16 May 17 @ 10:29

When transaction volume goes up, banks and other financial institutions have turned to machine learning and AI to help streamline services. In the UK alone, over 72,000 payments are made by... read more

16 May 17 @ 10:17

Visa has launched its online payment method, Visa Checkout in the UK, with travel company lastminute.com, the first domestic merchant to offer the payments platform. According to Visa, Visa Checkout allows... read more

15 May 17 @ 11:51

There is a widely-held belief in the banking industry that PSD2 access to accounts (XS2A) has to be provided for free. This is not true. Sure, Europe’s banks must grant... read more

15 May 17 @ 11:41

According to new research the number of payment cards in issue in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) increased by 13% to 611 million in 2015, making it the world’s fastest... read more

15 May 17 @ 11:09

Two out of three US smartphone users have made a mobile payment in the past 12 months; two out of five have a mobile wallet on their phone; and one... read more

12 May 17 @ 12:01

Rabobank and Signicat are entering the Dutch identity market together by providing digital services to businesses, supporting them in servicing their clients. This joint Digital Identity Service Provider (DISP) offers... read more

10 May 17 @ 09:49

The value of global P2P mobile payments is set to increase 40% to $540 billion by end-2017, Juniper Research forecast. Growth in the segment is predicted alongside a trend of... read more

10 May 17 @ 09:39

In a recent announcement, the UK’s Payment Systems Regulator and the Bank of England (BoE) agreed a framework for the consolidation of Bacs, the Cheque and Credit Clearing Company and... read more

10 May 17 @ 09:20

In the ever-evolving world of cybercrime, authentication continues to be a mainstay of global digital businesses; accurately recognizing trusted returning users and promoting a frictionless online environment builds a loyal... read more

09 May 17 @ 13:32

When Apple and Samsung released new devices with fingerprint sensor technology, biometrics suddenly went mainstream and, as consumers, we’ve quickly become familiar with the technology. Fingerprint recognition has long been... read more

09 May 17 @ 11:25

A group of influential European FinTech companies have come together as 56 companies and associations operating across all EU Member States and at a global level in the financial services space... read more

08 May 17 @ 14:00

In a new omni-channel retailing report – it is noted that online technologies, mobile devices and new consumer demands are rapidly transforming the retail sector and the payments industry. They offer... read more

08 May 17 @ 12:41

The financial services sector is one of the prime markets that stands to gain many benefits from cloud computing but, to date, this has proved rather difficult. This is hardly... read more

08 May 17 @ 12:13

Recent correspondent banking research has revealed that between 2009 and 2016, correspondent banking relationships, where one financial institution provides services on behalf of another in a different location to facilitate... read more

08 May 17 @ 12:11

A new report, which profles malicious domains by describing patterns in their registration details: top level domain (TLD), free email provider, Whois privacy provider, and hosting location has some startling insights. In... read more

08 May 17 @ 10:21

Online technologies, mobile devices and new consumer demands are rapidly transforming the retail sector and the payments industry. They offer retailers and payments industry players new opportunities to generate differentiation... read more

05 May 17 @ 13:57

Despite security experts warnings for years about security flaws around the SS7 (Signalling System 7), a protocol used by mobile networks to communicate with each other- hackers have finally accessed a back door and... read more

05 May 17 @ 12:56

Actinic has unveiled the m-commerce results of the tenth annual ‘e-Merchant profile’, a study carried out between November and December 2016 comprising data from 2,100 European companies. The study confirms that... read more