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The World Bank predicts global remittances will fall by 20% this year

06 May 20 @ 11:18

Remittances have played an increasingly important role in the economies of many low-income countries as migrants around the world have been sending an increasing amount of money home in recent... read more

Visa and Mastercard hit quarterly revenue estimates despite COVID-19

04 May 20 @ 15:18

Despite tough trade winds, both Visa and Mastercard have been able to post good quarterly results. Shares of Mastercard rose after it posted Q1 earnings that exceeded expectations. Adjusted earnings... read more

Instant Payment Card: Initiating a SEPA Credit Transfer at the POS

04 May 20 @ 14:51

Smart Payment Association (SPA), the global trade body of the smart payments industry, has published proposals for an Instant Payment Card that would extend SEPA instant Credit Transfer functionality to... read more

Traditional Bank apps surge but Challenger bank app downloads slump

01 May 20 @ 14:06

New research from Nucoro reveals that between 14th March and 14th April, because of the COVID-19 lockdown, around 12% of the adult population in the UK – some 6 million... read more

Finablr uncovers further $1.3 billion in hidden debt as scandal widens

01 May 20 @ 10:48

Embattled foreign-exchange business owner Finablr, has uncovered about $1 billion of debt hidden from its board that may have been used for purposes outside of the company, compounding a scandal that... read more

EPIF calls for delay to Strong Customer Authentication due to COVID-19

01 May 20 @ 09:47

The European Payment Institutions Federation (EPIF) has called for a delay to the implementation of Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) of at least six months in a letter dated 24 April 2020,... read more

China starts trial of Central Bank Digital Currency

01 May 20 @ 09:33

China will begin trialling payments of its new Central Bank Digital Currency in four major cities, according to domestic media. In recent months, China’s central bank has stepped up its... read more

Report: Artificial Intelligence & machine learning in financial services

30 Apr 20 @ 10:25

There aren’t many technologies that have captured the imagination of futurists in the financial services quite like Artificial Intelligence (AI). While images of autonomous cars, robot servants, and Skynet-like uprisings... read more

2020 vision in COVID-19 – the crisis that changed payments

30 Apr 20 @ 09:17

2020 so far has not been quite what anyone expected. There are no flying cars, no hoverboards, no teleportation – and thankfully we haven’t been forced to survive on fried... read more

FSS and Fair Play bring online payment acquiring to Czech Republic

29 Apr 20 @ 09:38

FSS Technologies has announced a collaboration with Fairplay Pay s.r.o. one of the Czech Republic’s newest payments innovators specialising in SEPA and domestic transactions for its full-stack online acquiring suite.... read more

Report: A global benchmark of App Economy performance

28 Apr 20 @ 14:06

The outbreak of COVID-19 has upended economies throughout the world, including the App Economy. A multitude of government measures aimed at halting the spread of the COVID-19 virus, from social... read more

JCB introduces Tap on Mobile for contactless payments on Android

28 Apr 20 @ 13:29

JCB is leveraging a leading Asian FinTech, Soft Space, to develop its Tap on Mobile programme that capitalises on the wide availability of Android smartphones equipped with NFC (Near-Field Communication).... read more

KPMG reports clean bill of health for Wirecard fraud allegations

28 Apr 20 @ 08:37

Wirecard says that the independent audit by KPMG into fraud allegations uncovered no need to restate earnings, but added that all the data needed to confirm past revenues could not... read more

COVID-19 and e-commerce fraud tracker launched

27 Apr 20 @ 15:54

Sift has announced the release of its COVID-19 and E-Commerce Fraud Tracker, a weekly updating digest of changes in e-commerce and fraud amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As businesses in nearly... read more

Data breaches are making online user identity difficult – We need a better approach

27 Apr 20 @ 06:00

We can no longer rely on personal data alone to confirm user identity online. Databases are now so routinely hacked into, compromised and distributed to criminals over the dark web... read more

Central bank digital currency an urgent necessity to avoid a loss of trust

23 Apr 20 @ 16:16

Central bank digital currency (CBDC) from the likes of the Bank of England should be issued to prevent the ‘privatisation’ of money and trust in the monetary system disappearing, according... read more

COVID-19: 1 in 8 banks will face losses in 2020

23 Apr 20 @ 15:49

Due to COVID-19, over the past few months, nationwide restrictions on travel, work, and leisure across most European countries have led to a dramatic drop in consumer spend. Meanwhile, repayment... read more

YouTube sued by Ripple over cryptocurrency scam videos

22 Apr 20 @ 15:51

Ripple filed a lawsuit on Tuesday that accuses streaming giant YouTube of turning a blind eye to scams that have defrauded consumers. In a complaint filed in San Francisco federal court,... read more

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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

Banks to reinforce cyber defences as AI changes the threat model

22 Apr 26 @ 19:36

Banks are hardening their cyber defences as artificial intelligence begins to alter the economics of digital attacks. For financial institutions, the challenge ... more