04 Jul 23 @ 16:17

In our ongoing quest to get behind the hype, we consider Data Analytics and how much of a benefit this gives banks, service providers and retailers when it comes to... read more

04 Jul 23 @ 12:50

Today, the monetary system stands at the cusp of another major leap. Following dematerialisation and digitalisation, the key development is tokenisation – the process of representing claims digitally on a programmable platform. This can... read more

04 Jul 23 @ 12:00

Checkout.com has launched Intelligent Acceptance, its latest product to help merchants optimise acceptance rates and grow revenues. Intelligent Acceptance is an AI-powered optimisation engine, trained on billions of transactional data... read more

03 Jul 23 @ 17:12

FIS is considering the sale of Worldpay at a valuation of $15 billion to a group of private equity companies in what would be one of the largest corporate carve-outs... read more

03 Jul 23 @ 16:18

UK organisations and consumers are ready to embrace a new era of digital identity according to a new report from Curity. The term digital identity is not new, it is... read more

03 Jul 23 @ 13:11

Early Warning, the bank-owned operator of the peer-to-peer payments platform, Zelle, officially entered the digital payments gold rush earlier this year when it announced plans to create a new digital wallet... read more

03 Jul 23 @ 11:43

As a new report says almost two-thirds of banks are looking to migrate to more secure and flexible modern card payments platforms, Tietoevry’s Valdis Janovs says banks should be thinking... read more

30 Jun 23 @ 12:41

Recent news that Millennials are using notes and coins to help them budget against the cost of living explains why cash use rose last year – especially in the UK... read more

30 Jun 23 @ 12:18

According to a new study by IDC Financial Insights, spending on legacy payments technology is rising rapidly and damaging the growth prospects of banks around the world. Global financial institution... read more

29 Jun 23 @ 17:06

Banks will need to act soon to stay in the game or risk losing revenue to newer players in the embedded finance ecosystem. The option to buy now, pay later... read more

29 Jun 23 @ 13:11

The European Commission has put forward proposals to bring payments and the wider financial sector into the digital age including an update to PSD2 in the form of PSD3. The... read more

29 Jun 23 @ 12:45

Visa has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Pismo, a cloud-native issuer processing and core banking platform with operations in Latin America, Asia Pacific and Europe, for $1 billion in... read more

28 Jun 23 @ 11:01

The latest data on UK credit card trends paints a picture of considerable consumer financial volatility as the dual pressures of higher inflation and higher interest rates squeeze funds. The... read more

28 Jun 23 @ 10:20

In March 2022, the UK implemented the final piece of the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2), requiring customer-initiated payment transactions to be subjected to strong customer authentication (SCA), via a... read more

27 Jun 23 @ 16:56

A majority of the 200 senior UK financial services firms polled have expressed concern around online safety in relation to the new generation of immersive online environments – metaverses –... read more

27 Jun 23 @ 16:30

New research shows that the number of ATMs installed worldwide fell by 2% in 2022 to stand at 3.0 million. The market report reveals that the rate of decline has... read more

26 Jun 23 @ 17:13

Instant payments are a relatively new type of credit transfer responding to the needs of an increasingly digitalised society. They allow funds to be transferred in a matter of seconds,... read more

26 Jun 23 @ 15:12

A new report from Tietoevry Banking reveals how deep the legacy technology crisis runs for today’s retail banks in payment cards – and discusses options for how these banks can... read more