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UK retailers self-restricting growth potential due to limited payment options

20 Feb 18 @ 13:20

The UK’s top retailers are inhibiting their online sales potential by up to 30% by not offering a range of payment options for customers. The study, carried out by Visualsoft, found that almost one... read more

nexo and FIS sign for globally standardised card payments acceptance

20 Feb 18 @ 09:14

nexo standards has signed an agreement with FIS to develop a suite of test tools that will allow vendors, acquirers and processors to test the compliance of their payment systems... read more

Mobile payments remain a tough proposition to sell in mature markets

19 Feb 18 @ 17:43

Mobile payments are having a tough time gaining adoption in mature markets. According to the annual “Connected Life” study by Kantar TNS, only a minority of internet users surveyed in countries like... read more

Executive Board of the ECB defends use of cash in Eurozone

19 Feb 18 @ 17:23

In a speech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the 4th Bargeldsymposium of the Deutsche Bundesbank last week he defied the growing convention that Europe... read more

The cost of cybercrime study – insights on security investments that make a difference

19 Feb 18 @ 16:52

Cybercrime is on the rise, successful breaches per company each year has risen more than 27%, from an average of 102 to 130. Ransomware attacks alone have doubled in frequency,... read more

Visa denies claims over cryptocurrency purchasing policy changes

15 Feb 18 @ 13:26

It has been  reported that both Visa and Mastercard were planning to change the policies they have in place when it comes to purchasing of cryptocurrency. The reports add that... read more

Berlin Group publishes Version 1.0 of the NextGenPSD2 Framework

15 Feb 18 @ 12:58

The Berlin Group has published Version 1.0 of the NextGenPSD2 Access to Accounts (XS2A) Framework that enables Third Party Providers (TPPs) to access bank accounts under the revised Payment Services... read more

Government websites hacked to run secret cryptocurrency miner

15 Feb 18 @ 12:38

Thousands of government websites around the world have been hijacked to mine the cryptocurrency Monero. A commonly-used accessibility script was hacked to inject the Coinhive miner into official sites in... read more

e-Retail sales to pass $3.3 trillion up 10% on 2017

14 Feb 18 @ 16:41

The value of consumer spend on remote payments for digital and physical goods – e-Retail – will surpass $3.3 trillion this year, up 10% on 2017’s total of $3 trillion.... read more

American Express loses key European Court of Justice fees battle

14 Feb 18 @ 16:27

The British Airways American Express credit card is among those likely to be removed from the UK market after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued a ruling against the... read more

Australia’s new Faster Payments platform officially launched

13 Feb 18 @ 17:26

Australias new Faster Payments platform has been officially launch and is the result of collaboration between 13 members of Australia’s financial services industry, including Australia’s four major banks and the... read more

Cryptocurrencies to hit Zero announces Goldman Sachs investment research

13 Feb 18 @ 14:54

The fall in cryptocurrencies that wiped nearly $500 billion of market value over the past month could get a lot worse, according to Goldman Sachs’s global head of investment research.... 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