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ING winds down Yolt B2B Open Banking

30 Aug 22 @ 16:41

ING has announced, following the closure of the Yolt cashbook app last year, to phase out its Yolt business-to-business Open Banking activities as well. This was reported by the bank... read more

Citibank forced to shutter Russian operations after no buyer found

30 Aug 22 @ 15:21

Citibank has been forced to shut down its consumer and local commercial banking operations in Russia after it proved impossible to find a buyer for the businesses. The bank announced... read more

Visa Token Service hits 4 billion – surpasses Visa cards issued

26 Aug 22 @ 15:54

Visa says it has issued over 4 billion network tokens worldwide through its security technology Visa Token Service (VTS), outpacing the total number of its physical cards in circulation. Visa... read more

BLIK seeks international expansion with VIAMO acquisition

26 Aug 22 @ 15:23

Just days after posting stellar results, BLIK, the Polish mobile payment system operator, has signed a 100% purchase agreement of shares in the Slovak company VIAMO – a provider of... read more

Faster Payments and Mobile Banking continue stellar growth

26 Aug 22 @ 12:52

Faster Payments and mobile banking remain popular in the UK in 2021, with 86% of all UK adults using at least one form of remote banking during 2021 (online banking... read more

HSBC first to launch UK Variable Recurring Payments (VRPs)

25 Aug 22 @ 16:08

HSBC UK has launched sweeping Variable Recurring Payments (VRPs) to its personal and business customers that participate in or wish to use Open Banking services. VRP allows businesses and consumers... read more

Visa and Mastercard cite increased post Brexit fraud for interchange fees hike

25 Aug 22 @ 13:24

Visa and Mastercard have both cited fraud as the primary reason for their respective increase in interchange fees between the UK and the EU after Brexit. Both companies face a... read more

Central Bank of India lifts American Express card issuing ban

25 Aug 22 @ 10:32

Just months after the Central Bank of India (RBI) lifted its card issuing ban on Mastercard, it has now lifted the same ban on American Express allowing it to start... read more

The future of embedded finance – is it easy to deliver?

24 Aug 22 @ 16:37

Embedded finance sounds like a win-win for everyone. A consumer selects a product, clicks on the selection and – thanks to being pre-authorised – they’ve already paid. Likewise, a customer... read more

Report: An update on the UK payments market

24 Aug 22 @ 13:17

In the last couple of years the global Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns have led to significant changes in patterns of the UK payments market. Lockdowns resulted in large sections... read more

Feature: R2P – A view of what could be…

23 Aug 22 @ 15:31

Request to Pay (R2P) is a hot industry buzzword. While still in its infancy, Request to Pay promises greater control and faster settlement for consumers and businesses alike. Payments Cards... read more

NFT transactions to reach 40 million globally by 2027

23 Aug 22 @ 14:23

A new study has found the global number of NFT (Non-fungible Token) transactions will rise from 24 million in 2022 to 40 million by 2027. This is based on a... read more

US financial regulator issues stablecoin expectations to virtual currency industry

23 Aug 22 @ 09:19

The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued a new Regulatory Guidance, setting foundational criteria for USD backed stablecoins used by DFS-regulated entities. This represents the first US... read more

Crypto crime update: Illicit activity falls

22 Aug 22 @ 13:53

2022 has been a tumultuous year for cryptocurrency markets, with significant price declines across all currencies in May and June. While there’s no telling if we’ve reached the bottom, as... read more

Citibank and the $900 million “biggest blunders in banking history”

22 Aug 22 @ 12:30

In August 2020, Citibank mistakenly used its own money to repay a $900 million term loan it administered on behalf of Revlon that was held by multiple asset management groups.... read more

Why merchants don’t need to buy fraud insurance to cover everything

22 Aug 22 @ 10:58

The discipline of fraud prevention has changed dramatically over the past five years and continues to evolve rapidly. Consequently, former truths about fraud prevention are increasingly becoming outdated myths. In... read more

The top 5 ransomware statistics from the last year

19 Aug 22 @ 14:08

Cybercriminal gangs launch ransomware attacks to encrypt businesses’ sensitive data and get paid a significant ransom. Sometimes hackers even use a method called double extortion. They threaten the organization to... read more

BLIK Q2: 300 million transactions in one quarter

19 Aug 22 @ 13:42

In Q2 2022, BLIK users completed 292 million transactions worth PLN 38.7 billion (€8.14 billion). At that time, the number of payments in traditional payment terminals was growing the fastest... read more

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ECB brings Central Bank money to tokenised market

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

European E-commerce Hits €911bn as Payments Reshape Online Retail

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

Inside A7: How Russia built a parallel cross-border payments network

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