21 Aug 25 @ 11:42
The way British consumers choose to pay has always been a mirror of wider economic, cultural and technological trends. From chip-and-PIN’s steady rise in the early 2000s to the mobile... read more
20 Aug 25 @ 18:03
The concept of verifying identity has underpinned human civilisation for millennia, from Mesopotamian seals to ink signatures and passports. Today, as the payments industry undergoes rapid transformation, digital identity (DI)... read more
20 Aug 25 @ 14:05
The UK’s financial watchdog has sounded the alarm over a sharp rise in so-called money mule activity, underscoring the scale of financial crime now coursing through the payments system. More... read more
20 Aug 25 @ 11:01
A surge in low-value imports is intensifying the debate over whether Britain should scrap its de minimis threshold, the £135 limit under which goods can currently enter the UK without... read more
19 Aug 25 @ 16:35
Wyoming has cemented its reputation as America’s most progressive jurisdiction for digital assets with the official launch of its state-issued stablecoin, the Frontier Stable Token (FRNT). Announced at the SALT... read more
19 Aug 25 @ 12:24
When computers first entered mainstream use, languages like COBOL, Fortran, and Pascal defined programming. They were precise but inaccessible to most, requiring deep technical knowledge to manipulate even simple tasks.... read more
19 Aug 25 @ 12:11
Financial institutions are bracing for a dramatic escalation in fraud, with global losses projected to soar 153% over the next five years. According to new forecasts from Juniper Research, banks... read more
18 Aug 25 @ 16:38
The New York Attorney General has filed a high-profile lawsuit against Zelle, alleging that systemic security failings at the peer-to-peer (P2P) payments platform enabled fraudsters to steal more than $1... read more
18 Aug 25 @ 12:58
Global payments are standing at a structural turning point. For decades, the movement of money across borders has been defined by legacy rails such as SWIFT messaging, prefunded accounts, and... read more
18 Aug 25 @ 12:16
Visa is stepping up its push to streamline digital commerce in Asia Pacific, announcing an expanded roll-out of its Click to Pay service through partnerships with major payment platforms including... read more
13 Aug 25 @ 16:43
Google has announced a pilot programme that will integrate international money transfer options directly into Google Wallet and Google Search, with Wise, Ria Money Transfer and Xe among the inaugural... read more
13 Aug 25 @ 10:07
Fintech’s founding promise was to dismantle the barriers of geography, time, and cost that have long constrained financial services. Digital platforms and instant connectivity heralded an era in which money... read more
13 Aug 25 @ 09:00
By the end of this decade, the global payments ecosystem will look markedly different. Real-time processing, cross-border interoperability, and blockchain-enabled innovations are set to reshape the way money moves around... read more
12 Aug 25 @ 09:23
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is accelerating towards the launch of its long-anticipated central bank digital currency (CBDC), the Digital Dirham, with the first retail issuance scheduled for Q4 2025.... read more
11 Aug 25 @ 16:08
Online casinos are changing all the time – both in the games they offer, and how players are choosing to pay… and it’s all thanks to technology. One of the... read more
11 Aug 25 @ 14:01
A brewing dispute between Wall Street’s largest bank and the US fintech sector could reshape the economics of Open Banking. JP Morgan Chase has begun informing data aggregators and fintechs... read more
11 Aug 25 @ 13:43
UK fintech investment reached $7.2 billion in H1 2025, a 5% decline on the $7.6 billion recorded in the same period last year, according to KPMG’s latest Pulse of Fintech... read more
11 Aug 25 @ 13:27
Hong Kong’s ambitions to position itself as a premier hub for digital assets have encountered a reality check, as its de facto central bank signalled a more measured approach to... read more
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
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
22 Oct 26 @ 18:16
The UK’s competition regulator has set out proposals that could significantly widen access to contactless payments on Apple’s iPhone, potentially lowering b... more