23 Sep 22 @ 09:45

They may have originated on Japanese mobile phones in 1997, but by now, emoji are everywhere thanks to their inclusion across most mobile phone operating systems. There are 3,633 standardised... read more

22 Sep 22 @ 16:25

Crypto enthusiasts believe, the switch by the Ethereum blockchain to a new system for validating transactions — a move known as “the merge” — is an historic moment for what... read more

21 Sep 22 @ 20:06

PCM considers the impact of stagnant or declining economic growth, rising interest rates and growing regulatory strictures on the payments industry. As conditions worsen to a point not seen in... read more

21 Sep 22 @ 19:07

A new study has found that the global digital ticketing transaction value will reach $1.4 trillion in 2027; up from $768 billion in 2022. This growth of 78% over the... read more

21 Sep 22 @ 16:34

Last week, 1,668 retailers and more than 200 trade organisations urged the US Congress to pass the The Credit Card Competition Act, which gives merchants a choice in the routing... read more

20 Sep 22 @ 14:33

A new white paper by leading European banking infrastructure provider Nets says banks must do more to make initiating a disputed transaction easier for customers. Failure to do so will... read more

20 Sep 22 @ 12:40

Debit cards drive payments card growth as contactless usage continues to rise and consumer spending recovers after the height of the pandemic. Card usage will keep growing as new spending... read more

20 Sep 22 @ 11:10

Citibank has been told it is entitled to recoup $500 million that it accidentally wired Revlon, a US appeals court has announced. Reversing a lower court ruling, the 2nd U.S. Circuit... read more

19 Sep 22 @ 11:08

A new multi-country consortium of Europe’s most trusted identity experts has announced its proposal to deliver a large-scale, cross-border payments pilot strongly aligned with the aims of the European Commission’s... read more

19 Sep 22 @ 10:55

The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced the list of collaborators  they will contract with to develop potential user interfaces for the digital euro. The aim of this prototyping exercise... read more

19 Sep 22 @ 10:41

Back in June 2021, Norwegian Vipps, Danish Mobilepay and Finnish Pivo announced that the three mobile wallets would merge. Late last week it emerged that Pivo, owned by OP Bank... read more

14 Sep 22 @ 16:56

UK consumers are significantly ahead of their European counterparts in their embrace of digital banking, new data shows. The research, commissioned by Europe’s leading provider of consumer and business credit... read more

14 Sep 22 @ 12:40

Embedded finance, the integration of value-added financial services into software offerings, is set to redefine how consumers and businesses build and manage relationships with financial services, according to new research and... read more

14 Sep 22 @ 12:06

It has been a conflicting week in the M&A market and the broader FinTech investment scene. UK FinTech investment fell to $9.6 billion in H1 2022, down from $27.8 billion... read more

13 Sep 22 @ 17:19

It’s not news the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns accelerated an existing shift to digital financial services, including payments. The latest issue of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Finance and Development... read more

13 Sep 22 @ 16:47

The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is one of the world’s largest and most dynamic e-com­merce markets. The region contains 13 countries and 4.3 billion people — includ­ing 1.7 billion with internet... read more

13 Sep 22 @ 08:49

CyberloQ has announced a strategic collaboration for its proprietary Multi-Factored-Authentication (MFA) technology with Pannovate’s Banking Orchestration Platform. CyberloQ has created what it believes is the most robust, flexible and dynamic... read more

12 Sep 22 @ 17:15

Its a been a rocky few weeks of late as the bad news surrounding the global economy starts to hit home and this is effecting the FinTech market. After a... read more