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Payments Cards & Mobile Jobs of the Week

08 Oct 21 @ 10:18

There are so many brilliant job opportunities on Payments, Cards and Mobile Careers right now, we just had to share a few with you! This week, we’re highlighting roles in... read more

Consultation report seeks confirmation that the principles for PFMI apply to stablecoin

06 Oct 21 @ 12:33

The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published, for public consultation, preliminary guidance that confirms and clarifies that stablecoin arrangements... read more

Orange makes massive €230 million investment in Orange Bank

06 Oct 21 @ 12:00

Orange, the French telecom major says it has invested €230 million to strengthen the development of Orange Bank. The company also said it has reached an agreement with its historic... read more

North America digital banking market to to hit value of $800 billion

06 Oct 21 @ 11:43

According to a recent study, the North America digital banking market size is poised to expand at substantial CAGR during the forecast period. North America digital banking industry will witness... read more

UK will claim majority of £619 billion European embedded finance market

05 Oct 21 @ 16:11

UK-headquartered brands hold higher revenue expectations of embedded finance than their European counterparts, according to a new report. Over the next five years, UK brands expect to generate £230.48 billion... read more

Smartphones revolutionised our lives – now they’re upgrading online payments

05 Oct 21 @ 13:37

Can you imagine your life without your phone? In little over a decade, smartphones have become more than just a device in our pockets. Today, they are something closer to... read more

What does this growth mean for the payments sector?

04 Oct 21 @ 15:39

“Acceleration”, “investment” and “hypergrowth” have all been words associated with the global FinTech industry this year. After bubbling away beneath the surface, building momentum, global investment in the FinTech sector... read more

Group of influential Central banks explore what retail CBDC might look like

01 Oct 21 @ 12:00

A group of seven central banks (Bank of Canada, Bank of England, Bank of Japan, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Sveriges Riksbank and Swiss National Bank), together with the Bank... read more

AISPs and PISPs make their mark in Europe – thanks to PSD2

01 Oct 21 @ 11:46

PSD2 took its time to be implemented across Europe, but now that the legislation has been adopted and transposed into most markets, it’s beginning to deliver on what it promised.... read more

UK researchers find hacking flaw in Apple Pay with Visa cards

01 Oct 21 @ 08:37

Researchers from the University of Birmingham and University of Surrey have warned that they were also able to bypass the limit on contactless payment, allowing transactions of any amount. Large unauthorised... read more

Incredible FinTech companies that were founded by women

01 Oct 21 @ 08:24

Despite having a reputation for being a male-dominated industry, the world of FinTech is full of brilliant female leaders who are taking charge, innovating and making a difference. And we... read more

Visa launch stablecoin and CBDC Universal Payments Channel

30 Sep 21 @ 15:23

Visa has announced the launch of a Universal Payments Channel that will support transactions between stablecoins and CBDCs. It an ambitious idea from Visa at this time as it hopes... read more

Report: Customer experience more important than product for the Future of Banking

30 Sep 21 @ 08:06

A new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit reveals that four in five bankers (81%) believe that financial institutions will seek to differentiate themselves on customer experience rather than on... read more

BitPay and Verifone partner to enable cryptocurrency acceptance at POS

30 Sep 21 @ 07:41

BitPay and Verifone, have announced the extension of BitPay’s blockchain payment technology to enable consumer cryptocurrency acceptance of payments on Verifone’s in-store and e-commerce platforms in the US. This enables merchants to... read more

Singapore’s MAS takes a lead in foreign faster payment links

29 Sep 21 @ 16:07

Singapore is taking a leading position in the fast growing Faster Payments space, inking two deals with influential neighbours in the space of two weeks. First, the Reserve Bank of... read more

Open Banking payments to overtake card payments for e-commerce?

29 Sep 21 @ 12:01

One of the key motivations behind Open Banking has been to enable the growth of alternative payment methods to cards. A new report demonstrates that the policy drivers, the industry... read more

Featurespace technology safeguards the processing of 50 billion events globally

29 Sep 21 @ 09:07

Featurespace is experiencing record international growth as the business continues to provide real time fraud prevention in the era of increased online banking and digital payments. So far this year,... read more

More than £3.5 billion held in online refunds over the past year

28 Sep 21 @ 15:44

In the past year, more than £3.5 billion of UK consumer’s money has been held hostage in online refunds, according to new research. The data, compiled by Trustly  — which... read more

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Visa launches Intelligence Commerce Connect tool

14 Apr 26 @ 20:03

Visa is stepping up its push into agentic commerce with the launch of Intelligent Commerce Connect, a new tool intended to help businesses plug into AI-driven s... more

Revolut eyes an IPO, but the valuation story is the real headline

21 Apr 26 @ 14:35

Revolut is beginning to sound more like a future public market heavyweight than a fast-growing European fintech. Chief executive Nik Storonsky has said the com... more

American Express launches agentic commerce developer kit

16 Apr 26 @ 11:46

American Express is positioning itself early for what could become one of the next major shifts in digital payments: AI agents that do more than recommend produ... more