09 Nov 22 @ 13:36
The latest edition of the World Payment Report 2022 is now live. As we can all acknowledge, work, shopping, travel, entertainment, services, and commerce all look a bit different from... read more
08 Nov 22 @ 13:45
Worldline has signed of a binding agreement for the acquisition of Banco Desio’s merchant acquiring activities and the planned set-up of a commercial partnership aiming to leverage Banco Desio’s banking network in order to distribute... read more
07 Nov 22 @ 18:02
The FIDO Alliance published its second annual Online Authentication Barometer, which gathers insights into the state of online authentication in 10 countries across the globe. New to the Barometer this... read more
07 Nov 22 @ 11:27
Nearly $2 billion (£1.75 billion) has been spent in the Metaverse on virtual land in the past 12 months, as people and companies race to get a foothold in the... read more
07 Nov 22 @ 10:37
2022 has witnessed biometric payment card adoption reach new heights. Multiple recent launches in the Middle East highlight the technology’s global interest, but what external factors are accountable for this... read more
04 Nov 22 @ 12:18
The BIS Innovation Hub is launching a new project around central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and Decentralised Finance (DeFi) protocols as part of its 2022 work programme. Project Marianaexplores automated market... read more
04 Nov 22 @ 11:30
A new study from FIS finds Millennials in the US are more open to adopting new and digitally-oriented financial experiences, including those enabled through embedded finance experiences than other generational... read more
04 Nov 22 @ 09:45
If Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter has taught us anything, it’s that no job—even at C-suite level—is 100% secure. Just ask Twitter’s former CEO Parag Agrawal and other top company... read more
03 Nov 22 @ 18:20
The reshaping of the payments ecosystem over the last two decades can broadly be divided into two symbiotic movements driven by technology; the evolution of how people pay, and the... read more
03 Nov 22 @ 18:05
The European Union is set to be the first major jurisdiction in the world to agree how to regulate the digital asset sector, via its Markets in Crypto Assets regulation... read more
02 Nov 22 @ 18:14
Faced with intense competition and a need to grow market share and raise margins, FinTechs and neobanks are looking to launch new products and services. As Adrian Marinică, Technical Manager... read more
02 Nov 22 @ 11:17
A new study from Tietoevry Banking reveals that European banks will accelerate outsourcing in response to the rapidly changing end-user payment pattern and competitive landscape. The European banking payment landscape... read more
01 Nov 22 @ 17:56
Klarna Australia has added to the already disastrous set of reporting from its main company by reporting $56 million in losses last year. The result has been described as “catastrophic”... read more
01 Nov 22 @ 15:00
A new study from leading banking and payments infrastructure specialists Tietoevry Banking reveals that almost three-quarters (73.2%) of European banks intend to outsource parts of their payments infrastructure over the... read more
01 Nov 22 @ 14:17
New research shows that only a third of UK consumers trust Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) services to protect their data having suffered BNPL fraud. The UK study, by Callsign,... read more
31 Oct 22 @ 18:04
Its that time again…and its been another stellar quarter for most of the big payments companies even as the rival Big Tech sector has seen a sell off. Strong consumer... read more
31 Oct 22 @ 17:10
Nets, has published its Nordic Payment Report 2022, revealing a strong recovery for face-to-face payments, particularly in hospitality and transport sectors, as mobile payments gain ground at physical points of... read more
31 Oct 22 @ 16:28
If you thought you were having a bad day or you think that the Bank of England is having a rough time controlling its self what would you say if... read more
23 Sep 26 @ 14:34
The European Central Bank has taken a significant step towards integrating distributed ledger technology with Europe’s core financial infrastructure, launchin... more
21 Sep 26 @ 19:41
European e-commerce has broken through the €900bn barrier, underlining the growing importance of digital retail to the continent's economy while intensifying ... more
24 Sep 26 @ 16:29
Russia’s attempts to circumvent Western financial sanctions have developed into a sophisticated parallel payments architecture combining traditional banking, ... more