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Cash replacement: The $19 trillion opportunity

05 Dec 16 @ 10:59

A NEW STUDY from the World Bank Group and the World Economic Forum estimates the global value of micro, small and medium retailers’ transactions at $34 trillion per annum. An... read more

Lloyds front-runner for BofA’s UK credit card business

05 Dec 16 @ 10:52

Lloyds Banking Group has emerged as the leading bidder for Bank of America’s (BofA) £7 billion (A$12 billion) credit card business in Britain, taking the UK lender closer to its... read more

Avalanche online crime network taken down in Europol operation

02 Dec 16 @ 15:47

The Avalanche online crime network, used to target online bank customers with phishing and spam emails, has been dismantled after a four-year investigation by EU law enforcement agency Europol. Avalanche... read more

Fake credit card factory shut down by Police in London

02 Dec 16 @ 15:31

Police have shut down a fake credit card factory used to supply bank cards to criminals across Europe. Gabriel Yew, 45, was one of three men to be sent down... read more

Visa to acquire CardinalCommerce – accelerating digital commerce

02 Dec 16 @ 09:05

Visa announced an agreement to acquire CardinalCommerce, a leader in e-commerce payment authentication. The acquisition will enable more secure, seamless payments, whether made through a browser, mobile app, or connected... read more

B2C E-commerce sales growth rates across the top 5 markets to decline

01 Dec 16 @ 13:17

B2C e-commerce product sales worldwide are predicted to reach over €1.5 trillion in 2020. The top five markets making the largest contribution to this number are China, the USA, the... read more

Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems – Now who’s hot, who’s not

01 Dec 16 @ 13:03

The words to the infamous Notorious B.I.G’s ‘90’s hit may be a spurious lead, but stay with me. Buyer remorse is set to turn Black Friday into Blue Monday for... read more

European Payments Council launches the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer

30 Nov 16 @ 08:47

The European Payments Council (EPC) will launch the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) scheme today. European Payment Service Providers (PSPs) now have one year to get ready to process... read more

FIS expands real-time P2P payment offering with Zelle

30 Nov 16 @ 08:03

FIS has announced the expansion of its real-time P2P payments suite with plans to offer Early Warning’s Zelle P2P service to extend its comprehensive faster-payments solutions. The partnership with Early... read more

Royal Mint collaborate on launch of blockchain based digital gold

29 Nov 16 @ 12:54

The Royal Mint is set to launch a digital gold offering which will be traded on blockchain – to be made available around mid-2017. The blockchain-based gold product, called Royal... read more

Apple Pay wins legal battle against Australian banks

29 Nov 16 @ 10:29

Apple has claimed first blood in its battle with Australia’s largest banks, which have been trying to force it to offer them access to Apple Pay. The decision could help... read more

UK payments industry going through biggest shake-up in a generation

29 Nov 16 @ 09:54

The UK payments industry is about to see its biggest change in a generation according to the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR). The comments come as the Payments Strategy Forum, a... 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