22 Jan 24 @ 17:55

Despite a long-standing focus on driving financial inclusion and increasing the banked population, Payments Cards & Mobile Managing Editor James Wood argues African governments need to do more to enable... read more

19 Jan 24 @ 17:52

Under intense pressure from the EU regulator and facing the potential of a hefty fine, Apple has agreed to let third-party mobile wallet and payment services in Europe use free... read more

19 Jan 24 @ 13:31

While only 7% of large European companies offer embedded banking services today, 48% have specific plans to launch them in the next three years. 89% of those organisations will partner... read more

19 Jan 24 @ 12:32

Entrust has announced the general availability of its Post-Quantum Ready PKI-as-a-Service (PKIaaS PQ) platform. With this launch, the company’s cloud-based PKI as a Service offering can now provide both composite... read more

18 Jan 24 @ 18:12

As innovations go, Artificial Intelligence (AI) in payments has seen more hype than most. James Wood sorts the bits and bytes to ask where the value of AI in payments... read more

18 Jan 24 @ 17:38

As the lines between finance and tech continue to blur, Big Tech companies are making their presence known within banking. Heightened customer expectations have beckoned Big Tech to dip their... read more

18 Jan 24 @ 17:14

ComplyAdvantage has published its State of Financial Crime report. Built on a survey of 600 senior financial crime decision-makers worldwide, alongside experience working with more than 1,000 companies globally, it... read more

17 Jan 24 @ 18:23

The National Payments Corporation of India has selected Google Pay as part of its strategy to take India’s digital wallet system, the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), to global markets. The... read more

17 Jan 24 @ 17:59

From consumer to business payments to cross-border transactions, cash is no longer king. Brought about by the rise of smartphones, e-commerce and technology, the convenience of completing everyday banking transactions... read more

16 Jan 24 @ 19:25

As the latest Konsentus Open Banking tracker reveals static TPP numbers across both the EU and UK, we ask whether progress is stalling across the continent. When Konsentus reported a... read more

16 Jan 24 @ 19:11

Momentum around central bank digital currency development is building steadily, according to a Digital Monetary Institute (DMI) survey. Of the central banks that responded to a new survey, 41% expect... read more

16 Jan 24 @ 18:10

A new report has found that casinos, junkets, and cryptocurrency have emerged as a critical piece of the underground banking and money laundering infrastructure, fuelling transnational organized crime. Tether has also... read more

15 Jan 24 @ 17:48

The Managing Director of a global white-label infrastructure firm for payments, NuWeb, has told Payments Cards & Mobile that wearable technologies including biometric security features are the future of point-of-sale... read more

15 Jan 24 @ 16:53

The mobile market turned the tide in 2023 driven by the creator economy and subscriptions and is looking stronger than ever entering 2024. data.ai’s State of Mobile 2024 Report reveals that mobile... read more

15 Jan 24 @ 16:20

The U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC), has published its latest research report, titled The Practicalities of Cross-Border Payments in a Faster Payments World. This new report builds on the FPC’s... read more

12 Jan 24 @ 16:54

New IDC research finds that people who use biometrics to access online accounts register higher rates of satisfaction than those who don’t. Consumer acceptance of biometrics when used for identity... read more

12 Jan 24 @ 13:36

After a challenging economic slowdown throughout 2022, global FinTech entered 2023 on cautious footing as economists and investors warned that ongoing macroeconomic tumults including lingering inflation, hawkish monetary policies, supply... read more

12 Jan 24 @ 12:57

2023 will go down as a transitional year for cybersecurity and information technology in general. Quantum Computing is still in its infancy, and artificial intelligence is still limited to creating... read more