18 Oct 16 @ 16:33

As the pound hits 31-year lows, UK retailers continue to take advantage of the post-Brexit climate as international consumers flock to bag a Great British Bargain. In the ten weeks... read more

18 Oct 16 @ 15:26

Mobile wallets are finally starting to gain real traction with consumers, but many still need an extra push to turn their mobile wallet use into a true habit. Points has... read more

17 Oct 16 @ 16:28

For a long time alarm bells have been ringing for banks in digital and mobile financial services: the rise of the fintech industry, the scale of global VC investment; the... read more

17 Oct 16 @ 14:19

Australia’s banks have argued in their joint response against Apple Pay to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) that Apple’s arguments against collective negotiation on accessing Apple Pay due... read more

14 Oct 16 @ 17:24

Newly IPO’d Nets shares took a bashing as Nordea Bank dropped the electronic payment system it was developing with Danish banks and instead teamed up with its main rival in... read more

14 Oct 16 @ 16:51

Financial fraud in H1 2016 increased by a quarter to £399.5 million, enabled by scams and online attacks, new figures published by Financial Fraud Action UK (FFA UK) show. Banks’... read more

14 Oct 16 @ 16:33

A new White Paper reveals the rapid acceleration of mobile connectivity is dramatically changing consumer behaviors and engagement patterns in the payments market. Today, just six years after the first... read more

13 Oct 16 @ 16:25

New findings claim that merchant integration of technologies such as AI bots and natural language interfaces will lead to remote goods purchases by mobile totalling $2.1 trillion by 2021. This... read more

13 Oct 16 @ 14:48

A new report investigates how often UK consumers digitally interact with mobile banking apps relative to more traditional channels like online banking, ATM, bank branch and telephone banking. For the... read more

13 Oct 16 @ 14:44

Aite Group, has released a whitepaper tracing the growth and uptake of digital wallet services across mobile and e-commerce sector. The whitepaper encapsulates the contribution of digital wallets in growth... read more

12 Oct 16 @ 17:09

According to Visa’s 2016 Digital Payments Study, the number of consumers regularly using a mobile device – smartphone, tablet or wearable – to make mobile payments has tripled in the... read more

12 Oct 16 @ 16:24

A new Trojan dubbed Odinaff has been reported attacking banks and other financial targets worldwide. Odinaff attacks include the manipulation of embattled SWIFT logs and the extensive use of hack... read more

12 Oct 16 @ 16:09

SolarisBank has entered a strategic agreement with MasterCard to use the card scheme’s global infrastructure to develop new banking API’s and payments modules for digital startups as a banking-as-a-service platform.... read more

11 Oct 16 @ 12:24

Financial intermediation and payment systems have always been the preserve of the banking sector, but advancement in technology or digital disruption is giving a lot of palpitations to bankers. Anthony... read more

11 Oct 16 @ 11:57

Payments processor RS2 Software has announced a partnership with Alpha Payments Cloud to provide banks in Thailand with access to multiple financial and non-financial services through a single integration. This... read more

11 Oct 16 @ 09:33

Vodafone and PayPal have agreed to allow UK customers to make contactless mobile wallet payments in shops, restaurants and on transport services with their Android smartphones, funded from their PayPal... read more

10 Oct 16 @ 13:54

It seems that European payments regulation may be forcing the end of frictionless card payments, by making the cards market take a step backwards. We appear to be moving away from... read more

10 Oct 16 @ 09:00

According to media reports, German banks have agreed to sell the jointly held payment group Concardis as some of the owners seek an exit to focus on other activities. Concardis... read more