27 Nov 18 @ 16:34

The UK online alternative finance industry market volume grew by 35% year-on-year to reach £6.19 billion in 2017. P2P Business Lending retained the top spot as the largest market segment... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 15:54

Two major banking groups have joined the EU International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications (IATBA) a forum set up with the aim of gaining support for the European Union’s blockchain strategy. Representatives of BBVA and Banco... read more

26 Nov 18 @ 18:31

In 2014, Apple launched their first mobile wallet app, followed by Samsung and Android a year later. By 2022, it’s estimated that the transaction value of mobile payment apps will... read more

26 Nov 18 @ 18:19

Unfortunately, with technology on the rise, there’s more room for cyber crime in 2018. According to the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2018, 43% of businesses were a victim of a cyber security... read more

26 Nov 18 @ 18:01

2018 has seen the once futuristic biometric smartcard go from talk to trial. From the US to France, Lebanon to Japan, momentum is gathering as the benefits of fingerprint sensors... read more

23 Nov 18 @ 16:48

Pitney Bowes has published key findings from the 2018 Global Ecommerce Study. As online retailers and marketplaces prepare for record volumes of e-commerce orders this holiday season, the study found... read more

23 Nov 18 @ 16:29

There are an estimated 690 million people who use mobile money services across the world, over 100 million of whom live in Africa. Now, Orange and MTN Group have launched... read more

23 Nov 18 @ 16:16

Amazon is reported to be  planing to gear up its challenge to Apple Pay in the mobile-payments race with its own mobile wallet Amazon Pay. The e-commerce giant is working to... read more

22 Nov 18 @ 15:14

Regulators are increasingly using technology to improve regulatory oversight and modernise regulation. They are also using their influence to collaborate, convene and commission, so what is on the horizon for... read more

22 Nov 18 @ 12:47

Retail banking is changing at a blistering pace and artificial Intelligence is helping to reshape financial services. Online only challenger banks like Monzo have shot from 50,000 to 750,000 customers... read more

21 Nov 18 @ 17:33

Mobile payments hit the mass market in 2014 with the introduction of Apple Pay and was hailed as the next revolution in payments. Partnerships with major payment providers such as... read more

21 Nov 18 @ 14:31

As Bitcoin plummeted following a $15 billion crash, pressure is building on regulators to increase their oversight of cryptocurrencies, especially after irregularities at one of the world’s largest virtual trading... read more

21 Nov 18 @ 09:33

GlobalPlatform, the standard for secure digital services and devices, has reported a 25% increase in the number of Trusted Execution Environment (TEE)-enabled processors being shipped quarterly, year-on-year. At this rate,... read more

20 Nov 18 @ 10:00

Over the years, there has been a growing realisation in banking towards innovation as the proven path to differentiation and competitiveness. While the transformation has been slow, over the last... read more

20 Nov 18 @ 08:10

The cyber attackers and threats faced by key financial markets across the world have been exposed by a new report published by BAE Systems and SWIFT. The study examines the... read more

19 Nov 18 @ 16:26

FinTech M&A is at record levels. The competition is fierce as incumbents battle to stay ahead of the curve as the financial services sector is undergoes a technology-driven metamorphosis. Highly-publicised... read more

19 Nov 18 @ 13:22

In January 2018, the US Secret Service, as well as major ATM vendors Diebold Nixdorf and NCR, issued urgent warnings about the threat of ATM hacking and attacks. These warnings were notable because of... read more

16 Nov 18 @ 17:29

In January 2018, the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI-SSC) released its standard for software-based PIN entry on commercial off-the-shelf devices – known as PIN on Glass. This new... read more