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Adamantlane AG announces it has onboarded its first billion dollar partner

01 Nov 21 @ 09:37

Swiss based Adamantlane AG has announced that it has onboarded its first billion-dollar partner onto its Liquidity Hub platform since its launch in 2019. Adamantlane started in 2019 with the... read more

US moves in as Bitcoin king after China ban on crypto

20 Oct 21 @ 16:51

Two months after Beijing banned crypto mining this year, new data has revealed that the US has overtaken China as the world’s biggest source of bitcoin mining. China’s share of... read more

Average cash withdrawals in the UK on the rise

20 Oct 21 @ 16:29

According to newly published research, UK consumers are taking out more cash when they visit ATMs, with the average amount climbing more than £10 to just under £80 in the... read more

HSBC is working with Oracle to launch Banking as a Service

20 Oct 21 @ 16:23

HSBC is to launch a Banking as a Service (BaaS) offering that will enable customers to create and provide business banking services through their own platforms. HSBC and Oracle NetSuite... read more

Payment card spending update for July 2021 and a comparison on 2020

19 Oct 21 @ 15:30

Payment card spending covers the monthly value and volume of transactions across debit and credit cards, both in the UK, and of UK-issued cards across the world. This data also... read more

Hacker advice: Stop trying to keep me out – focus on the data

19 Oct 21 @ 12:39

For more than 20 years, businesses around the world have been hiring hackers. They want us to find exploitable loopholes in their “armour” and break in as far as we... read more

KYC and what it means for FinTechs in Ireland

19 Oct 21 @ 11:28

According to The FinTech Times, the number of FinTechs incorporated in Ireland grew by 30% over the last two years, fuelled by Brexit and Ireland’s growing reputation as a financial... read more

bp and Mercedes-Benz trial In-Truck Pay fuel payments in UK

19 Oct 21 @ 11:00

bp and Mercedes-Benz Trucks UK have successfully tested In-Truck Pay, the first digital in-truck fuel payment system in the UK. The  new app-based system, bp In-Truck Pay, which was first... read more

Is there a problem in the e-money institution market?

18 Oct 21 @ 12:04

There are now some 479 e-money institutions (EMIs) across the European Union and a further 235 in the UK. EMIs store cash for their customers in a digital format for... read more

Canadian consumer payments make full recovery in 2021

18 Oct 21 @ 12:00

The number of consumer payments in Canada is expected to increase by 770 million transactions in 2021 after falling by 1.68 billion in 2020, according to the recently released Canadian... read more

SumUp splashes $317 million in cash to take on US market

18 Oct 21 @ 11:46

SumUp has acquired Fivestars, a marketing start-up, in a bid to expand its reach across the US and take on rivals like PayPal and Square. The company says it is buying Fivestars for... read more

CBDCs and Big Tech present opportunity for banks to embrace crypto

15 Oct 21 @ 08:51

Cypherium and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) have released a joint white paper finding that banks should potentially embrace crypto payments amid the emergence of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and... read more

Infographic: NFC and the Internet of Things are better together

15 Oct 21 @ 08:15

Near Field Communication (NFC) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are better when they work together. Indeed, the strongest case for NFC is the way it will complement the ever-growing... read more

Payments Cards & Mobile Jobs of the Week

15 Oct 21 @ 08:00

Are you on the hunt for a new gig? Well, you have come to the right place. This week, we’re bringing you three brilliant (and interesting) jobs that are available... read more

Merchant acquiring: The $100 billion opportunity in small business

14 Oct 21 @ 10:34

Over the past decade, core payments processing has become commoditised, squeezing the margins of merchant acquirers. Their future growth is likely to come from providing merchants with value-added services and... read more

Digital Pound Foundation launches to support development of CBDC and digital money ecosystem

14 Oct 21 @ 08:30

The Digital Pound Foundation has been launched by a core group of founding members as an independent forum to support the implementation of a well-designed digital Pound and digital money... read more

TietoEVRY announces new strategy

14 Oct 21 @ 08:00

TietoEVRY has announced its new strategy to drive customer value and growth through specialisation. The technology industry is being reshaped with cloud as the foundation, providing expansion opportunities for the... read more

PCM Feature: Is there too much investment in payments?

13 Oct 21 @ 17:02

For more than a decade, the shift to e-commerce and mobile has brought huge amounts of investment into payments. As further fresh investment rounds are announced, PCM asks whether a... 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