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Payment Orchestration: Will it revolutionise the payments industry?

24 Mar 23 @ 17:07

Recent research by payabl. has looked into whether or not payment orchestration could become a key capability for merchants across varying sectors, and for businesses of all shapes and sizes.... read more

Jack Dorsey’s Block latest under scrutiny from Hindenburg Research

24 Mar 23 @ 10:38

Hindenburg Research, the company that forced the Adani empire onto its knees amid allegations of stock manipulation, has taken aim at and disclosed short positions in Block, alleging that the... read more

Tietoevry Banking finalizes major new payment solution upgrade in Serbia

24 Mar 23 @ 10:00

Tietoevry has completed a major systems’ upgrade for Chip Card, member of Payten, one of the leading payments processors in the Republic of Serbia. With electronic payments becoming more popular... read more

EPSM urges clarity around proposed eIDAS 2.0 regulation for card payments

23 Mar 23 @ 13:09

The European Association of Payment Service Providers for Merchants (EPSM) is urging European lawmakers to make clear that card payments with SCA will be out of the scope of the... read more

Cross-border expansion top priority for US based businesses

23 Mar 23 @ 12:36

41% of business-to-business organisations believe that cross-border business expansion is imperative to ease their current trading concerns. That’s according to a new study released by Rapyd, which shows that a sizeable... read more

Evolution of the merchant acquiring competitive landscape

22 Mar 23 @ 20:09

In the years between 2017 and 2021, the electronic payments industry grew at 30% and 13% CAGRs in volume and value of transactions respectively; for card acquiring specifically, the volume... read more

Checkout.com launches Checkout.com Issuing for clients

22 Mar 23 @ 19:42

Checkout.com has announced it will launch Checkout.com Issuing allowing customers to create payment cards for their own customers. The company has been testing Checkout.com Issuing for a while, and millions of... read more

Battle for BNPL customers is being won at point of sale

21 Mar 23 @ 15:53

Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) usage continues to grow, but not all these payment plans are experiencing the same level of customer engagement. By the end of 2021, shoppers had... read more

Large-value payment system EURO1 successfully migrates to ISO 20022

21 Mar 23 @ 14:21

EBA CLEARING says its systemically important payment system EURO1 has successfully migrated to ISO 20022. The RTGS-equivalent payment infrastructure closed its first business day operating on the new message standard.... read more

NAB gets competitive with AUDN stablecoin pilot

20 Mar 23 @ 17:35

National Australia Bank (NAB) appears to be going head to head with its own Central Bank in a race to launch its own stablecoin AUDN. Earlier this month, Payments Cards... read more

Five ways digital payments will change financial services

20 Mar 23 @ 16:38

The last three years have seen considerable change in how the UK financial services sector operates. The expectations of consumers have shifted, prompted by the pandemic and a need for... read more

Half a trillion dollars wiped off Bank stocks as rout continues

20 Mar 23 @ 13:26

It has not been a good week for the global banking community. Starting with Silvergate Bank and ending (so far) in emergency purchase of Credit Suisse, the underlying lack of... read more

Motive Partners front of queue for ACI Worldwide purchase

17 Mar 23 @ 17:27

Rumours are flying that ACI Worldwide is being reviewed for purchase by the FinTech strong private equity firm Motive Partners. Motive has been seeking financing in recent weeks for a... read more

Visa and Mastercard $5.6 billion interchange settlement upheld

17 Mar 23 @ 16:03

In a blow to the two biggest networks in payments, the $5.6 billion antitrust class-action settlement, in which more than 12 million retailers have accused Visa and Mastercard of improperly... read more

Mastercard becomes a trusted provider of Digital ID in the UK

17 Mar 23 @ 13:27

Mastercard announced it is now certified under the United Kingdom’s Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework (DIATF) as an Digital ID provider. Mastercard can now offer ID, its digital identity... read more

Will Silicon Valley Bank collapse affect your FinTech career prospects?

17 Mar 23 @ 11:31

The big news that rocked the tech sector this week has been, of course, the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), along with the twin failures of Silvergate Capital and... read more

The Future of Identity Report: Convenience without sacrificing security

15 Mar 23 @ 09:45

The Entrust Cybersecurity Institute has surveyed 1,450 global consumers to explore their experiences with passwordless authentication, hybrid identities, and ownership over personally identifiable information. In short, the report, The Future... read more

Silicon Valley Bank contagion poses little risk to European banks

14 Mar 23 @ 14:07

As the contagion from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank rips through the markets, European countries are rushing to reassure the market that their banks pose... read more

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Swift launches new framework for cross-border payments

09 Mar 26 @ 14:45

SWIFT has introduced a new international payments framework aimed at significantly improving the speed, transparency and predictability of cross-border retail t... more

Credit’s next competitive frontier beyond top of wallet

12 Mar 26 @ 18:21

For years, the credit card industry has pursued a simple ambition: to become the card a consumer reaches for first. [caption id="attachment_52085" align="a... more

Visa tests the foundations of agentic payments in Europe

17 Mar 26 @ 15:03

Visa is moving to bring agentic commerce closer to commercial reality, launching a new programme with banks across the UK and Europe to test how artificial inte... more