22 Mar 22 @ 09:37

In late December troubling reports emerged surrounding the European Payments Initiative (EPI) as some European lenders were holding off their plans to join the project. EPI Interim Company, tasked with... read more

21 Mar 22 @ 15:53

Alongside a host of other Western companies, PayPal, Mastercard, Apple and Visa have pulled out of the Russian payments market following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with major banks such as... read more

21 Mar 22 @ 15:00

Merchants experienced more fraud in 2021 than 2020, with new types of fraud affecting 62% of merchants. Online payment fraud continues to be the biggest threat with 20% more businesses... read more

21 Mar 22 @ 14:48

They say timing is everything… One assumes, in a bid to cash in on the Non-Fungible Token (NFT) craze that was (prior to a monster sell off), New Yorkers interested in... read more

18 Mar 22 @ 10:48

The regulation of crypto assets and related services is still not treated uniformly in the European Union and resembles more a patchwork of regulatory fragmentation. Although the fifth Anti-Money Laundering... read more

18 Mar 22 @ 10:20

The 2021 State of Finance study from App Annie reveals just how fast the world of personal finance is going digital. Within this revolution, buy-now-pay-later and cryptocurrency services are growing... read more

18 Mar 22 @ 09:42

Are you looking for a new job at the moment? Well, you’ve certainly come to the right place. We have a whole host of really exciting tech roles on our... read more

17 Mar 22 @ 17:23

The Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) has announced plans to start a pilot program of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). In September, the BCB told the Brazilian Senate that it planned... read more

17 Mar 22 @ 17:10

Open Banking got started back in 2018 thanks to ground-breaking regulations (PSD2), that gave consumers the right to access their bank account data using third parties called account information services providers... read more

16 Mar 22 @ 15:51

December 2021 card spending data from UK Finance reveals that the average amount spent per contactless card transaction rose by almost 30% following the contactless spending limit increasing from £45 to... read more

16 Mar 22 @ 12:46

American Express is making what appears to be a landgrab for what some see as the next big market for payments – the metaverse. The company has filed trademark applications for... read more

16 Mar 22 @ 12:24

The more astute of you will know that there has been a substantial, if slightly perplexing rise, in the Non-Fungible Token or NFT market in the last 18 months. Perplexing... read more

15 Mar 22 @ 15:58

Cross-border e-commerce was growing even before the pandemic struck. Lockdowns, travel restrictions and the wholesale disruption of existing brand loyalties over the last two years have given it a further... read more

15 Mar 22 @ 13:19

Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, was recently involved in a panel to discus central bank digital currencies at the US Monetary Policy Forum in New... read more

15 Mar 22 @ 12:44

A new report by card industry body Payments Europe claims Europeans would welcome government intervention to mandate electronic payment. The report also says that, while instant, or account-to-account, payments are... read more

14 Mar 22 @ 15:52

German prosecutors have charged Wirecard’s former chief executive, Markus Braun, and two other former senior executives with suspected market manipulation, fraud, breach of trust and accounting manipulation of the company’s... read more

14 Mar 22 @ 15:38

Former UK Unicorn Ve Global has announced that it is in “financial distress” five years after it was bought out of administration. The company has launched an accelerated sales process... read more

14 Mar 22 @ 13:22

Russia’s attack on Ukraine and the resulting economic sanctions have already impacted European banking in several ways, many of which are indirect. One potential impact is in the form of... read more