28 Aug 20 @ 12:39

Central bank digital currencies (CBDC) are receiving more attention than ever before. Yet the motivations for issuance vary across countries, as do the policy approaches and technical designs. A new... read more

28 Aug 20 @ 09:55

This week signified a major breakthrough for stablecoin payments. Much derided for the lack of speed and power needed to perform consumer payments, this week Coinify, Sygnum Bank and Galaxus... read more

26 Aug 20 @ 15:48

Ant Group is gearing up for an initial public offering (IPO) that could give it a valuation as big as Bank of America – with Alipay driving the price into... read more

26 Aug 20 @ 12:26

If you mentioned that Amazon was trying to take a foothold in the financial services and payments market, not many would be surprised. But what if you explained how deep... read more

26 Aug 20 @ 11:49

JP Morgan Chase has been reported to be preparing to launch a digital bank in the UK in Q1 2020. The rumours suggest that JP has signed up suppliers to... read more

25 Aug 20 @ 14:48

TrueLayer says it has recorded a massive increase in consumers using Open Banking Payment Initiation (PI) to pay for goods and services during the lockdown. PI is a new form... read more

25 Aug 20 @ 13:22

The blockchain industry is excited, very excited about a new (relatively) buzz word – decentralised finance  or DeFi as it is rapidly becoming know as. The industry is on the... read more

25 Aug 20 @ 11:36

New research released by Finbold reveals which countries in Europe violate GDPR guidelines the most, as well as the total combined GDPR fines of EU countries to date. Its been... read more

24 Aug 20 @ 14:32

Payments cards & Mobile speaks to Li Yan, Founder and CEO of Wiseasy, to get his views on the future of mobile wallets and digital banking. Mobile wallets are on... read more

24 Aug 20 @ 11:47

While many mature ATM markets are seeing a slowdown, developing markets are set to witness rapid expansion over the next five years, with ATMs supporting cash-reliant newly banked populations. As... read more

24 Aug 20 @ 09:00

The break-up of Wirecard has begun as it agreed to sell what is left of the UK business to Railsbank, a UK FinTech backed by Visa. The UK deal, which... read more

20 Aug 20 @ 13:25

The Competition Commission of India (CCI, the countries most powerful antitrust watchdog rejected the case against WhatsApp Pay, saying the company has not abused its dominant messaging app to expand... read more

20 Aug 20 @ 13:03

The contactless payment market size exceeded $40 billion in 2019 and is estimated to grow at 15% CAGR from 2020 to 2026. The global industry shipments are projected to reach... read more

20 Aug 20 @ 09:29

MoneyGram has announced a new partnership with Airtel enabling Airtel Money’s 19 million customers to quickly and conveniently receive MoneyGram transfers directly into their mobile wallet from family and friends... read more

18 Aug 20 @ 13:38

American Express says it has entered into an agreement to acquire substantially all of Kabbage, a financial technology company providing cash flow management solutions to small businesses in the US.... read more

18 Aug 20 @ 13:02

Finablr, the embattled foreign-exchange business, which uncovered about £1 billion of debt hidden from its board that may have been used for purposes outside of the company and compounding a... read more

18 Aug 20 @ 10:59

The European Commission announced it will approve, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition of Nets’ account-to-account payment business by Mastercard. The decision is conditional on the transfer of... read more

17 Aug 20 @ 10:37

Facebook has revealed that it has set up a new business unit to address payments and commerce opportunities. David Marcus, a former PayPal President and co-creator of the Libra cryptocurrency... read more