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Global P2P mobile payments value set to grow by 40% in 2017

10 May 17 @ 09:49

The value of global P2P mobile payments is set to increase 40% to $540 billion by end-2017, Juniper Research forecast. Growth in the segment is predicted alongside a trend of... read more

UK payment systems represent systemic risk to financial stability – central bank consolidation underway

10 May 17 @ 09:39

In a recent announcement, the UK’s Payment Systems Regulator and the Bank of England (BoE) agreed a framework for the consolidation of Bacs, the Cheque and Credit Clearing Company and... read more

Whats the state of play? Cybercrime Report Q1 2017

10 May 17 @ 09:20

In the ever-evolving world of cybercrime, authentication continues to be a mainstay of global digital businesses; accurately recognizing trusted returning users and promoting a frictionless online environment builds a loyal... read more

Right finger forward: Why consumer technologies are driving biometric banking

09 May 17 @ 13:32

When Apple and Samsung released new devices with fingerprint sensor technology, biometrics suddenly went mainstream and, as consumers, we’ve quickly become familiar with the technology. Fingerprint recognition has long been... read more

Could PSD2 implementation accidentally ruin the European FinTech market?

09 May 17 @ 11:25

A group of influential European FinTech companies have come together as 56 companies and associations operating across all EU Member States and at a global level in the financial services space... read more

Omni-Channel Retailing: The demand for cross-channel payment infrastructure service

08 May 17 @ 14:00

In a new omni-channel retailing report – it is noted that online technologies, mobile devices and new consumer demands are rapidly transforming the retail sector and the payments industry. They offer... read more

Cloud computing: There’s a clearing in the cloud for financial services

08 May 17 @ 12:41

The financial services sector is one of the prime markets that stands to gain many benefits from cloud computing but, to date, this has proved rather difficult. This is hardly... read more

25% drop in global correspondent banking relationships linked to de-risking

08 May 17 @ 12:13

Recent correspondent banking research has revealed that between 2009 and 2016, correspondent banking relationships, where one financial institution provides services on behalf of another in a different location to facilitate... read more

The domain tools report – the distribution of malicious domains

08 May 17 @ 12:11

A new report, which profles malicious domains by describing patterns in their registration details: top level domain (TLD), free email provider, Whois privacy provider, and hosting location has some startling insights. In... read more

Omni-Channel Retailing – The Demand for Cross-Channel Payment Infrastructure Service

08 May 17 @ 10:21

Online technologies, mobile devices and new consumer demands are rapidly transforming the retail sector and the payments industry. They offer retailers and payments industry players new opportunities to generate differentiation... read more

Hackers exploit SS7 security flaws to access German bank accounts

05 May 17 @ 13:57

Despite security experts warnings for years about security flaws around the SS7 (Signalling System 7), a protocol used by mobile networks to communicate with each other- hackers have finally accessed a back door and... read more

M-commerce : 86% of UK digital shoppers have made a purchase via smartphone

05 May 17 @ 12:56

Actinic has unveiled the m-commerce results of the tenth annual ‘e-Merchant profile’, a study carried out between November and December 2016 comprising data from 2,100 European companies. The study confirms that... 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