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Wirecard ex-CEO hands himself in to prosecutors in Germany

23 Jun 20 @ 09:58

The former head of embattled Wirecard has handed himself into German prosecutors after an arrest warrant was issued on Monday. Markus Braun was arrested on suspicion of false accounting and... read more

What steps do merchants need to take to ensure SCA compliance in time for deadline

19 Jun 20 @ 10:50

With the deadline extension to PSD2’s Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) well underway, and the European regulators declining to extend further, there are steps that merchants must take so they can... read more

UK Supreme Court rules against Visa and Mastercard in interchange fees battle

17 Jun 20 @ 11:40

The UK’s Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a group of retailers including J Sainsbury in the long running battle around historic interchange fees the networks charged leading to... read more

The value case for a tokenized central bank digital dollar

16 Jun 20 @ 16:23

Last week the US House Committee on Financial Services held a virtual hearing about the Digital Dollar or central bank digital currency (CBDC). The event promised to be interesting as two... read more

Apple Pay faces antitrust investigation from European Commission

16 Jun 20 @ 12:23

The EC is launching an investigation into Apple Pay and whether it undermines competition by limiting access to NFC for contactless payment in stores. Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s competition chief,... read more

EuroCommerce petitions for more interchange fee regulation as card fees continue to rise

18 May 20 @ 10:39

EuroCommerce Director-General Christian Verschueren has pressed the European Commission to act on the growing problems facing retailers and wholesalers resulting from the limited scope of the Interchange Fee Regulation (IFR).... read more

Digital payments companies launch new EU trade body: EDPIA

11 May 20 @ 16:03

Ingenico Group, Nets Group, Nexi, and Worldline have announced the launch of an EU advocacy alliance bringing together Europe’s independent payment services providers. The “European Digital Payments Industry Alliance” (EDPIA)’s... read more

European Central Bank to focus on retail CBDC

11 May 20 @ 15:35

The European Central Bank (ECB) says it will look into what a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) form of the euro might look like. The ECB set up a... read more

FCA delays Strong Customer Authentication – EBA under pressure to follow

06 May 20 @ 12:20

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has delayed the implementation of Strong Customer Authentication (SCA). This is the second delay is has authorised. Last year, the FCA extended the deadline... read more

EPIF calls for delay to Strong Customer Authentication due to COVID-19

01 May 20 @ 09:47

The European Payment Institutions Federation (EPIF) has called for a delay to the implementation of Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) of at least six months in a letter dated 24 April 2020,... read more

Central bank digital currency an urgent necessity to avoid a loss of trust

23 Apr 20 @ 16:16

Central bank digital currency (CBDC) from the likes of the Bank of England should be issued to prevent the ‘privatisation’ of money and trust in the monetary system disappearing, according... read more

YouTube sued by Ripple over cryptocurrency scam videos

22 Apr 20 @ 15:51

Ripple filed a lawsuit on Tuesday that accuses streaming giant YouTube of turning a blind eye to scams that have defrauded consumers. In a complaint filed in San Francisco federal court,... 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