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What’s the role of cash in financial inclusion?

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

How to cure cart abandonment in the APAC e-commerce market

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

CyberloQ launch proprietary Multi-Factored-Authentication technology

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

Acquisitions market: Hits and Misses show FinTech slowing

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

The real-time payments revolution sweeps across Europe

12 Sep 22 @ 14:13

The global payments ecosystem continues to morph, with exciting innovations coming online unabated. But for the myriad of new payment tools and channels to work efficiently and securely, they need... read more

Central Bank of India commits to digital rupee trial

09 Sep 22 @ 12:36

In February Payments Cards & Mobile reported India’s central bank says it will launch a digital rupee CBDC in the next financial year, according to the country’s finance minister. “Introduction... read more

4 Top UK Cloud Companies 2022

09 Sep 22 @ 09:45

Anyone with half an eye on the news knows that tech layoffs have been happening across the spring and summer period. Freetrade, the London-based trading platform, is said to be... read more

The Verizon Business 2022 Payment Security Report

08 Sep 22 @ 16:33

For more than a decade, Verizon has documented compliance trends in the evolving payment security industry. The Payment Security Report (PSR) has tracked compliance ups and downs, while keeping a... read more

Feature: Will regulation burst the BNPL bubble?

07 Sep 22 @ 16:59

As BNPL continues to soar and clamour to regulate grows, industry leaders are adopting a war mentality, criticising the credit card sector. HOWEVER, the right regulation is required to prevent... read more

Report: Majority of countries have experienced increases in fraud losses

07 Sep 22 @ 16:49

The ‘return to normal’ from the pandemic in 2021 was uneven across the continent due to variances in vaccine rollout, resurgence of Covid infections, and policies regarding retail, travel and... read more

EBF response to European Commission’s call for evidence on Open Finance

07 Sep 22 @ 16:02

The European Banking Federation (EBF), which represents 32 national banking associations in Europe, has responded to the European Commission’s Call for Evidence on an “Open Finance Framework – enabling data... read more

UK leads Europe in card fraud loss reduction

06 Sep 22 @ 16:52

The United Kingdom and the Nordic region continue to lead Europe both in terms of digital transformation and card fraud loss reduction. Denmark and Sweden achieved the highest percentage decreases... read more

Online fraud fears grow following ‘cost-of-living crisis’

06 Sep 22 @ 16:00

Nearly half (49%) of UK consumers are more concerned about becoming a victim of fraud now than they were in 2021. That’s according to research released by Paysafe, which indicates... read more

Walmart pursues dismissal of FTC money transfer lawsuit

05 Sep 22 @ 17:25

Early last week, Walmart asked the federal court handling the FTC’s lawsuit into money transfer fraud to dismiss it. Walmart’s brief lays out several reasons why the FTC’s case is... read more

Lloyds Bank: 90% of debit transactions now contactless

05 Sep 22 @ 16:18

New figures from Lloyds Bank claims there has been a huge spike in the use of contactless payments on debit cards rising from 65% in June 2019 to 87% in 2022. Despite... read more

UK BNPL market continues to grow as Banks join the party

05 Sep 22 @ 15:58

Despite warnings to the contrary and the growing economic storm, UK banks are still rushing into BNPL despite rising risks of default and increasing regulatory scrutiny. The move is seen... read more

Feature: Can the humble card still pack a punch?

02 Sep 22 @ 13:29

Some experts say cards are a legacy technology while digital wallets and alt-pays are the future. But more powerful cards with multiple functions and better security are fighting back. So... read more

Nordic and Australian banks back digital identity roll outs

02 Sep 22 @ 11:13

Just days after a report showed the publics overwhelming support of the UK’s Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework (DIATF), the National Australian Bank and the Findynet Cooperative, which includes... read more

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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

Starling Builds UK-Sovereign AI Model With Nvidia and Civo

15 Oct 26 @ 19:41

Starling is developing a transactional foundation model with Nvidia that will be trained and hosted entirely within a UK sovereign cloud, as the digital bank lo... more