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Domestic networks retain a small share of global card spend

13 Jun 23 @ 12:46

Domestic networks continue to drive financial inclusion worldwide but face an ongoing challenge to stay up-to-date on card functionality and flexibility with 2% of all card expenditure done through local... read more

New Report: flexible API connectivity is a must for Open Banking

12 Jun 23 @ 17:09

Five years ago, the launch of Open Banking in the UK and Europe promised a revolution in customer choice, convenience and security. In a new report, payments technology specialists BPC... read more

The £169 billion opportunity: Empower shoppers with unified commerce

12 Jun 23 @ 10:08

Adyen has published economic research that finds that retailers could potentially add £169 billion in revenue to the sector in the UK if they switched to a unified commerce approach... read more

Enfuce announces issuing partnership with Kvika Bank

12 Jun 23 @ 09:18

Enfuce has been chosen by Iceland’s Kvika Bank to modernise its payment services, including the launch of a Visa consumer credit card, integration with Apple Pay and Google Pay, and... read more

3 ways generative AI is being used in Financial Services

09 Jun 23 @ 09:32

Artificial intelligence (AI) and the financial services industry are not new bedfellows. As far back as 1982, hedge fund firm Renaissance Technologies developed expert, or knowledge systems to solve problems... read more

SEC bares sharp teeth with escalation of case against Coinbase and Binance

09 Jun 23 @ 09:30

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which this week launched aggressive legal pursuits of both Binance and Coinbase, demonstrates what we can expect to see in US policy setting for... read more

Phasing out Magstripe: What does the industry need to do?

09 Jun 23 @ 09:06

With the magstripe set to disappear from millions of new payment cards by the end of the decade, the Smart Payments Association (SPA) has looked at the potential impacts and... read more

Software AG and Konsentus sign global Open Banking partnership

09 Jun 23 @ 08:41

Software AG has signed a commercial partnership with Konsentus to help banks securely participate in the Open Banking ecosystem. Open Banking and Open Finance are opportunities to level the playing... read more

RS2 and Rubean announce partnership to deliver a global SoftPOS

07 Jun 23 @ 08:17

RS2 and Rubean AG have announced a strategic partnership to introduce Rubean’s SoftPOS solution on the RS2 global payment platform. With Rubean’s market leading PhonePOS solution, the business owner’s Android... read more

Flutterwave and Token.io team up to provide Pay By Bank transfer

07 Jun 23 @ 08:09

Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, has collaborated with Token.io to power Pay By Bank transfer capabilities for Flutterwave’s platform. A2A payments (often called ‘Pay By Bank’) are a fast... read more

93% of global fintechs increase reliance on payment networks

07 Jun 23 @ 07:54

Discover has released its annual Fintech State of the Union, providing global perspectives from consumers, fintech vendors, and venture capitalists. The research study commissioned by 451 Research of S&P Global Market... read more

Account to Account (A2A) payments take off; now worth over half a trillion dollars

06 Jun 23 @ 07:41

The 2023 version of The Global Payments Report by Worldpay, has revealed that Account to Account payments are now worth $525 billion globally – and are projected to grow at... read more

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Mastercard and BVNK Launch Platform Linking Fiat and Stablecoin Payments

20 Oct 26 @ 09:06

Mastercard has launched a new platform with BVNK that brings fiat currencies and stablecoins together through a single API, marking the first major integration ... more

Visa Builds Agentic Commerce Infrastructure as Credentials Reach 5.2 Billion

29 Oct 26 @ 19:39

Visa is expanding its payments infrastructure around agentic commerce, stablecoins and tokenisation as its global credential base reaches 5.2 billion and ... more

UK Moves to Open iPhone Contactless Payments to Apple Pay Rivals

22 Oct 26 @ 18:16

The UK’s competition regulator has set out proposals that could significantly widen access to contactless payments on Apple’s iPhone, potentially lowering b... more