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Revealed: Why UK banks crash all the time

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

Prepaid card market expected to reach $3,653 billion by 2022

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

PSR annual – Access and governance report on payment systems

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

Killer devices to hacked fingerprints: 17 financial crime trends for 2017

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

Verifone network compromised by Russian hacking group

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

New reports show mobile wallet suffering an identity crisis in Europe

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

The Internet of Things business index – Transformation in motion

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

Optal to acquire B2B payments business Invapay

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

HCE – The way to move mobile payments forward fast

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

US Federal Reserve express caution on central bank issued digital currency

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

Bitcoin hits a new record high as it moves past gold price

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

Mastercard Periodic Table of Payment Elements

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

GSMA mobile money report shows half a billion accounts worldwide

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

Domestic payment schemes shifting focus to new digital payments services

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

FinTech financing in Asia-Pacific doubles in 2016 to $11.2 billion

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

EMV payment card market struggles for growth as saturation levels hit

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

Virtual Account Management: the minimum viable proposition

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

Regulators enforce new rules – bank executives to vouch for cyber attack defences

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

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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

Starling Builds UK-Sovereign AI Model With Nvidia and Civo

15 Oct 26 @ 19:41

Starling is developing a transactional foundation model with Nvidia that will be trained and hosted entirely within a UK sovereign cloud, as the digital bank lo... more