17 May 21 @ 16:14

Horst Forster is a European payments expert with decades of experience in payments consulting and financial technology research. He runs PCM’s Digital and Card Payments Yearbooks, as well as working on... read more

17 May 21 @ 16:04

Amid rising hype about mobile wallets, P2P FinTech challengers and QR-code payments, this year’s Digital and Card Payments Yearbooks show a card segment in robust health, with business growing strongly.... read more

17 May 21 @ 09:58

As the pandemic drove consumers online en masse to make purchases, consumer anxiety around fraud saw a considerable spike. For the 2021 Fraud Report, Marqeta surveyed 2,000 consumers across the... read more

14 May 21 @ 10:34

Facebooks cryptocurrency Diem has been forced to abandon plans to gain a license in Switzerland via its financial regulator FINMA and is instead going to set up operations in the... read more

14 May 21 @ 09:57

What a difference a year makes. Just 18 months ago, leading global bankers were describing cryptocurrencies as “a worse [bubble] than tulip bulbs” – and now Goldman Sachs has launched... read more

14 May 21 @ 08:15

There’s a real sense of positivity in the air this week, isn’t there? Probably to do with the slow (but steady) reopening of the country. Plus, the weather has been... read more

12 May 21 @ 12:07

Money laundering is about much more than white-collar crime. It is a process which fuels the activities of criminal gangs that are extremely harmful to European society as a whole.... read more

12 May 21 @ 11:41

In another startling case of financial malpractice unearthed in a Dutch-registered bank headquartered in the Netherlands owned by a Turkish financial holding company, a whistle blower as advised by his... read more

12 May 21 @ 11:08

Unless you have been living under a rock, we are going to go ahead and presume that you are aware of the global phenomenon that is the online casino. Since... read more

11 May 21 @ 15:44

Analysis from Kearney has found that the performance of retail banks is likely to return to pre-COVID levels within three to five years, although profitability will remain under pressure in... read more

11 May 21 @ 15:17

The emergence of central bank digital currencies (CBDC) is gathering speed, with more than half of the world’s central banks actively considering their introduction. The reasons are varied: to compensate... read more

11 May 21 @ 14:46

Banking Circle has joined the P27 Nordic payment initiative as a front-runner bank in creating bulk-clearing for the Danish Krone. P27 has been acknowledged as a vital initiative to address... read more

10 May 21 @ 16:16

Citi Bank is reportedly considering taking its first steps into cryptocurrency markets after a surge in interest from clients. The group is the latest major bank to consider pushing into... read more

10 May 21 @ 13:57

More than eight in ten consumers (86%) say that their payments habits have changed since the start of the pandemic, with 59% trying a new payment method for the first... read more

10 May 21 @ 09:00

BPC is proud to announce that the Vista Bank Group (Vista) has selected its paytech provider Radar Payments to drive its global payment processing activities. Vista is a Pan-African financial... read more

09 May 21 @ 18:00

If you’re looking for a change, then you’ve come to the right place. Getting a new job can be daunting, overwhelming but mostly, it’s exciting! And it’s the type of... read more

07 May 21 @ 16:11

Both consumers and Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are unhappy with the service they receive from banks at a time when digitisation and automation are meant to be ushering in... read more

07 May 21 @ 15:54

Retailers say the coming enforcement of the sweeping online payments regulation – SCA – is the least of their post-pandemic worries, a stance that exposes a stark disconnect with the... read more