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Visa opens Global Network with launch of Visa Developer

09 Feb 16 @ 13:19

Visa Inc. has launched Visa Developer, a milestone that transforms the world’s...

Global mobile payment market to reach $620 billion in 2016

09 Feb 16 @ 13:08

With major smartphone brands Apple and Samsung making a big entrance into...

The Internet of Things is a can of worms – how to keep it sealed

09 Feb 16 @ 12:59

Innocuous devices, the Internet of Things search engine Shodan recently found to be vulnerable to cyber attacks, include a teddy bear able to remotely send voice messages

Payment Cards Statistical Yearbooks 2015-16

08 Feb 16 @ 12:30

Stay one step ahead with deep industry information and a wealth of statistics from central banks, interbank companies and associations and individual banks. The Payment Cards Statistical Yearbooks give a market... read more

American Express leads in $1.2 trillion T&E sector

08 Feb 16 @ 12:15

The T&E sector, consisting of American Express, JCB and Diners Club, represents only a small proportion of the total payment cards market, but is nevertheless a huge segment in its... read more

Fit Pay secures $3.1 million in seed funding

08 Feb 16 @ 12:08

Fit Pay, a wearable payments startup founded by former Visa and CyberSource executives, has raised $3.1 million in a seed funding round led by Germany’s Giesecke & Devrient. The startup,... read more

Stellar launches instant money transfer service in Nigeria

08 Feb 16 @ 12:05

Stellar.org, a non-profit startup foundation that supports a universal financial platform, has been a part of the Fast Forward accelerator, which is funded in part by Google and BlackRock. The instant... read more

The cheque is dead – Long live the cheque

04 Feb 16 @ 16:39

On learning that his obituary had been published, Mark Twain telegraphed: “Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated”. The same could be said of the cheque.

Gen Y consumers drive future of payments in Asia Pacific

04 Feb 16 @ 16:31

The power within the payment value chain in Asia is shifting to Gen Y consumers aged 25-34, a new study finds.

Interchange regulation begins to take effect in Europe

04 Feb 16 @ 15:24

As of December 9, interchange regulation, which caps rates in Europe are now capped at 30 bps for credit cards (commercial cards excluded) and 20 bps for debit and prepaid cards.

Western Union and Viber to provide cross-border money transfer

04 Feb 16 @ 14:02

Western Union and Viber, a mobile messaging app with 664 million unique users worldwide, have announced an agreement to offer cross-border money transfer

US EMV activity rising steadily

03 Feb 16 @ 15:55

US EMV activity rising steadily, but some industry observers bemoan the slow EMV adoption in the United States since 2015.

Barclays reveals launch of Apple Pay in UK

03 Feb 16 @ 15:23

Barclays, has revealed that it will support Apple Pay from March. The bank been the only major financial institution in the UK that had not announced its support for apple’s mobile payments. Customers at Barclays... read more

Number of UK e-money providers more than doubles over two years

03 Feb 16 @ 12:42

There has been a sharp rise in the number of e-money providers registered with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) over the last two years, with 79 now authorised in total,... read more

2015 in Review: The year that FinTech hit form

03 Feb 16 @ 11:23

What a difference twelve months can make. Industry conversations at 2014’s Mobey Day, (Mobey Forum’s annual open conference for all mobile money stakeholders) told of an industry undergoing major FinTech... read more

2016 Identity Fraud Study

02 Feb 16 @ 15:39

The 2016 Identity Fraud Study released by Javelin Strategy & Research, revealed that the number of identity fraud victims increased by 3% (13.1 million consumers) in the US last year, but that... read more

ECB plans new system for bank transfers

02 Feb 16 @ 14:40

The European Central Bank is working on a new plan for bank transfers, allowing consumers to transfer money using their phone numbers or email addresses rather than a complicated bank account... read more

MyBank posts strong growth in 2015

02 Feb 16 @ 11:29

MyBank has reported strong growth for 2015 both in the volume and value of transactions as well as in the number of merchants offering MyBank. More than €650 million worth of payment... read more

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Revolut eyes an IPO, but the valuation story is the real headline

21 Apr 26 @ 14:35

Revolut is beginning to sound more like a future public market heavyweight than a fast-growing European fintech. Chief executive Nik Storonsky has said the com... more

American Express launches agentic commerce developer kit

16 Apr 26 @ 11:46

American Express is positioning itself early for what could become one of the next major shifts in digital payments: AI agents that do more than recommend produ... more

Banks to reinforce cyber defences as AI changes the threat model

22 Apr 26 @ 19:36

Banks are hardening their cyber defences as artificial intelligence begins to alter the economics of digital attacks. For financial institutions, the challenge ... more