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Tokenised payment transactions to exceed 1 trillion globally

18 Jul 22 @ 13:09

A new study has found the total number of tokenised payment transactions will exceed 1 trillion globally by 2026; rising from 680 billion in 2022. This represents growth of 58%... read more

Digital wallets are the future – but cross-border performance must improve

18 Jul 22 @ 12:34

Mikael Lijtenstein, CEO of AstroPay, says digital wallets will be the world’s preferred way to pay – but consumers, merchants and PSPs need better service in cross-border transactions. At AstroPay,... read more

The red flags to watch with new payments platforms

18 Jul 22 @ 12:29

As digitisation continues apace, many prominent financial institutions (FIs) are choosing to carry on running their core business on outdated payments technologies that can’t sustain the ever-increasing pace of progress... read more

How to Survive A Post-Layoff Phase At Work

15 Jul 22 @ 09:34

If you work in the tech sector, there’s no way you won’t have heard about 2022’s round of hiring slowdowns, freezes and layoffs. Fintech, crypto and real estate have been... read more

Keynote: The BIS on crypto and DeFi

13 Jul 22 @ 10:25

This week sees the 36th Annual General Meeting of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, held in Madrid. As part of his Keynote speech Pablo Hernández de Cos, Chair of the... read more

Croatia accepted as 20th euro zone member

13 Jul 22 @ 10:06

The European Union finance ministers has formally approved Croatia becoming the 20th member of the euro common currency at the start of 2023. The European Council, the grouping of 27... read more

How to design a digital wallet that works for older users…

11 Jul 22 @ 10:25

The number of Europeans aged over 65 is set to triple in the coming decades – yet older users are being left behind by digital financial services. A new white... read more

Banking Circle to put USDC stablecoins onto its payment rails

11 Jul 22 @ 09:33

Banking Circle is moving into the virtual assets market with a new service for Banks and Payments businesses, by adding USDC stablecoins to its payment rails for payment acceptance, processing... read more

It’s OOO Season: How To Avoid Working On Annual Leave

11 Jul 22 @ 09:18

No one enjoyed the pandemic, but one of the more welcome upsides for many of us has been remote working. It gave us back time we’d have previously spent commuting,... read more

Three in five UK adults use embedded finance online

07 Jul 22 @ 17:57

Three in five (60%) UK adults have used embedded finance services as part of the checkout process when shopping online in the past 12 months, according to a new survey[1]... read more

Mambu enters strategic partnership with Visa

07 Jul 22 @ 17:46

Mambu has announced a global partnership with Visa in order to utilise Visa DPS – one of the largest processors of Visa debit transactions globally. The partnership will give Mambu customers... read more

European e-commerce still growing but challenges lie ahead

05 Jul 22 @ 11:30

In 2021, European e-commerce grew by 13 % to €718 billion euros. The growth rate has remained stable, though it has risen slightly compared to 2020. The 2021 B2C turnover... read more

How to fix cross-border payments in Europe

05 Jul 22 @ 10:30

Cross-border payments are growing every year as consumers seek out more choice and better prices from markets around the world. Currently worth around $2.5 trillion annually, business to consumer e-commerce... read more

UK attitudes to payment: New report reveals some shocks

05 Jul 22 @ 09:30

A new report into UK consumer attitudes to payments by European payment services experts Transact Payments has revealed some results which, according to CEO Kriya Patel, “will surprise even seasoned... read more

Giesecke+Devrient acquire Valid payments and identity business in US

04 Jul 22 @ 13:14

Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) has announced the acquisition of the payment and identity solutions business of Valid USA. With this step, G+D aims to accelerate growth in the US, one of the... read more

Ransomware volume already doubled 2021 total by end of Q1 2022

04 Jul 22 @ 12:28

Ransomware detections in Q1 of this year doubled the total volume reported for 2021, according to the latest quarterly Internet Security Report from the WatchGuard Threat Lab. Researchers also found... read more

Klarna valuation tanks as gloss goes off BNPL market

04 Jul 22 @ 11:02

I don’t want to be the guy who says “I told you so”, but…For those of you who have been regular readers you will note that for many months now... read more

The Baltic boom echoing across Europe’s FinTech landscape

01 Jul 22 @ 13:22

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania may be located at the far eastern edge of Europe, but together they are situated firmly at the epicentre of cutting-edge payment innovation for the whole... 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