10 Jan 18 @ 16:08

One third (32%) of Britons would apply for a job as a money mule, helping criminals to launder money. That’s the finding of an experiment carried out by Santander to... read more

10 Jan 18 @ 08:20

It is no longer good enough for merchants to simply have a functioning app. If I were writing this three years ago, then I would have accepted that just getting... read more

09 Jan 18 @ 17:18

Transferwise is moving another step closer to banking territory with the expansion of its “borderless” account and debit card for consumers. The accounts can hold cash in more than 20... read more

09 Jan 18 @ 11:04

Google has finished revamping its mobile payment offerings bringing together Android Pay and Google Wallet in one product and creating a new brand called Google Pay. The new product merges... read more

09 Jan 18 @ 10:19

Visa and Dynamics today unveiled the Dynamics Wallet Card, an Internet of Things (IoT) device that holds multiple payment cards and includes a digital display allowing for greater security, instant... read more

08 Jan 18 @ 16:55

The year 2016 marks the second time that multiple Federal Reserve Banks (FR Banks) have surveyed financial institutions (FIs) about their mobile banking and payment practices and plans. After surveying... read more

08 Jan 18 @ 10:14

Bitcoin, despite its stratospheric price, is losing its allure with some of its earliest and most avid fans, the criminals, giving rise to a new breed of cryptocurrencies. Privacy coins... read more

08 Jan 18 @ 09:48

Western Union is to pay $60 million AML fine to resolve allegations that it failed for more than a decade to maintain a program to deter and report transactions involving... read more

05 Jan 18 @ 12:33

Simple and secure ways to complete transactions directly through a mobile device have become increasingly popular over the last three years globally. Mobile users can now do this through a... read more

05 Jan 18 @ 10:52

Security experts are warning companies that the only way to fully protect themselves against hackers taking advantage of a newly revealed, pervasive flaw in chip design dubbed the Meltdown and Spectre... read more

04 Jan 18 @ 16:41

London and the EU are bracing themselves for MiFID II, the new dawning of one of the biggest regulatory shake-ups of since the 1980s ‘Big Bang’ as a new framework... read more

04 Jan 18 @ 16:31

To be a successful business in Europe in 2018, you will need to be able to demonstrate GDPR compliance. Numerous articles have already detailed what GDPR is, the ramifications of... read more

04 Jan 18 @ 14:42

New data from Alipay show 82% of the transactions on its platform in 2017 were made via mobile payments, mostly through smart phones. This ratio is said to be an... read more

03 Jan 18 @ 16:37

The adoption of the revised payment services directive (PSD2) in Europe is changing the relationship between banks and FinTechs, specifically around open access to customer account data and the payments... read more

03 Jan 18 @ 16:26

Authentication tipping point – will PSD2 change we way we pay? Talking about 2018 is hardly possible without mentioning PSD2. So here it is, on top of my list. On... read more

03 Jan 18 @ 13:02

Ant Financial, the digital payments arm of Alibaba, has been forced to abandon a merger with MoneyGram, having failed to satisfy the US government that the deal posed no risk... read more

02 Jan 18 @ 13:51

Codes and ciphers have been around since the time of the Greeks. As cryptography underpins much of the security behind financial systems, we examine its evolving uses, plus the possible... read more

02 Jan 18 @ 13:35

NCR recently surveyed over 1,000 UK adults, aged 16 and above, to gather their thoughts on the future of banking. Some of the findings are pivotal in understanding how banking... read more