07 Apr 20 @ 16:09
The Emerging Payments Association (EPA), which encourages collaboration and innovation within new and existing finance companies, has announces the outcomes of its first COVID-19 consultation. The detailed assessment, ‘Weathering the... read more
07 Apr 20 @ 12:34
In 2018, the GSMA launched the Mobile Money Regulatory Index, a tool that provides a quantitative assessment of the extent to which regulation has been effective in establishing enabling regulatory... read more
07 Apr 20 @ 12:06
Marriott International has sadly had to admit that it has suffered a second data breach following the earlier admission in 2018. According to an incident notification published on their website, the company spotted... read more
06 Apr 20 @ 16:21
The Latin American e-commerce market in the countries selected for detailed study is worth $50 billion and is growing at a rate of 23% a year. Today, 34% of online... read more
06 Apr 20 @ 12:27
COVID-19 is forcing millions of employees to work from home. This means countless organisations are faced with a unique challenge: how to keep as many business-critical functions running as possible... read more
06 Apr 20 @ 10:15
As an insight to how far digitisation has come, Curve announced that it will no issue a new credit card without numbers printed into its design. The banking platform, which... read more
02 Apr 20 @ 16:08
As the catastrophic human costs of the coronavirus come into clearer focus, so too do the consequences for people’s well-being beyond the immediate imperative to safeguard lives. Taking care of... read more
02 Apr 20 @ 15:48
The Banque de France, France’s central bank, has begun testing its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in the form of a digital Euro, according to an official announcement. The topic... read more
02 Apr 20 @ 15:42
Finch Capital a FinTech VC, has published a report in which it notes the challenges and opportunities that the sector will face both during, and after, the crisis. Covid-19 is reframing... read more
01 Apr 20 @ 12:27
In order to contribute to the understanding of the transformation of consumer behaviours in context of the Coronavirus’ (COVID-19) crisis, and its impact on the economy and society in general,... read more
31 Mar 20 @ 13:22
Qatar Central Bank (QCB) has launched the “Qatar Mobile Payment System” (QMP), which provides a new and safe method for immediate electronic payment, after completing the infrastructure and all the... read more
31 Mar 20 @ 12:50
A growing number of banks and processors are choosing to adopt a cloud architecture for their payment solution. This is especially relevant for greenfield projects where a company launches a... read more
30 Mar 20 @ 13:18
A new study has found that merchant losses to e-commerce payment fraud will exceed $25 billion in 2024, from just of $17 billion in 2020, despite the ongoing implementation of... read more
30 Mar 20 @ 12:02
In early February we reported that Visa was planning a complete overhaul of its interchange fee structure that merchants pay to accept its cards, hoping to persuade more people to... read more
30 Mar 20 @ 10:25
The adoption of the revised Payment Services Directive, PSD2, in January 2018 first set the stage for Open Banking in Europe. Since that time, Europe has had a unique legal... read more
30 Mar 20 @ 09:26
SDK.finance, a financial technology provider, has announced a one year payment deferral for all companies with financial licenses issued by any country of the European Union and the United Kingdom.... read more
27 Mar 20 @ 13:59
2019 marked a major milestone for the mobile money industry: the number of registered mobile money accounts surpassed 1 billion. Reaching the 1 billion mark is a tremendous achievement for... read more
25 Mar 20 @ 13:25
Fresh reports from LINK, the operator of the UK’s biggest network of ATMs, say cash usage in Britain has halved in the past few days. The closure of shops, a shift... read more
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
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
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