22 Nov 16 @ 12:51

A new study by Lipis Advisors, experts in real-time payments, has found that the cost of migrating to Instant Payments infrastructure for small and medium sized banks is far lower... read more

22 Nov 16 @ 12:23

A survey of financial institutions, FinTech start-ups and ecosystem participants across Europe, Africa and the Middle East has revealed that the convergence between the strategies of FinTechs and traditional financial... read more

22 Nov 16 @ 09:49

Global mobile commerce is now a huge 34% of all e-commerce transactions worldwide and is predicted to grow 31% in 2017. That’s over 200% faster than the growth of the... read more

21 Nov 16 @ 13:39

Chase customers can download and pay with Chase Pay, its new mobile payment app that works in stores, in app and online. The Chase Pay app works at the more... read more

21 Nov 16 @ 13:29

Barclays says it is installing contactless ATM’s in branches across the country, enabling customers to withdraw up to £100 by tapping their mobile phone or debit cards at the terminal.... read more

17 Nov 16 @ 12:19

There is a massive trend in many industries for co-development of solutions. Apple does not develop all apps themselves but provide a platform for others. Amazon does not produce own... read more

17 Nov 16 @ 09:54

New figures prepared for Innovate Finance on UK FinTech investment show a 26% drop in funding for British startups, illustrating the Brexit effect. Overall global investment for financial technology increased... read more

17 Nov 16 @ 09:19

Spire Payments is set to launch its SPx1, a next generation SmartPOS device, and its ‘Converge’ payment software framework. The SPx1 SmartPOS is a milestone in the evolution of payment... read more

16 Nov 16 @ 12:11

NACHA released Same Day ACH transaction volume data for October, the first calendar month following Phase 1 implementation on Sept. 23, 2016. Same Day ACH, an industry initiative to move... read more

16 Nov 16 @ 10:37

Automatia says it has launched Finland’s first real-time mobile payments platform based on a multi-banking platform, named Siirto. Tieto has designed and implemented the service. Siirto is an open payment... read more

15 Nov 16 @ 14:45

According to new research from Berg Insight, the market for NFC-ready POS terminals continues to show strong momentum in 2016 with annual shipments anticipated to reach an estimated 16.1 million... read more

15 Nov 16 @ 12:13

Mobile and contactless payments are an area of much debate among stakeholders across the ecosystem. Questions about implementation opportunities and challenges and the uncertain future for how mobile payments will... read more

15 Nov 16 @ 09:29

Human fallibility is now one of the biggest risks that banks and financial institutions must manage in mobile financial services (MFS), according to a new report from the Risk Mitigation... read more

11 Nov 16 @ 11:46

Citibank has launched a closed loop mobile wallet dubbed Citi Pay as well as become the latest FI to open up its technology and architecture to third parties through the... read more

11 Nov 16 @ 11:32

Credit cards, debit cards, and prepaid cards issued in the US initiated 104.41 billion purchase transactions in 2015, up 8.0%, according to The Nilson Report, the top trade journal covering... read more

09 Nov 16 @ 14:41

Despite double-digit growth this year and next, Americans’ use of proximity mobile payments wallets like Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay, as well as branded apps that include mobile... read more

09 Nov 16 @ 13:28

In a new report, Default payment methods, by Deloitte, it notes how consumers pay for things has always kept pace with new technologies. But the recent growth of digital commerce is... read more

09 Nov 16 @ 12:34

Contactless card fraud has made headlines this year. In this post we take a look at some of the key myths and offer explanation to the realities. No. 1 myth: ... read more