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Swift introduces fraud tool but comes under pressure from hacking group NSA claims

18 Apr 17 @ 13:39

Swift has revealed a service designed to help banks spot fraudulent messages and avoid a repeat of the now infamous Bangladesh Bank hack. Customers are able to integrate the service directly into... read more

ACH volume grows to more than 25 billion payments and $43 trillion

18 Apr 17 @ 10:53

Following four consecutive quarters of more than 5 billion electronic payments in each quarter – a first for the ACH Network – overall volume in 2016 amounted to 25.6 billion... read more

A step towards financial inclusion with mobile banking using new ISO standards

13 Apr 17 @ 10:35

Mobile banking not only makes our life easier, it gives access to banking services to those that have none. A new series of standards just published will provide the platform... read more

Hong Kong Central Bank set to trial digital currency due for launch in 2017

12 Apr 17 @ 12:50

Hong Kong’s  central bank, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority is reported to be developing a prototype digital currency. The disclosure came in a Hong Kong legislative document published by the Legislative Council Panel... read more

Disappearing payments: How to navigate the future

12 Apr 17 @ 12:22

The future of payments won’t be about payments, it’ll be about data. Specifically the contextual data that travels with payment, rather than the payment message itself. Payment will cease to... read more

Mastercard gains regulatory approval to acquire VocaLink

11 Apr 17 @ 15:10

Mastercard says the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority’s decision has cleared the way for the completion of the company’s planned acquisition of VocaLink. The CMA gave final approval for the proposed set... read more

Apple Pay mobile payment adoption rates poor… and slowing

11 Apr 17 @ 13:22

When Apple launched its Apple Pay mobile payment service more than two years ago, it hoped to speed up the checkout process and, ultimately, to replace physical wallets for US... read more

PSD2: Towards a platform approach — what banks need to know

11 Apr 17 @ 12:13

Open innovation is undoubtedly one of the drivers behind PSD2. However, the trend towards open banking and APIs is a global one that goes beyond European legislation. And effects more... read more

Apple Pay funding added to Western Union to enable mobile money transfer

06 Apr 17 @ 17:37

Western Union says that US customers using its mobile app can now pay with Apple Pay when sending money transfers originating in the US to more than 200 countries and territories worldwide,... read more

Security scans on 60,000 websites shows 78% of e-commerce websites at risk

06 Apr 17 @ 17:17

Security scans performed on 60,000 Magento websites, the most popular e-commerce platform, show that 78% are missing critical security patches, while 5% are confirmed to have payment card data harvesting... read more

US set to relax rules for banks – too big to fail problem solved

06 Apr 17 @ 16:37

Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan Chase has come out in support of Donald Trump’s move to relax financial regulations, saying that the slew of new rules put in... read more

Breach Level Index – Cyber criminals mining for database gold

04 Apr 17 @ 11:54

The 2016 Breach Level Index Report has been published revealing that cyber criminals managed 1,792 data breaches leading to almost 1.4 billion data records being compromised worldwide during 2016, an increase... read more

Open access, Open banking and Open APIs – Are banks Open for business?

04 Apr 17 @ 11:04

With all the talk about open access, open banking and open APIs, it’s open season on ‘open’ in financial services at the moment. The PSD2 is driving the ‘open’ agenda... read more

FCA crackdown on contactless card fraud security flaw

03 Apr 17 @ 13:08

The UK’s FCA has set out measures to tackle contactless card fraud on contactless cards which have been reported lost or stolen. In a letter to the Treasury select committee, the... read more

US e-commerce fraud rates spike 33% in 2016 – EMV shift to blame

03 Apr 17 @ 12:14

Last year Experian reported that 2016 e-commerce fraud attack rates were on pace to surpass the 2015 totals. At the time, the fraud attack rates for the first half of 2016 appeared to... read more

76% of merchants experienced complete payments outages within the last year

03 Apr 17 @ 11:39

A new study commissioned by SafeCharge has revealed that payment outages and downtime are causing frequent disruption to merchants bottom line and growth abilities. The research ‘Payments, Interrupted’, conducted by... read more

Australia banks lose ruling to Apple Pay as mobile wallet continues dominance

31 Mar 17 @ 18:34

Apple Pay has won a major regulatory battle with Australian banks that will see it retain control of its contactless mobile payment technology. Four banks had wanted to negotiate with Apple... read more

Russian e-commerce market hits new highs to reach €16 billion

31 Mar 17 @ 13:27

The Russian e-commerce was worth €14.85 billion in 2016, an increase of 20% when compared to 2015, and is expected to rise rapidly to reach €16.14 billion at the end... read more

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Visa tests the foundations of agentic payments in Europe

17 Mar 26 @ 15:03

Visa is moving to bring agentic commerce closer to commercial reality, launching a new programme with banks across the UK and Europe to test how artificial inte... more

Credit’s next competitive frontier beyond top of wallet

12 Mar 26 @ 18:21

For years, the credit card industry has pursued a simple ambition: to become the card a consumer reaches for first. [caption id="attachment_52085" align="a... more

Visa and Fiserv partnership extends API-led acceptance platform

22 Mar 26 @ 18:30

Visa and Fiserv are extending their long-running partnership in Europe with a new API-driven acceptance offering designed to simplify merchant acquiring and mod... more