24 Jun 19 @ 12:06

Common wisdom holds that small to medium-sized bricks & mortar merchants are reeling from the onslaught of e-commerce. It’s easy to lose sight of the fact that wildly popular electronic... read more

21 Jun 19 @ 10:08

The $1 trillion that traditional retail and commercial banks have invested globally over the past three years to transform their IT operations has not yet delivered the anticipated revenue growth,... read more

21 Jun 19 @ 09:47

The Bank of England has gone on record saying it will allow FinTech companies to store funds overnight in interest-bearing accounts at the central bank, allowing them to bank at... read more

19 Jun 19 @ 17:04

Their has been immediate regulatory scrutiny on Facebook’s plans to launch Libra Coin a new global digital currency as the announcement drew an immediate response from regulators from the Group... read more

19 Jun 19 @ 16:25

Cifas, the UK’s fraud prevention service, has released an alarming picture of fraud in the UK with the release of  Fraudscape, the annual publication of its data that identifies and... read more

19 Jun 19 @ 09:27

OpenWay has successfully tested its digital payment platform WAY4 in Oracle Cloud. Financial institutions can now use this solution to drive payment innovations of any scale and  optimise their operating... read more

18 Jun 19 @ 11:28

Facebook has officially revealed plans for its much anticipated global cryptocurrency LibraCoin, with the backing of a number of major companies ranging from Visa and Mastercard to Lyft and Spotify.... read more

18 Jun 19 @ 11:00

Contactless cards will account for 57% of payment cards worldwide by 2023 as issuers increasingly offer them as standard, and acceptance grows to reflect customer demand. Research from RBR shows that... read more

18 Jun 19 @ 09:31

Monerium has received a license from the Financial Supervisory Authority of Iceland to issue e-money on blockchains through its subsidiary, Monerium EMI. The full license is the world’s first e-money... read more

14 Jun 19 @ 15:49

Forester expect B2C e-commerce market in Southeast Asia (SEA) to rise from its current $19 billion to more than $53 billion in 2023, when it will account for 6.5% of... read more

14 Jun 19 @ 15:33

The Asia Pacific mobile wallet market is set to grow from its current market value of more than $35 billion to over $140 billion by 2024. The increasing penetration of... read more

14 Jun 19 @ 13:49

PPRO has announced the acquisition of Latin American payments provider allpago to create the world’s leading platform for local payments. allpago is a provider of payment and gateway services in... read more

13 Jun 19 @ 15:22

After years of low inflation making the exports of some euro members uncompetitive, inflation in the eurozone finally hit the ECB’s (European Central Bank) 2% target in 2018. Despite some... read more

13 Jun 19 @ 12:48

Visa has launched its Visa B2B Connect network to help financial institutions process cross-border payments globally on behalf of corporate clients faster and at a lower operational cost, it said... read more

13 Jun 19 @ 12:31

The Federal Trade Commission has confirmed that Allied Wallet helped perpetrators to defraud more than $110m from consumers in scams, pyramid schemes and unlawful debt collection operations. An online payment... read more

11 Jun 19 @ 14:24

The future of mobile payments, both in the US and around the world, will likely be determined by the success of the OEM Pay wallets. Data from Juniper Research indicates... read more

11 Jun 19 @ 09:20

New data has found that international digital remittances will reach $525 billion by 2024, up from an estimated $332 in 2019. According to Juniper Research, the mobile channel will become... read more

11 Jun 19 @ 09:04

Alipay will collaborate with six mobile wallets across Europe, to enable QR code-based digital payment interoperability for travellers both in Europe and from China. Alipay is working with European brands... read more