30 Oct 17 @ 11:28

The fifth annual cross-border e-commerce research report has been published in collaboration with Juniper Research and reveals cross-border e-commerce trends in 2017. The paper includes the results of a global survey of... read more

30 Oct 17 @ 09:55

Almost half (49%) of global financial services organisations have experienced a data breach in the past, according to the 2017 Data Threat Report. The report also reveals 21% have been... read more

24 Oct 17 @ 11:27

Google has launched Pay with Google, making it easier for people to pay on their Android devices, using any card they have on file with the firm’s various services, such as... read more

23 Oct 17 @ 11:16

Verizon recently released its annual Payment Security Report. And for retailers, the report highlighted significant areas for improvement in encrypting data, securing transmitted retail payment data, and authentication. This should serve as... read more

23 Oct 17 @ 11:05

eCurrency Mint Limited says that it has partnered with PayPro Indonesia to provide eCurrency’s digital fiat currency (DFC) solution in Indonesia. Through eCurrency’s solution, PayPro’s e-money product delivers a cryptographically protected, secure instrument... read more

20 Oct 17 @ 09:33

Digital payments are growing rapidly in Asia, fuelled by increasing smartphone ownership and improving access to the internet. An increasing array of solutions such as digital wallets, mobile payment apps... read more

19 Oct 17 @ 18:24

We live in digital times. Customers are increasingly shopping online and on mobile devices. In fact, the number of Europeans regularly using a mobile device — smartphone, tablet or wearable... read more

19 Oct 17 @ 18:00

A consortium of Spanish banking, energy and teleco heavyweights have established blockchain based national network dubbed Alastria. The non-profit “world’s first regulated national network based on blockchain”, will develop distributed... read more

19 Oct 17 @ 09:10

Bloomberg recently reported that the Fed was forced to fly a planeload of cash to Puerto Rico to help avert disaster, when Hurricane Maria knocked out power on the island, the residents realized they... read more

18 Oct 17 @ 13:00

In a new report, PSD2 and Europe’s Open Banking Mandate, we aim to analyse the implications of the revised Payment Services Directive, PSD2, for the European banking industry and Open Banking... read more

18 Oct 17 @ 09:39

After 2 moderate quarters, VC investment into InsurTech startups was strong in Q2’17, with $745.4 million invested across 60 deals. Despite quarterly fluctuation in deal size and volume, the overall... read more

17 Oct 17 @ 15:41

JPMorgan Chase is set to launch a new interbank payments platform powered by the Quorum Enterprise-ready distributed ledger and smart contract blockchain platform. With the participation of two other banks... read more

17 Oct 17 @ 13:52

Nikolay Nikiforov, Russia’s Minister of Communications has revealed that President Vladimir Putin has given the Go-Ahead for a new cryptocurrency dubbed CryptoRuble, reports CoinTelegraph, claiming local news sources. The Russian form of cryptocurrency won’t be... read more

17 Oct 17 @ 13:35

The governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), Zhou Xiaochuan has been recorded in the press as asking for his country to move open its financial sector. Zhou noted... read more

17 Oct 17 @ 12:33

Globally, the FinTech market made a strong rebound in Q2’17, with total investment more than doubling on a quarter-over-quarter basis to more than $8.4 billion. Large increases in private equity... read more

16 Oct 17 @ 11:13

The basic movement of money from A to B is changing. It’s becoming faster, embedded and more open ecosystem driven. Whereas payments used to be cleared and settled in days,... read more

16 Oct 17 @ 09:00

In order to help American online businesses expand their international customer base using locally preferred cross-border e-commerce and e-payment methods, PPRO Group, is expanding its global footprint. The company today announces... read more

12 Oct 17 @ 12:58

Visa has announced the results of an independent study examining the economic impact of Cashless Cities and increasing the use of digital payments in major cities around the world. The... read more