Europe

17 Mar 26 @ 15:03

Visa is moving to bring agentic commerce closer to commercial reality, launching a new programme with banks across the UK and Europe to test how artificial inte... more

Credit’s next competitive frontier beyond top of wallet

12 Mar 26 @ 18:21

For years, the credit card industry has pursued a simple ambition: to become the card a consumer reaches for first. [caption id="attachment_52085" align="a... more