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Bitcoin thieves are back – CryptoShuffler Trojan hunt for users’ cryptosavings

31 Oct 17 @ 14:50

Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered a new malware, CryptoShuffler Trojan, which steals cryptocurrencies from a user’s wallet by replacing their address with its own in the device’s clipboard. Criminals are targeting... read more

The World’s most cashless countries – Infographic

31 Oct 17 @ 10:15

A new study has found the countries among the 20 largest economies who are adapting quickest to using cashless systems like phones and contactless cards – revealing that Canada narrowly... read more

Fraud Report 2017

31 Oct 17 @ 09:50

The global e-commerce market continues to grow rapidly, and is predicted to be worth $2.4 trillion by 2019. As a result, the market continues to attract not merely ever-greater levels... read more

Mastercard opens up API access to blockchain platform

30 Oct 17 @ 12:15

Mastercard says that it will open up access to its in house blockchain technology platform via an application programming interface (API) which will be made available to developers at banks... read more

Annual report reveals cross-border e-commerce trends in 2017

30 Oct 17 @ 11:28

The fifth annual cross-border e-commerce research report has been published in collaboration with Juniper Research and reveals cross-border e-commerce trends in 2017. The paper includes the results of a global survey of... read more

Data breaches in Financial Services on the rise globally

30 Oct 17 @ 09:55

Almost half (49%) of global financial services organisations have experienced a data breach in the past, according to the 2017 Data Threat Report. The report also reveals 21% have been... read more

Pay with Google launched as integrated e-commerce tool

24 Oct 17 @ 11:27

Google has launched Pay with Google, making it easier for people to pay on their Android devices, using any card they have on file with the firm’s various services, such as... read more

Strategies for securing retail payment data

23 Oct 17 @ 11:16

Verizon recently released its annual Payment Security Report. And for retailers, the report highlighted significant areas for improvement in encrypting data, securing transmitted retail payment data, and authentication. This should serve as... read more

Indonesia takes steps towards a digital Fiat Currency

23 Oct 17 @ 11:05

eCurrency Mint Limited says that it has partnered with PayPro Indonesia to provide eCurrency’s digital fiat currency (DFC) solution in Indonesia. Through eCurrency’s solution, PayPro’s e-money product delivers a cryptographically protected, secure instrument... read more

A fresh look at Asia’s payment landscape

20 Oct 17 @ 09:33

Digital payments are growing rapidly in Asia, fuelled by increasing smartphone ownership and improving access to the internet. An increasing array of solutions such as digital wallets, mobile payment apps... read more

E-commerce authentication gets a major makeover

19 Oct 17 @ 18:24

We live in digital times. Customers are increasingly shopping online and on mobile devices. In fact, the number of Europeans regularly using a mobile device — smartphone, tablet or wearable... read more

Spanish consortium launches blockchain based Alastria

19 Oct 17 @ 18:00

A consortium of Spanish banking, energy and teleco heavyweights have established blockchain based national network dubbed Alastria. The non-profit “world’s first regulated national network based on blockchain”, will develop distributed... read more

The cashless society – what happens when the power goes out?

19 Oct 17 @ 09:10

Bloomberg recently reported that the Fed was forced to fly a planeload of cash to Puerto Rico to help avert disaster, when Hurricane Maria knocked out power on the island, the residents realized they... read more

PSD2 and Europe’s Open Banking Mandate – a PCM report

18 Oct 17 @ 13:00

In a new report, PSD2 and Europe’s Open Banking Mandate, we aim to analyse the implications of the revised Payment Services Directive, PSD2, for the European banking industry and Open Banking... read more

Growing InsurTech sector tackles industry ripe for change

18 Oct 17 @ 09:39

After 2 moderate quarters, VC investment into InsurTech startups was strong in Q2’17, with $745.4 million invested across 60 deals. Despite quarterly fluctuation in deal size and volume, the overall... read more

JP Morgan launch interbank payments platform on Quorum blockchain

17 Oct 17 @ 15:41

JPMorgan Chase is set to launch a new interbank payments platform powered by the Quorum Enterprise-ready distributed ledger and smart contract blockchain platform. With the participation of two other banks... read more

Russia to launch national Cryptocurrency – CryptoRuble

17 Oct 17 @ 13:52

Nikolay Nikiforov, Russia’s Minister of Communications has revealed that President Vladimir Putin has given the Go-Ahead for a new cryptocurrency dubbed CryptoRuble, reports CoinTelegraph, claiming local news sources. The Russian form of cryptocurrency won’t be... read more

Head of central bank of China calls for more approachable banking sector

17 Oct 17 @ 13:35

The governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), Zhou Xiaochuan has been recorded in the press as asking for his country to move open its financial sector. Zhou noted... read more

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Mastercard and BVNK Launch Platform Linking Fiat and Stablecoin Payments

20 Oct 26 @ 09:06

Mastercard has launched a new platform with BVNK that brings fiat currencies and stablecoins together through a single API, marking the first major integration ... more

Visa Builds Agentic Commerce Infrastructure as Credentials Reach 5.2 Billion

29 Oct 26 @ 19:39

Visa is expanding its payments infrastructure around agentic commerce, stablecoins and tokenisation as its global credential base reaches 5.2 billion and ... more

UK Moves to Open iPhone Contactless Payments to Apple Pay Rivals

22 Oct 26 @ 18:16

The UK’s competition regulator has set out proposals that could significantly widen access to contactless payments on Apple’s iPhone, potentially lowering b... more