07 Mar 17 @ 08:44

Optal announced the acquisition of Invapay, in a deal which will significantly expand Optal’s capabilities in the global corporate payments space. Invapay enables corporate buyers to use credit cards to... read more

06 Mar 17 @ 16:49

No personal consumer device seems to have had the same impact as the smartphone. Unbelievably it’s only ten years ago that Steve Jobs announced the iPhone at a Macworld convention.... read more

06 Mar 17 @ 15:53

Federal Reserve board governor Jerome Powell took critical aim at the concept of a central bank-issued digital currency during a roundtable event focused on blockchain and the future of financial... read more

06 Mar 17 @ 13:49

Bitcoin hit a new high on last Friday, a day after soaring past the price of an ounce of gold for the first time in its short but turbulent history. One... read more

02 Mar 17 @ 17:02

The payments industry is ever-evolving and, with it, the terminology used to describe it. With the Mastercard PERIODIC TABLE OF PAYMENTS, you don’t have to be a financial genius to... read more

02 Mar 17 @ 16:55

The GSMA unveiled its sixth ‘State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money’, offering a current snapshot of the mobile money landscape and highlighting the impact of mobile money on... read more

28 Feb 17 @ 17:06

The development of new payment services and the evolution of technology are currently the top priority of most domestic payment schemes. An overwhelming majority of schemes are in favour of... read more

28 Feb 17 @ 14:37

Global investment in FinTech ventures grew 10% in 2016, to $23.2 billion, driven primarily by a wave of blockbuster deals in China, according to Accenture analysis of data from CB Insights,... read more

28 Feb 17 @ 11:25

Global EMV payment card shipments reached just under 3 billion in 2016, marking a year-on-year (YoY) increase of less than 1%. Between 2012 and 2015. The market became accustomed to annual... read more

27 Feb 17 @ 14:15

When it comes to corporate liquidity and treasury management, the banks I’m talking to all seem to have one thing in common. The need for speed. Whether they are offering in-house... read more

27 Feb 17 @ 13:53

Tough rules laid down by New York’s state regulator will see senior executives at some of the world’s biggest banks and insurers vouch for their companies’ resilience to cyber attacks.... read more

27 Feb 17 @ 12:43

It has been almost 20 years since the internet made a paradigm leap in transaction transport, and made simple payment gateways integration available to an exploding community of web developers.... read more

24 Feb 17 @ 10:45

A recent Gartner survey estimated that by 2020, the number of connected objects will increase by 30 times current levels, making IoT (Internet of Things) a huge untapped opportunity for retailers... read more

24 Feb 17 @ 10:35

İşbank, the biggest private bank in Turkey and provider of PSP services, is partnering with PPRO Group to enable İşbank to offer e-commerce merchants 13 local alternative payment methods worldwide. İşbank... read more

23 Feb 17 @ 10:13

The European Banking Authority says it will relax its proposed (preposterous) PSD2 rules on a requirement for strong customer authentication for all payments under €10, after receiving a huge number of complaints... read more

23 Feb 17 @ 10:01

Ten years ago the European Commission (EC) and the European Central Bank (ECB) announced a common vision for the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), which they described as an “integrated... read more

21 Feb 17 @ 10:46

Visa says that, by the end of this year, more than 12 European countries are adopting the Visa Token Service, a new technology that makes mobile and online payments more... read more

21 Feb 17 @ 10:22

More than half of UK consumers are concerned about the ability of businesses and financial institutions to protect financial and payments data, with 19% of respondents saying they do not... read more