19 Dec 18 @ 07:57

Banking is not just about money. According to Lorenz Jüngling from The Isle Ventures, it is also about users and, most importantly, their emotions.  And, as Danske Bank’s Guri Hanstvedt... read more

18 Dec 18 @ 11:53

In 2017, as the ATM industry celebrated its 50th year, the number of ATMs installed worldwide peaked at 3.28 million with a fall in installations predicted over the next few... read more

18 Dec 18 @ 09:18

Tech-savvy millennials have driven – and continue to drive — a seismic shift towards an uptake in digital banking. According to the latest data available, there are 71 million millennials... read more

17 Dec 18 @ 12:17

With the now well documented upside that is available to hackers, it should come as no surprise that every week a new company has to notify its customers of a... read more

17 Dec 18 @ 12:03

In response to open banking development in the European market and an increasing interest from countries outside EU, Tieto has launched an API Hub – a global test environment for... read more

12 Dec 18 @ 08:39

Shopping activity among Asia-Pacific (APAC) visitors to Europe weakened in Q3 2018 as currency pressures across the region diminished the spending power of APAC tourists – usually some of the... read more

12 Dec 18 @ 08:23

First Data and Hong Kong-based China CITIC Bank International (CNCBI), have announced a partnership with the launch of a comprehensive range of merchant acquiring solutions including POS terminals, e-commerce solutions... read more

11 Dec 18 @ 14:59

Pay.UK’s Faster Payments team has announced the official launch of the anti-money laundering Mule Insights Tactical Solution (MITS) following a successful pilot by participants of the UK’s real-time payment service.... read more

11 Dec 18 @ 14:13

As online shopping continues to grow, especially through mobile commerce, the UK now has the lowest proportion of high street spending in Europe. According to new research by Mastercard, just... read more

11 Dec 18 @ 10:37

Apple doesn’t release official figures. But earlier this year, CEO Tim Cook told professional Apple watchers that the total number of ApplePay transactions had passed the 1 billon mark in... read more

10 Dec 18 @ 12:17

Amazon is continuing to push tests of its cashierless checkout technology for bigger stores with larger spaces and experimenting with the technology in Seattle. The technology functions well in a... read more

10 Dec 18 @ 10:55

The UK’s antitrust watchdog has referred PayPal’s takeover of Swedish startup iZettle for an in-depth probe over fears it will force up prices for customers and lead to a worse... read more

07 Dec 18 @ 15:31

The UK is now the third largest market in Europe for financial app downloads (with a 19% growth since 2017) yet users currently show significant ‘app-athy’ for technology that can... read more

07 Dec 18 @ 11:57

A decade after the Great Recession a lot has changed in financial services. But much has also stayed the same. Not including regulator-enforced bank rescues, league tables of the largest... read more

07 Dec 18 @ 09:13

Millennium bcp has become the first European bank to issue UnionPay cards in Europe. Chinese President Xi Jinping joined Portugal’s Prime Minster Antonio Costa to witness the signing of an... read more

05 Dec 18 @ 15:33

Travelex has released a study into attitudes towards cash and other payment technologies: Do we really want a cashless society? The study, which looks at cash and cashless technology usage in... read more

05 Dec 18 @ 15:16

PPRO Group has partnered with Mastercard to integrate the Mastercard Pay by Bank app solution into the PPRO alternative payments platform for UK merchants. With mobile commerce having become the most... read more

04 Dec 18 @ 16:46

Visa and Mastercard have offered to cut merchant interchange fees for non-EU credit and debit cards by at least 40% to end an EU antitrust investigation, part of a decades-long... read more