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Western & Central Europe: Current economic and e-commerce trends

13 Jun 19 @ 15:22

After years of low inflation making the exports of some euro members uncompetitive, inflation in the eurozone finally hit the ECB’s (European Central Bank) 2% target in 2018. Despite some... read more

Visa B2B Connect blockchain based payments network goes live

13 Jun 19 @ 12:48

Visa has launched its Visa B2B Connect network to help financial institutions process cross-border payments globally on behalf of corporate clients faster and at a lower operational cost, it said... read more

Allied Wallet settles $110 million FTC fraud case

13 Jun 19 @ 12:31

The Federal Trade Commission has confirmed that Allied Wallet helped perpetrators to defraud more than $110m from consumers in scams, pyramid schemes and unlawful debt collection operations. An online payment... read more

Report: The future of US mobile payments

11 Jun 19 @ 14:24

The future of mobile payments, both in the US and around the world, will likely be determined by the success of the OEM Pay wallets. Data from Juniper Research indicates... read more

International digital remittances to reach $525 billion by 2024

11 Jun 19 @ 09:20

New data has found that international digital remittances will reach $525 billion by 2024, up from an estimated $332 in 2019. According to Juniper Research, the mobile channel will become... read more

Alipay partners with European mobile wallets for QR code interoperability

11 Jun 19 @ 09:04

Alipay will collaborate with six mobile wallets across Europe, to enable QR code-based digital payment interoperability for travellers both in Europe and from China. Alipay is working with European brands... read more

Voice commerce market and potential growing rapidly

10 Jun 19 @ 12:53

A Juniper Research report predicts that by 2023 there will be 8 billion devices with voice assistants in them, up from 2.5 billion at the end of 2018, and that... read more

Cash Vs Contactless – The UK payments market

10 Jun 19 @ 12:19

That the use of cash in the UK is falling is not news, with predictions that fewer than one in 10 transactions will be completed with notes and coins in... read more

Facebook to launch cryptocurrency Libra in June

10 Jun 19 @ 09:06

Facebook says it will launch its cryptocurrency codenamed Libra, currently scheduled for a June 18th release according to TechCrunch which reported multiple investors briefed on the project by Facebook were told... read more

EMVCo publishes EMV Secure Remote Commerce (SRC) specification v1.0

07 Jun 19 @ 17:11

EMVCo has released EMV Secure Remote Commerce (SRC) Specification v1.0, which is available for free public download from the EMVCo website. The specification provides a foundation that will enable the processing... read more

Money 2020: Quant network launches interoperable blockchain operating system for banks and financial institutions

05 Jun 19 @ 13:50

Quant Network, a UK-based technology company, have signed a partnership agreement to explore blockchain interoperability through an agnostic cross-platform blockchain operating system for applications and services belonging to banks and... read more

Money 2020: Visa and Western Union partner on global payments

05 Jun 19 @ 13:37

Visa has announced a new strategic agreement with Western Union to implement Visa Direct, Visa’s real-time[1] push payments platform in an effort to bring speed and transparency to the process... 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

Visa announces €500 Million European Investment Signals Strategic Response to Payments Sovereignty Push

31 May 26 @ 12:59

The debate around European payments sovereignty has intensified significantly over the past two years. Policymakers, regulators and financial institutions acros... more