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Nets finalises merger with Concardis

08 Jan 19 @ 09:08

Nets and Concardis have confirmed that they have completed the merger originally announced in June 2018. Bo Nilsson will lead the combined group as CEO and Robert Hoffmann will continue as Concardis... read more

Google granted e-money licence for EU

07 Jan 19 @ 16:59

Google has announced that it has been granted an e-money licence and authorised as a payment institution in the Republic of Ireland, paving the way for it to begin providing new... read more

AI, IoT and Data Control: Major tech trends of 2019

07 Jan 19 @ 12:27

In 2019 it’s all about data – a small, rather dull word for something that is profoundly changing the world we live in. New technologies, from voice-controlled speakers to “internet... read more

Huawei Pay sets sights on global roll-out

07 Jan 19 @ 11:56

Huawei is set to launch a major expansion to its mobile payments platform Huawei Pay as it once again looks to take on the likes of Apple and Samsung. The Chinese phone... read more

Contactless card fraud surges in 2018

07 Jan 19 @ 11:47

According to figures from Action Fraud, the UK’s national fraud reporting service, contactless card fraud is surging. A total of £1.8 million was stolen by fraudsters from contactless users in 2018.... read more

Visa to buy Earthport for £198 million

27 Dec 18 @ 09:29

Visa Inc is to pay £198 million pounds to buy Earthport Plc, a British firm that facilitates international transactions for banks and businesses. Visa International Service Association, a unit of... read more

Nordic API gateway Spiir gets big bank investment

19 Dec 18 @ 08:49

Hot on the heels of Tieto launching its API Hub, Spiir’s Nordic API Gateway has received €5.2 million investment from DNB and Danske Bank as the banks continue their plans to build their PSD2... read more

Highlights from Mobey Day 2018 – key trends from the eighth annual meeting

19 Dec 18 @ 07:57

Banking is not just about money. According to Lorenz Jüngling from The Isle Ventures, it is also about users and, most importantly, their emotions.  And, as Danske Bank’s Guri Hanstvedt... read more

Global ATM installations set to fall for first time as demand for cash drops in China

18 Dec 18 @ 11:53

In 2017, as the ATM industry celebrated its 50th year, the number of ATMs installed worldwide peaked at 3.28 million with a fall in installations predicted over the next few... read more

2019 Technology Predictions: Digital Banking

18 Dec 18 @ 09:18

Tech-savvy millennials have driven – and continue to drive — a seismic shift towards an uptake in digital banking. According to the latest data available, there are 71 million millennials... read more

Revealed: The biggest data breaches of 2018

17 Dec 18 @ 12:17

With the now well documented upside that is available to hackers, it should come as no surprise that every week a new company has to notify its customers of a... read more

Tieto launches API Hub for PSD2 compliance in a cloud

17 Dec 18 @ 12:03

In response to open banking development in the European market and an increasing interest from countries outside EU, Tieto has launched an API Hub – a global test environment for... 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