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Unlocking Open Banking: Customer loyalty through payment initiation services

17 Jun 20 @ 09:00

There’s been a lot of hype about Open Banking since the advent of the EU’s second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) in 2018. The aim is to promote the development of... read more

The value case for a tokenized central bank digital dollar

16 Jun 20 @ 16:23

Last week the US House Committee on Financial Services held a virtual hearing about the Digital Dollar or central bank digital currency (CBDC). The event promised to be interesting as two... read more

Apple Pay faces antitrust investigation from European Commission

16 Jun 20 @ 12:23

The EC is launching an investigation into Apple Pay and whether it undermines competition by limiting access to NFC for contactless payment in stores. Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s competition chief,... read more

Mobile first mentality drives Direct Carrier Billing growth globally

16 Jun 20 @ 11:57

The Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) industry will boom over the next three years, reaching an estimated $28 billion in global revenue by 2023, new research has found. Carried out by... read more

BitPay launches BitPay Card in for Blockchain community

15 Jun 20 @ 11:20

BitPay has launched the BitPay Card, the first Mastercard Prepaid card for crypto users in the US. The Card enables customers to instantly convert cryptocurrency into fiat currency, which is... read more

Facebook launch WhatsApp payments in Brazil

15 Jun 20 @ 11:19

WhatsApp have announced that they are bringing digital payments to WhatsApp users in Brazil. People will be able to send money securely or make a purchase from a local business without... read more

New data on account takeover is concerning – industry needs to take action

15 Jun 20 @ 06:00

The latest data to emerge on rising ATO (Account Take Over) fraud in the US should be of real concern to anyone engaged in online commerce. In its 2020 E-Commerce... read more

Report: Global Mobile Payments Outlook

11 Jun 20 @ 15:37

As innovations around the world erode barriers to digital commerce, consumer habits around mobile payments are changing across countries. Over the past decade, there has been a wave of innovations... read more

SMEs are the lifeblood of our economies – they deserve better invoicing terms

11 Jun 20 @ 14:56

It’s an astonishing fact of business life that major global corporations attract all the attention from the press and analysts – and yet, in any region of the world, such... read more

Life in 2022: How the global COVID-19 pandemic changed payments

11 Jun 20 @ 11:19

It’s January 2022. Countries around the world are teeming with life again. Roads and trains are packed with employees commuting to work. High street retailers are seeing foot traffic, and... read more

CaixaBank deploys facial recognition ATMs throughout Spain

09 Jun 20 @ 13:15

CaixaBank has begun a nationwide deployment of facial recognition ATMs. The deployment is the first launched by a financial institution on a global level that allows users to withdraw money... read more

Report: The state of European checkouts in 2020

05 Jun 20 @ 10:40

A new report, The state of European checkouts in 2020, offers a detailed review of the top 450 e-commerce websites in the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, and... read more

JCB enables cross-border QR code payment

05 Jun 20 @ 09:57

As consumers seek greater speed and convenience in their payment transactions, merchants are increasingly adopting QR code payments and other digital payment types. Digital wallets now account for 58% of... read more

Research finds criminals hit $1.4 billion jackpot from cryptocurrency crimes

04 Jun 20 @ 16:06

CipherTrace has released its Spring 2020 Cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering and Crime Report with key data on cryptocurrency crimes and trends that will have regulatory repercussions for VASPs and other financial institutions. In the... read more

The Retail Report 2020: A new digital age dawning on the retail sector

04 Jun 20 @ 15:50

A new retail report has conducted two international surveys focusing on the deployment of digital technologies and payment methods in retail sector, as well as consumers’ willingness to use them.... read more

Keeping data in the vault: insider breach risk in financial services

03 Jun 20 @ 11:57

Financial services organisations are trusted with far more than just money; they are also responsible for keeping customers’ highly sensitive personal and financial data under lock and key. They are... read more

Western Union seeks deal to acquire MoneyGram

02 Jun 20 @ 15:51

Western Union is reported to have made an offer to acquire MoneyGram in a transaction that would bring together the two largest money-transfer service providers in the US. Western Union... read more

Global consumer trends – Focus on payments

02 Jun 20 @ 13:00

A new global consumer trends report, Global Consumer Trends – The New Normal, has been released which documents how consumer preferences across a range of activities has changed. From Work,... 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