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Open Banking will enable faster, fairer credit checking for BNPL

06 Jun 22 @ 09:15

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) has been a payments phenomenon in recent years – however, regulators are now looking at more stringent legislation to protect consumers. While the success of... read more

Australian competition authority sues Mastercard for anti-competitive pricing

01 Jun 22 @ 13:02

Mastercard finds itself in the dock with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) which has launched an civil action over alleged anti-competitive pricing activity in the card payments market.... read more

Seniors can’t get no satisfaction from today’s digital wallets

01 Jun 22 @ 12:49

A new white paper from Netcetera says banks should be doing more to adapt and extend their digital wallet offering to those over 65 as cash use declines and commerce goes... read more

How To Write A Top Notch FinTech CV

01 Jun 22 @ 09:48

With a number of important clusters in the UK as well as a superhub of activity in the sector focusing on London, the FinTech industry here is undoubtedly a global... read more

ATM plays a key role in cash access – COVID-19 leaves lasting impact on numbers

31 May 22 @ 16:40

Most countries have witnessed a drop in ATM numbers in 2021 as cashless payments gained further ground, but with the worst impact of COVID-19 over, some deployers are renewing efforts... read more

Meta goes again – submitting Meta Pay trademark applications

31 May 22 @ 15:20

Mark Zuckerberg just can’t leave it alone! The social media company, despite many best efforts to launch a payments platform, has now submitted trademark applications for a digital assets trading... read more

Ingenico enable Alipay+ rollout to millions of merchants, banks and acquirers

31 May 22 @ 13:22

Ingenico and Ant Group have announced details of their  partnership that will allow acquirers and other payment service providers to implement Alipay+ seamlessly across their merchant networks using Ingenico’s PPaaS... read more

How financial intermediaries can integrate crypto assets

27 May 22 @ 16:36

Most crypto owners would prefer to interact with digital assets through their banks and other traditional financial institutions, according to Navigating Crypto: How Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries Can Integrate... read more

TechnoVision 2022: Financial services move to enhanced CX

27 May 22 @ 12:22

It’s no secret that the financial services industry continues to face accelerated rapid change and transformative trends, including the evolution of ecosystem businesses, heightened customer expectations around digital interaction, low-touch... read more

5 Significant shifts in the FinTech job market

27 May 22 @ 09:45

Things are looking broadly positive in the Fintech space, according to Robert Walters’ Global Fintech Talent Report. In the first quarter of 2022, the global Fintech industry saw more than... read more

77% of Gen Z are ditching physical wallets for mobile wallets

26 May 22 @ 17:08

Marqeta has released a report looking at consumer payment, mobile wallets, banking and shopping preferences, showing digital adoption is on the rise. The company surveyed of 4,000 consumers across three... read more

NatWest completes first ‘non-sweeping’ customer payments through VRP

26 May 22 @ 16:33

NatWest Group is the first UK bank to go beyond the requirement for banks to provide Variable Recurring Payments (VRP) for sweeping – the automatic transfer of money between two... read more

Wall Street decries Digital Dollar as the destruction of banks

26 May 22 @ 16:07

Wall Street and its bankers have come out all guns blazing in an argument with the Federal Reserve saying that launching its own digital dollar could crack the foundations of... read more

It’s time for banks to bring their “A” game to customer chat

25 May 22 @ 14:28

As the digital revolution has gathered pace over the last decade, banks have increasingly switched to a digital service model, with the latest research[1] suggesting two-thirds of Europeans are now... read more

PCM Feature: The potential and pitfalls of Decentralised Finance

25 May 22 @ 10:22

As blockchain-enabled systems and crypto (mainly) flourish, pundits claim there’s a non-bank future before us with lower fees, faster transactions and instant exchanges of value from person to person. Payments... read more

May stablecoin bloodbath continues – ECB calls for strong action

24 May 22 @ 13:47

In April Payments Cards & Mobile published excerpts of a speech by Fabio Panetta where the Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, started his speech “…Greed and lawlessness... read more

Open Banking is forging a new era in European payments

24 May 22 @ 08:54

A new white paper from leading digital finance company Plaid says the advent of Open Banking will herald a revolution in payments. The paper explains the implications of this new era... read more

Central Bank Digital Currency’s path forward in the US is simple…

23 May 22 @ 16:34

The Bank Policy Institute has responded to a Federal Reserve discussion paper evaluating the costs and benefits of a central bank digital currency. The response supports the Fed’s position that... 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

UK Moves to Open iPhone Contactless Payments to Apple Pay Rivals

22 Oct 26 @ 18:16

The UK’s competition regulator has set out proposals that could significantly widen access to contactless payments on Apple’s iPhone, potentially lowering b... more