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EC fines Mastercard €570 million over cross-border interchange fees

22 Jan 19 @ 12:12

The European Commission has fined Mastercard a meaty €570.6 million ($648.3 million) for limiting the possibility for merchants to benefit from better interchange fees offered by banks elsewhere in the European... read more

Feature: Is it all change for interchange?

22 Jan 19 @ 11:00

In recent years, interchange rates have come under increasing pressure from a variety of judicial reviews by the US Federal Reserve, the European Union and individual countries such as Canada,... read more

GDPR gets real: Eight strategic complaints filed on “Right to Access”

21 Jan 19 @ 17:05

noyb (a European non-profit organisation for privacy enforcement) has put the GDPR law and eight online streaming services from eight countries to the test – but no service fully complied. In... read more

Illegal card surcharging still prevalent in UK

21 Jan 19 @ 13:17

In the UK customers are still paying hundreds of pounds as retailers are illegally surcharging for card payments at POS. Credit and debit card surcharging was banned in January 2018,... read more

Alipay receives second EU e-money license

21 Jan 19 @ 12:55

Alipay has received a second e-money license in Luxembourg. With this license, Alipay can serve the European market and is a hedge against Britain’s exit from the European Union, enabling... read more

UK credit lenders prepare for lack of lending in 2019

17 Jan 19 @ 14:26

A new survey released by the Bank of England shows dire trading conditions for British banks and credit lenders as they gear down on expectations that consumer appetite for borrowing... read more

Digital banking market to cross $9 trillion by 2024

17 Jan 19 @ 13:26

The global digital banking market is set to grow from its current market value of more than $7 billion to over $9 trillion by 2024; according to a new research... read more

Discover increase acceptance in Nordics through Nets

17 Jan 19 @ 09:27

Diners Club International, a part of the Discover Global Network has signed an agreement with Nets, a leading to help expand Discover Global Network acceptance in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and... read more

Fiserv and First Data agree $22 billion merger

16 Jan 19 @ 15:19

Fiserv and First Data Corporation announced that their boards of directors have unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement under which Fiserv will acquire First Data in an all-stock transaction. The... read more

India’s UPI usage surges as digital payments continue to gain traction

16 Jan 19 @ 12:29

Since India’s demonetisation policy took place, digital payments spiked in the immediate aftermath. However, post adoption of the policy the pace of adoption has been much slower than anticipated. Digital transactions... read more

Criminal gangs using FinTech Fuze to store multiple stolen card credentials

14 Jan 19 @ 17:21

The U.S. Secret Service has issued a warning that criminal gangs that deploy stolen credit and debit cards are increasingly hedging their chances of getting caught carrying multiple counterfeit cards... read more

DuitNow real-time payments platform launches in Malaysia

14 Jan 19 @ 13:38

Payments Network Malaysia (PayNet), the national payments network and central infrastructure provider, has implemented DuitNow, Malaysia’s Real-Time Payments Platform (RPP) using ACI’s UP solution. The first service offered to the... 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

Starling Builds UK-Sovereign AI Model With Nvidia and Civo

15 Oct 26 @ 19:41

Starling is developing a transactional foundation model with Nvidia that will be trained and hosted entirely within a UK sovereign cloud, as the digital bank lo... more