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19 Mar 19 @ 13:45

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has launched a central electronic register under the Payments Services Directive (PSD2). The register will provide information on several thousand payment and electronic money institutions... read more

18 Mar 19 @ 15:48

First Data has released its first nationally-representative study of more than 2,000 German consumers. The study examines consumers’ preferred payment methods, as well as the key factors that influence the... read more

18 Mar 19 @ 13:32

Nearly six in ten consumers would be willing to share significant personal data, such as location data and lifestyle information, with their bank and insurer in exchange for lower pricing... read more

18 Mar 19 @ 12:22

FIS has announced that it has offered $43 billion to buy Worldpay, in a deal that would create one of the largest providers of payments infrastructure that powers banks and... read more

14 Mar 19 @ 16:40

Amidst a continuous stream of headlines around digital trust and about major data breaches in enterprise and government agencies, the degree to which consumers have placed their trust in organisations... read more

14 Mar 19 @ 12:45

That banks are struggling with complexity and how to manage competing priorities is nothing new. However, the growth of mobile and now IoT payments means that banks need a back-end... read more

12 Mar 19 @ 17:13

It is not a new concept for tech companies to open physical stores. Microsoft and Apple were the first major players to do so for their own products, but more... read more

12 Mar 19 @ 09:37

Cryptocurrencies, also termed as digital or virtual currencies are considered as a form of asset and the currency is designed to work as an exchange medium. Cryptocurrencies use strong cryptography... read more

11 Mar 19 @ 17:14

According to the World Payments Report, the global volumes of non-cash transaction volumes grew by 10.1%, reaching 482.6 billion between 2015 and 2016. In addition, McKinsey’s recent Global Payments 2018... read more

11 Mar 19 @ 15:37

US credit card debt has hit a new record of $870 billion as of December 2018, according to the data from the Federal Reserve. Credit card balances rose by $26... read more

11 Mar 19 @ 08:49

Mastercard dropped out of the competitive bidding with rival Visa for Earthport and announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Transfast, a competitor account-to-account money transfer network. Transfast... read more

08 Mar 19 @ 09:58

In highlighting just how difficult it will be for society to go completely cashless, this week has seen the UK report on how it cannot allow its cash infrastructure to... read more