03 Jun 19 @ 16:45

Signicat has revealed that 38% of all financial services applications in Europe are abandoned despite massive investment in digital transformation by institutions. Although the 38% figure is an improvement on 2018’s... read more

03 Jun 19 @ 16:19

89% of airline, supermarket and subscription economy merchants are primed for Open Banking and have assessed the impact it will have on their business a new piece of research commissioned... read more

03 Jun 19 @ 16:07

FIME has continued to innovate and adapt testing in line with the rapid digital transformation of the global payments industry. The new FIME Test Factory 4.0 platform enables payment players... read more

03 Jun 19 @ 15:54

Tribe Payments launched today and has already achieved a key milestone with UnionPay International. Tribe is among the first issuer processors in Europe to be certified to allow banks to... read more

29 May 19 @ 15:48

Open Banking was launched to spur innovation in the financial services industry and create a better deal for consumers. But new research reveals that European financial institutions still have significant... read more

29 May 19 @ 15:18

Spanish bank BBVA has developed a new platform to enable secure mobile payments in all countries it operates. Using token technology, the bank has developed a platform that connects to Visa... read more

28 May 19 @ 17:14

Kaspersky Lab researchers have uncovered a worrying rise in mobile banking trojans and malware designed to steal credentials and money from users’ bank accounts: in Q1 2019, researchers found 29,841... read more

28 May 19 @ 09:27

Smart Payment Association (SPA), the trade body of the smart payments industry, has published its 2018 annual top smart payment card shipments. Data from SPA members shows the continued year-on-year... read more

28 May 19 @ 09:09

Global Payments has agreed to acquire Total Systems Services (TSYS) for $21.5 billion. The companies announced the deal today. The reports had an immediate effect on the stocks of the... read more

23 May 19 @ 12:08

Digital transformation (DX) is fundamentally impacting the global economy and so is the changing face of data security, and Europe is no exception. Digital transformation facilitates new and transformative ways... read more

23 May 19 @ 10:57

Recent reports have announced that several large global banks are in the process of investing around $50 million to create Fnality, a digital cash system using blockchain technology to settle... read more

23 May 19 @ 09:22

Reviewing the public available data which the Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) publish on their API monitoring tool, 62% of banks have shown a decrease in Open Banking availability to... read more

22 May 19 @ 08:57

New research indicates that the number of ATMs installed worldwide fell by 1% in 2018, to stand at 3.24 million, impacted by branch closures and the rising popularity of mobile... read more

21 May 19 @ 11:09

A ten-year study has found that the profit of European retail banks/divisions is at an all-time high, driven by a positive economic environment and lower risks (risk costs relative to... read more

21 May 19 @ 08:26

Contactless payments are on the rise. Across all markets that have reached a critical mass consumers are starting to understand the value of Tap and Go payments. In the UK... read more

21 May 19 @ 08:25

SWIFT says that a group of banks are to trial instant gpi cross-border payments in Europe using the TARGET Instant Payments Settlement (TIPS) platform. The European Central Bank (ECB) and... read more

21 May 19 @ 08:24

Payvision has celebrated its one-year partnership with ING, one of the largest European banks. During the first year, the ING-Payvision partnership brought forward an exclusive blend of payments and banking... read more

20 May 19 @ 17:04

The EU, US, Japan and China are among 76 members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that launched negotiations to set future rules and obligations in e-commerce in January at... read more