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Traditional Bank apps surge but Challenger bank app downloads slump

01 May 20 @ 14:06

New research from Nucoro reveals that between 14th March and 14th April, because of the COVID-19 lockdown, around 12% of the adult population in the UK – some 6 million... read more

Finablr uncovers further $1.3 billion in hidden debt as scandal widens

01 May 20 @ 10:48

Embattled foreign-exchange business owner Finablr, has uncovered about $1 billion of debt hidden from its board that may have been used for purposes outside of the company, compounding a scandal that... 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

China starts trial of Central Bank Digital Currency

01 May 20 @ 09:33

China will begin trialling payments of its new Central Bank Digital Currency in four major cities, according to domestic media. In recent months, China’s central bank has stepped up its... read more

Report: Artificial Intelligence & machine learning in financial services

30 Apr 20 @ 10:25

There aren’t many technologies that have captured the imagination of futurists in the financial services quite like Artificial Intelligence (AI). While images of autonomous cars, robot servants, and Skynet-like uprisings... read more

2020 vision in COVID-19 – the crisis that changed payments

30 Apr 20 @ 09:17

2020 so far has not been quite what anyone expected. There are no flying cars, no hoverboards, no teleportation – and thankfully we haven’t been forced to survive on fried... read more

FSS and Fair Play bring online payment acquiring to Czech Republic

29 Apr 20 @ 09:38

FSS Technologies has announced a collaboration with Fairplay Pay s.r.o. one of the Czech Republic’s newest payments innovators specialising in SEPA and domestic transactions for its full-stack online acquiring suite.... read more

Report: A global benchmark of App Economy performance

28 Apr 20 @ 14:06

The outbreak of COVID-19 has upended economies throughout the world, including the App Economy. A multitude of government measures aimed at halting the spread of the COVID-19 virus, from social... read more

JCB introduces Tap on Mobile for contactless payments on Android

28 Apr 20 @ 13:29

JCB is leveraging a leading Asian FinTech, Soft Space, to develop its Tap on Mobile programme that capitalises on the wide availability of Android smartphones equipped with NFC (Near-Field Communication).... read more

KPMG reports clean bill of health for Wirecard fraud allegations

28 Apr 20 @ 08:37

Wirecard says that the independent audit by KPMG into fraud allegations uncovered no need to restate earnings, but added that all the data needed to confirm past revenues could not... read more

COVID-19 and e-commerce fraud tracker launched

27 Apr 20 @ 15:54

Sift has announced the release of its COVID-19 and E-Commerce Fraud Tracker, a weekly updating digest of changes in e-commerce and fraud amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As businesses in nearly... read more

Data breaches are making online user identity difficult – We need a better approach

27 Apr 20 @ 06:00

We can no longer rely on personal data alone to confirm user identity online. Databases are now so routinely hacked into, compromised and distributed to criminals over the dark web... read more

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UK fraud losses reach four-year high

16 Jun 26 @ 18:17

Financial fraud losses in the UK climbed to their highest level in four years during 2025, highlighting the growing sophistication of criminal networks and rais... more

Visa and Mastercard move to end two-decade swipe fee battle

11 Jun 26 @ 16:00

A landmark legal battle that has shaped the economics of card payments in the United States for more than twenty years has taken another significant step toward... more

Spain’s largest banks launch collaborative fraud platform

18 Jun 26 @ 19:36

Three of Spain’s largest banking groups have taken a significant step towards strengthening the fight against financial crime, launching a shared fraud intell... more