06 Apr 18 @ 13:41

Fiserv has published a white paper outlining how financial institutions can build a successful mobile payments strategy that drives consumer engagement and lays the foundation for future growth. “As mobile payments... read more

06 Apr 18 @ 11:52

Google recently announced a new Google Assistant feature: the ability to make  P2P payments money transfers  to your friends as well as request cash using voice and Google Pay. The feature is... read more

05 Apr 18 @ 11:15

There are a number of challenger banks in the UK looking to shake up the traditional status quo, dominated by the incumbents who have a wide range of accounts and... read more

05 Apr 18 @ 10:48

Blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) have been key disruptors discussed for several years now. But compared with previous years, when many of the discussions were conceptual, at finally there... read more

04 Apr 18 @ 11:51

In an under reported story regarding the ultimate direction of cryptocurrencies, some of the world’s best-known economists have announced plans to create what could be described as a reserve-backed cryptocurrency.... read more

04 Apr 18 @ 11:05

The more blockchain-based initiatives there are being released into the market, the more difficult it can be to understand which of those are the most interesting applications of the technology.... read more

04 Apr 18 @ 10:47

Amid the excitement generated by technologies such as quantum computing, virtual reality, artificial intelligence and distributed ledger (DLT), cloud computing can be often overlooked. Yet at the recent Sibos event,... read more

03 Apr 18 @ 18:05

Walmart like Amazon is moving itself further into traditional financial services provider territory, by expanding its money transfer operation to 200 countries Through the new money transfer operation, people will... read more

03 Apr 18 @ 10:26

The European Commission has announced what the industry sees as a long overdue proposal to make cross-border payments in euro cheaper across the entire EU. Consumers and businesses in the... read more

29 Mar 18 @ 13:54

Singtel has announced it will connect its Singapore mobile payments service with commercial offerings from associates and partners across Asia, in a bid to create a pan-Asian network of mobile... read more

29 Mar 18 @ 10:30

The first thing to be clear about is that PSD2 open banking is not the same as UK Open Banking currently live with the CAM9, although not all of them... read more

29 Mar 18 @ 10:15

UK FinTechs see Open Banking as a major area of opportunity for 2018, according to the EY UK FinTech Open Banking Snapshot, launched at HMT FinTech conference. The majority (81%)... read more

28 Mar 18 @ 10:46

The latest cards research, Global Payment Cards Data and Forecasts to 2022, reveals that the number of card-accepting merchant outlets rose by an impressive 7 million in 2016 to 61... read more

28 Mar 18 @ 10:14

Poor password management – including the continued reliance on default, stolen, weak and non-unique passwords – is a key factor in more than 80% of hack-driven breaches, according to Verizon’s... read more

27 Mar 18 @ 10:54

Spanish police have arrested a Ukrainian national they suspect is the head of the infamous Carbanak cyber crime gang that stole more than €1bn from 100 financial institutions, often by... read more

27 Mar 18 @ 10:46

Instagram has introduced a direct-to-consumer e-commerce brand with the launch of Instagram Shopping in the UK, an update on the social media platform allows consumers to seamlessly purchase products directly... read more

26 Mar 18 @ 13:44

Payconiq, a mobile payments app supported by the majority of Belgian and Dutch banks, is to merge with Bancontact, the Belgian market leader in electronic payments. Created from a merger... read more

26 Mar 18 @ 12:37

On April 15, 2018, Visa’s new rules on chargebacks, called Visa Claims Resolution or VCR will come into effect. This new program has already gone live in Hong Kong and... read more