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UK government pushing open banking API framework

10 Feb 16 @ 08:00

UK Banks should share their customer data to help consumers compare banking...

Visa opens Global Network with launch of Visa Developer

09 Feb 16 @ 13:19

Visa Inc. has launched Visa Developer, a milestone that transforms the world’s...

Global mobile payment market to reach $620 billion in 2016

09 Feb 16 @ 13:08

With major smartphone brands Apple and Samsung making a big entrance into...

The Internet of Things is a can of worms – how to keep it sealed

09 Feb 16 @ 12:59

Innocuous devices, the Internet of Things search engine Shodan recently found to be vulnerable to cyber attacks, include a teddy bear able to remotely send voice messages

Payment Cards Statistical Yearbooks 2015-16

08 Feb 16 @ 12:30

Stay one step ahead with deep industry information and a wealth of statistics from central banks, interbank companies and associations and individual banks. The Payment Cards Statistical Yearbooks give a market... read more

American Express leads in $1.2 trillion T&E sector

08 Feb 16 @ 12:15

The T&E sector, consisting of American Express, JCB and Diners Club, represents only a small proportion of the total payment cards market, but is nevertheless a huge segment in its... read more

Fit Pay secures $3.1 million in seed funding

08 Feb 16 @ 12:08

Fit Pay, a wearable payments startup founded by former Visa and CyberSource executives, has raised $3.1 million in a seed funding round led by Germany’s Giesecke & Devrient. The startup,... read more

Stellar launches instant money transfer service in Nigeria

08 Feb 16 @ 12:05

Stellar.org, a non-profit startup foundation that supports a universal financial platform, has been a part of the Fast Forward accelerator, which is funded in part by Google and BlackRock. The instant... read more

The cheque is dead – Long live the cheque

04 Feb 16 @ 16:39

On learning that his obituary had been published, Mark Twain telegraphed: “Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated”. The same could be said of the cheque.

Gen Y consumers drive future of payments in Asia Pacific

04 Feb 16 @ 16:31

The power within the payment value chain in Asia is shifting to Gen Y consumers aged 25-34, a new study finds.

Interchange regulation begins to take effect in Europe

04 Feb 16 @ 15:24

As of December 9, interchange regulation, which caps rates in Europe are now capped at 30 bps for credit cards (commercial cards excluded) and 20 bps for debit and prepaid cards.

Western Union and Viber to provide cross-border money transfer

04 Feb 16 @ 14:02

Western Union and Viber, a mobile messaging app with 664 million unique users worldwide, have announced an agreement to offer cross-border money transfer

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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