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On The Pulse of FinTech – global investment continues at pace

17 Oct 17 @ 12:33

Globally, the FinTech market made a strong rebound in Q2’17, with total investment more than doubling on a quarter-over-quarter basis to more than $8.4 billion. Large increases in private equity... read more

National payment systems in the open era

16 Oct 17 @ 11:13

The basic movement of money from A to B is changing. It’s becoming faster, embedded and more open ecosystem driven. Whereas payments used to be cleared and settled in days,... read more

PPRO Group increases support for cross-border e-commerce with new operation in Atlanta

16 Oct 17 @ 09:00

In order to help American online businesses expand their international customer base using locally preferred cross-border e-commerce and e-payment methods, PPRO Group, is expanding its global footprint. The company today announces... read more

Global study highlights economic benefits of ‘Cashless Cities’

12 Oct 17 @ 12:58

Visa has announced the results of an independent study examining the economic impact of Cashless Cities and increasing the use of digital payments in major cities around the world. The... read more

80% of UK companies face “major challenges” for GDPR compliance

12 Oct 17 @ 12:40

The race against time has already begun: the new GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations), defined in 2015 to strengthen consumer protection at European level, will come into effect as early... read more

Wells Fargo ATMs launch NFC-enabled mobile wallet capability

12 Oct 17 @ 12:22

Wells Fargo & Company say that debit card customers can use the company’s ATMs without their card with NFC functionality that is launching at more than 5,000 ATMs across the US.... read more

Ripple declares $15bn of cryptocurrency reserves and 100 members

11 Oct 17 @ 11:00

Ripple, one of the biggest blockchain companies, has announced it has $15bn of cryptocurrency reserves that it may use to acquire or partner with rivals, as it seeks to dominate... read more

Payment Issuers need technology innovation to stay relevant

11 Oct 17 @ 10:00

Over the last decade, payment acquirers have made leaps and bounds in FinTech innovation — for instance, major players like PayPal, Intuit, Stripe, and Square have completely reinvented the acceptance... read more

Global B2C e-commerce market forecasted to grow at rate of 17% in 2017

11 Oct 17 @ 09:00

Global online retail is increasing rapidly with a forecasted growth rate of 17% in 2017. Asia now ‘owns’ 50% of the global B2C e-commerce market. This is one of the... read more

Global non-cash transaction volumes record highest growth of past decade

10 Oct 17 @ 13:37

According to the World Payments Report, global non-cash transaction volumes grew 11.2% during 2014–2015 to reach 433.1 billion, the highest growth of the past decade, and slightly above last year’s... read more

Taiwanese Bank bank loses $60m in Swift malware attack

10 Oct 17 @ 13:07

Almost $60 million has been stolen from Far Eastern International Bank in Taiwan using a Swift malware attack last week, with funds being routed to accounts in Cambodia, Sri Lanka and the... read more

Before and after instant payments

10 Oct 17 @ 12:34

How often have you got to the end of a project and wished you’d known something at the start? This is no bad thing because learning from one’s mistakes is... 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