magazine

Latest Issue

Digital Currency Convergence

Subscribe now

Daily Insights

Global payments news direct to your inbox

Sign up free

DAILY NEWS

ALL NEWS

Flutterwave and Token.io team up to provide Pay By Bank transfer

07 Jun 23 @ 08:09

Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, has collaborated with Token.io to power Pay By Bank transfer capabilities for Flutterwave’s platform. A2A payments (often called ‘Pay By Bank’) are a fast... read more

93% of global fintechs increase reliance on payment networks

07 Jun 23 @ 07:54

Discover has released its annual Fintech State of the Union, providing global perspectives from consumers, fintech vendors, and venture capitalists. The research study commissioned by 451 Research of S&P Global Market... read more

Account to Account (A2A) payments take off; now worth over half a trillion dollars

06 Jun 23 @ 07:41

The 2023 version of The Global Payments Report by Worldpay, has revealed that Account to Account payments are now worth $525 billion globally – and are projected to grow at... read more

SEC takes aim at Binance “extensive web of deception”

06 Jun 23 @ 07:32

The Securities and Exchange Commission has sued Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange. The 13 civil charges filed accuse Binance of violations including mixing billions of dollars of customer cash... read more

Project Leap: Protecting banking infrastructure in the quantum age

05 Jun 23 @ 13:54

A secure communication channel designed to protect financial data against future threats from quantum computers has been successfully established by the BIS Innovation Hub Eurosystem Centre and its Eurosystem partners,... read more

White paper: Phygital payments are here. Are you ready?

05 Jun 23 @ 12:54

A new white paper from global security technology group and paytech leader Giesecke + Devrient explains why the world of phygital payments is already with us, and how banks and payments... read more

M2020: BPC and Ellipse partner on integrating EVC dynamic security code

04 Jun 23 @ 12:00

BPC has announced an enhanced partnership with Ellipse World (Ellipse). The partnership will focus on bolstering security measures and privacy for customers by integrating EVC (Ellipse Verification Code), its dynamic... read more

Some say payment cards are yesterday. But they could be key to the future…

02 Jun 23 @ 10:00

Amid all the hype about a digital future in which consumers transact instantly between their accounts using digital wallets, it can be easy to lose sight of the present –... read more

Diebold Nixdorf files for chapter 11 bankruptcy – pressure on for hardware providers

01 Jun 23 @ 15:52

Diebold Nixdorf (Company), which sells ATMs, payment terminals and other technology, has announced that it, certain of its subsidiaries and certain creditors collectively holding a significant majority of the its... read more

2023 Online Identity Study: Deepfakes target digital identity

01 Jun 23 @ 12:43

Jumio has released its  2023 Online Identity Study, the second instalment of its annual global consumer research, conducted by Censuswide. This year’s results highlight an understanding among consumers around how... read more

Kasisto launches KAI-GPT: Banking specific Large Language Model

01 Jun 23 @ 11:03

Kasisto, creators of KAI, have launched of KAI-GPT, the world’s first banking-specific large language model (LLM), designed to address the industry’s unique needs for accuracy, transparency, trustworthiness and customisation. Powered by... read more

US fraud statistics: FAI/Deepfake multiply at alarming rates

31 May 23 @ 16:30

New Q1 2023 fraud statistics for North America and how they compare to 2022 have been released. The information is based on data collected from the US and Canada during... read more

Market research and prototyping exercise confirm feasibility of digital euro

31 May 23 @ 11:53

The European Central Bank (ECB) has published two reports on its market research and prototyping exercise, which were both conducted as part of the investigation phase of the digital euro project. The... read more

One in three banking customers still use physical channels for product purchase

31 May 23 @ 11:11

Kearney has published the latest findings of its annual European Retail Banking Radar, which includes a channel survey, conducted annually in 12+ European countries since 2020. The research finds that following... read more

UK cryptocurrency fraud has surpassed £300 million in 2022

26 May 23 @ 12:57

The UK’s fraud reporting agency, Action Fraud, says cryptocurrency fraud has surpassed £300 million in 2022, an increase of more than 40%. Law firms said the data, provided by Action... read more

The UAE: RTP and BNPL take centre stage as e-commerce rises

26 May 23 @ 10:10

New data from The Global Payments Report 2023 by Worldpay from FIS reveals rapid changes in how consumers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are paying for goods and services.... read more

3 great cloud jobs at fast growing companies

26 May 23 @ 09:33

VC funding is under pressure as stressors from last year are also affecting 2023, according to Pitchbook. It also reports that European VC activity has continued to decelerate, with deal... read more

Mobile money transactions to exceed $2 trillion in emerging markets

25 May 23 @ 12:57

A new study has found that the total value of mobile money transactions in emerging markets will reach $2 trillion by 2027, an increase of over $500 billion from 2023.... read more

Trending

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

UK Moves to Open iPhone Contactless Payments to Apple Pay Rivals

22 Oct 26 @ 18:16

The UK’s competition regulator has set out proposals that could significantly widen access to contactless payments on Apple’s iPhone, potentially lowering b... more