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Success in e-commerce: Mind the consumer journey gap

06 Jul 20 @ 09:30

Four in ten UK shoppers (38%) abandon an e-commerce purchase at least once a week, with a fifth (21%) claiming to do so more regularly. That’s according to new research... read more

Research Note: The future of digital commerce and payments in a digital society

03 Jul 20 @ 13:08

To remain competitive and optimise customer satisfaction, application leaders responsible for digital commerce must anticipate the future of consumer payments. Payments have the potential to be entirely cashless, but may... read more

Major Eurozone banks begin implementation of the European Payments Initiative (EPI)

02 Jul 20 @ 14:23

A group of 16 major European banks from five countries (Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain) paved the way for the future launch of the European Payments Initiative (EPI). ... read more

Wirecard offices raided as fraud allegations gain momentum

01 Jul 20 @ 16:21

Wirecard’s offices in Germany and two locations in Austria have been raided by Munich prosecutors looking into the €1.9 billion that went missing from the company’s accounts. 12 prosecutors and... read more

UK consumers confirm shift towards digital identity to be permanent

01 Jul 20 @ 14:03

Since the beginning of lockdown measures in late March, digital services have been the only recourse for consumers needing to prove their identity in order to access services, whether that... read more

European Commission reports on Interchange Fees Regulation success

01 Jul 20 @ 10:55

The European Commission says that the caps on the interchange fees retailers pay to process debit and credit card transactions have helped push down prices. The EC published a report... read more

A whole new world: Digital banking services for the digital era

30 Jun 20 @ 16:10

Widespread improvements in the speed and geographic reach of mobile internet have led to the creation new digital banking services driven by cloud computing and intelligent terminal technology. Industry analysts... read more

EBA sticks to SCA decision – no further deadline extension

30 Jun 20 @ 12:41

Despite some countries, like the UK, adding further extensions to the SCA deadline, the EBA is maintaining its strict ruling that the December 2020 deadline must be met. At present,... read more

EBA CLEARING RT1 reaches critical mass and R2P pilot goes live

30 Jun 20 @ 10:23

EBA CLEARING says that its RT1 platform has made considerable progress in building up pan-European instant payment reach across the French retail payments market: the system extends pan-European reach through... read more

Global Payment Regulation & Authentication Report

25 Jun 20 @ 12:25

Ravelin has released an update to its Global Payment Regulation & Authentication Report, with analysis of billions of transactions during Q1 2020. In the run up to the original PSD2... read more

Wirecard continues death slide in insolvency

25 Jun 20 @ 11:49

The former darling of the German FinTech scene, Wirecard has collapsed into insolvency following revelations of a multiyear accounting fraud. Wirecard announced in a regulatory statement that it faced “impending... read more

Multinational industry alliance launch PayID – universal ID for payments

24 Jun 20 @ 12:10

A group of leading technology, finance and nonprofit companies have joined forces to announce the launch of PayID, a universal payment ID to simplify the process of sending and receiving... read more

Oh meu Deus: Central Bank suspends WhatsApp payment in Brazil

24 Jun 20 @ 11:19

Just days after its much hyped launch, Brazil’s Central Bank has suspended Facebook’s WhatsApp payment feature in the country, the app’s second-biggest market with more than 120 million users. The... read more

Attackers have found new malware to steal e-commerce users payment details

23 Jun 20 @ 16:12

Kaspersky researchers have uncovered a new malware technique for stealing e-commerce users’ payment information from online shopping websites – a type of attack known as web skimming. By registering for... read more

Wirecard ex-CEO hands himself in to prosecutors in Germany

23 Jun 20 @ 09:58

The former head of embattled Wirecard has handed himself into German prosecutors after an arrest warrant was issued on Monday. Markus Braun was arrested on suspicion of false accounting and... read more

Infograph: 5G the key to unlocking the digital age?

23 Jun 20 @ 09:00

Imagine if you were to jump straight from using a typewriter one day, to typing on a laptop the next. The speed and ease at which it would improve your... read more

Vodacom takes M-Pesa brand global with over 200 destinations

22 Jun 20 @ 12:18

VODACOM’s mobile money platform, M-Pesa now enables customers to receive money from over 200 countries across the world directly into their M-Pesa wallet. Speaking in Dar es Salaam during an... read more

UK e-commerce sales up 72% year-on-year as pandemic drives consumers online

19 Jun 20 @ 12:00

E-commerce sales were up 72% year-on-year in the UK in May according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, which tracks overall retail sales across all types of payment, including card, cash and cheque.... read more

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Mastercard and BVNK Launch Platform Linking Fiat and Stablecoin Payments

20 Oct 26 @ 09:06

Mastercard has launched a new platform with BVNK that brings fiat currencies and stablecoins together through a single API, marking the first major integration ... more

Visa Builds Agentic Commerce Infrastructure as Credentials Reach 5.2 Billion

29 Oct 26 @ 19:39

Visa is expanding its payments infrastructure around agentic commerce, stablecoins and tokenisation as its global credential base reaches 5.2 billion and ... more

Starling Builds UK-Sovereign AI Model With Nvidia and Civo

15 Oct 26 @ 19:41

Starling is developing a transactional foundation model with Nvidia that will be trained and hosted entirely within a UK sovereign cloud, as the digital bank lo... more