Remittance

03 Apr 18 @ 10:26

The European Commission has announced what the industry sees as a long overdue proposal to make cross-border payments in euro cheaper across the entire EU. Consumers and businesses in the... read more

23 Mar 18 @ 14:12

TransCrypt is using Telegram as a base to launch a new universal cryptocurrency payment system that acts within the interface of popular messaging platforms, allowing users to send or receive... read more

13 Mar 18 @ 15:53

The Global Shadow Banking Monitoring Report 2017 presents the results of the FSB’s annual monitoring exercise to assess global trends and risks from the shadow banking system. The 2017 monitoring exercise covers... read more

13 Mar 18 @ 15:12

The Bank for International Settlements has warned Central bankers that they risk endangering the stability of the global financial system if they launch their own digital currencies in an effort... read more

08 Mar 18 @ 17:35

BFC Bank, owned by BFC Group, is the latest bank to launch in the UK promising to act as a new, specialist bank that offers reliable, safe banking services to... read more

27 Feb 18 @ 12:39

Deutsche Börse Group has developed a concept for riskless transfer of commercial bank money via an infrastructure based on distributed ledger technology (DLT). By combining blockchain technology with its proven... read more

13 Feb 18 @ 17:26

Australias new Faster Payments platform has been officially launch and is the result of collaboration between 13 members of Australia’s financial services industry, including Australia’s four major banks and the... read more

05 Feb 18 @ 09:41

The European Commission has launched the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum with the support of the European Parliament, represented by Jakob von Weizsäcker responsible for the recent report on virtual... read more

01 Feb 18 @ 09:44

PRETA S.A.S announced that MyBank Payments have enabled the initiation of payment transactions for a total transacted value of over €5 billion since its launch in March 2013. This milestone... read more

15 Jan 18 @ 13:00

Around $2 trillion is laundered every year and everyone is paying the price. Banks have huge regulatory overheads. Businesses and consumers encounter friction to open a bank account, transfer funds... read more

15 Jan 18 @ 12:52

November saw the launch of new instant payment schemes in the US and Eurozone. The main commercial banks in the US are behind RTP®, and nearly 600 payment institutions from... read more

12 Jan 18 @ 11:18

Ripple has announced a tie-up with money transfer company MoneyGram, a move which is significant because the arrangement involves the use of XRP, Ripple’s digital currency, which has recently soared in value but... read more