14 Nov 18 @ 16:29
A new report has found that the vehicle-based payments IoT market will grow at an average of 75% per annum over the next 5 years; reaching $410 billion by 2023.... read more
14 Nov 18 @ 16:15
UK consumers are on an endless mission for convenience as mobile continues its ascent to dominance as the most popular shopping channel. Growing at a rate of 16% annually in... read more
12 Nov 18 @ 12:42
In 2015, the US financial industry began a massive migration to the EMV standard in response to overwhelming levels of payment card fraud. The inherent security of EMV technology in... read more
12 Nov 18 @ 12:27
Ingenico has appointed a new chief executive as it aims to arrest a slide in its share price. The company announced that long-serving boss Philippe Lazare would step down as... read more
12 Nov 18 @ 12:10
American Express has won regulatory approval to become the first US credit card company to enter the Chinese payments market and start building its own payments network. The company said... read more
09 Nov 18 @ 16:50
Digital challenger N26, the mobile bank from Berlin and founded in 2013, has been growing rapidly, entering into additional European markets. As of this week, the mobile bank is also available... read more
09 Nov 18 @ 16:39
Deutsche Bank this week made two telling announcements as it signalled it is moving into a highr gear to keep pace with the digitisation of payments and platforms around it.... read more
09 Nov 18 @ 16:19
Its been a busy week in the world of global money transfer. Both of the biggest household names have had big news, but for one its was a big win... read more
08 Nov 18 @ 16:42
By 2030, 80% of heritage financial services firms will go out of business, become commoditised or exist only formally but not competing effectively, according to Gartner. These firms will struggle... read more
08 Nov 18 @ 13:05
Banks are offering more features and upgrades for their mobile banking apps, and thanks to their convenience more users are adopting mobile banking services around the world. But as new financial technology... read more
06 Nov 18 @ 22:39
Despite the hype, new research has revealed that mobile payments are almost as unpopular as cheques. In fact, the payment card is still the number one payment method when it... read more
06 Nov 18 @ 22:21
HSBC has been forced to accept that hackers have made off with personal details of thousands of its online-banking customers. The bank suffered a serious data breach in it’s US... read more
06 Nov 18 @ 14:23
The payments landscape has advanced by leaps and bounds over the past decade. Once seen as a mere extension of the IT department, forward-thinking payments leaders have realised that a... read more
05 Nov 18 @ 13:10
Bitcoin is Ten! Ten years ago, as Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy and the global economy nosedived into recession, the idea for an alternative digital currency was being built online. On... read more
05 Nov 18 @ 12:48
Having recently complied with new rules laid out by the Indian government surrounding personal and transaction data – a directive that sparked aggressive lobbying effort from US companies who said... read more
01 Nov 18 @ 12:03
An unprecedented combination of drivers for change are at work in today’s financial services industry. Some of these factors, particularly digitisation, are influencing the majority of industries – driving increasing... read more
01 Nov 18 @ 11:42
The UK’s Royal Mint has been forced to end plans to launch its digital gold token after a partnership with US exchange group CME failed and the government vetoed a... read more
31 Oct 18 @ 18:48
2019 will bring a significant milestone for Open Banking. On 14th September, we will see the introduction of new regulations which govern how banks permit access to customer data to... read more
23 Sep 26 @ 14:34
The European Central Bank has taken a significant step towards integrating distributed ledger technology with Europe’s core financial infrastructure, launchin... more
24 Sep 26 @ 16:29
Russia’s attempts to circumvent Western financial sanctions have developed into a sophisticated parallel payments architecture combining traditional banking, ... more
27 Sep 26 @ 18:53
Six major banks have joined forces to establish principles for trusted agentic commerce, warning that the rapid adoption of AI shopping agents could outpace exi... more