14 Mar 17 @ 11:31

The ability to offer instant payments has become a necessity for banks around the world as they keep up with customer expectations and set themselves up strategically for the future.... read more

13 Mar 17 @ 13:32

People don’t use their mobile phones to make telephone calls nearly as much as they used to. They are using them to surf the internet, send instant messages, even wake... read more

10 Mar 17 @ 11:33

A new Roland Berger study, entitled Mobile Money for the unbanked – Avoiding common industry pitfalls, highlights the challenges of creating a Mobile Money operating arm, cautions operators that success... read more

10 Mar 17 @ 09:25

CAST, a software risk prevention and analysis outfit, has revealed the findings of its latest CRASH report, the world’s largest real-life study of software quality in enterprise applications. The report exposes that... read more

09 Mar 17 @ 15:22

A new report published by Allied Market Research projects that the global prepaid card market is anticipated to reach $3,653 billion by 2022, registering a CAGR of 22.7% from 2016 to... read more

09 Mar 17 @ 15:06

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) was established to promote effective competition and innovation in payment systems. Ensuring open access to participants and potential participants is a key component of this.... read more

08 Mar 17 @ 15:52

If the world seemed dangerous from a financial crime perspective last year, analytics firm FICO predict an even more challenging 2017. In a new paper, four of the leaders in... read more

08 Mar 17 @ 09:31

Verifone is reportedly investigating a breach of its internal computer networks that appears to have impacted a number of companies running its POS solutions, according to sources. Verifone says the extent of the... read more

07 Mar 17 @ 12:44

New research by Juniper, analysing the mobile wallet market, indicates Europe lagging behind almost every other region in its transaction value forecast despite high levels of tech adoption and smartphone penetration. So, what’s going wrong?... read more

07 Mar 17 @ 11:23

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a key driver of the digital transformation that will enable businesses to reinvent products, services, internal operations and business models. As a result, the... read more

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