12 Oct 23 @ 08:28
NAKA has developed a new technology that bridges the gap between the traditional payment industry and the blockchain world. It encompasses a payment scheme running fully on smart contracts and... read more
11 Oct 23 @ 10:01
A new report explores the relationship between consumer shopping habits and brand trust, and found alarming rates of false declines, cart abandonment, and trust issues in online shopping users. Abandoned... read more
10 Oct 23 @ 18:21
As the European Central Bank (ECB) progresses towards a final decision on its digital euro retail CBDC, the Spanish banking sector has put together use cases that would see the... read more
10 Oct 23 @ 17:23
The payments industry’s 2022 performance, in terms of revenues and valuations, shows ongoing change with opportunities for growth and margin improvement across geographies and products. A close look at revenues... read more
09 Oct 23 @ 17:10
While financial forecasters continue to signal near-term economic downturns across the globe, FIS has conducted new research to understand how corporate executives across industries are innovating amid uncertainty. FIS’ Global Innovation... read more
09 Oct 23 @ 16:55
American Express is adding biometric, via facial and fingerprint recognition, to SafeKey to help prevent fraud and create a simple and intuitive online checkout process. The company is the first... read more
06 Oct 23 @ 14:08
A new report reveals that growth in card purchase volume in 2022 was driven by increasing financial inclusion, digitisation and the easing of lockdowns. Global Cards and Payments shows that... read more
06 Oct 23 @ 13:44
On June 28, 2023, the European Commission (EC) published a set of new legislative proposals, notably for a Third Payment Services Directive (PSD3) and a Payment Services Regulation (PSR). It... read more
06 Oct 23 @ 11:49
Consumers have filed a class-action lawsuit against Venmo and PayPal, alleging it enacts illegally anticompetitive policies through its anti-steering rules that ultimately lead to millions of consumers paying excess charges annually,... read more
05 Oct 23 @ 16:09
In June 2023 the European Commission put forward a proposal for a Regulation to further digitalise and improve competitiveness in the European financial sector. The proposal for a Financial Data... read more
05 Oct 23 @ 12:38
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and central bank partners have launched Project Mandala. The project explores the feasibility of encoding jurisdiction-specific policy and regulatory requirements into a common protocol... read more
05 Oct 23 @ 09:30
AirPlus International has introduced AirPlus Intelligence, a brand-new tool that enables customers to analyse and manage their spend. Its basic module, the AirPlus Intelligence Hub, is now available as an... read more
04 Oct 23 @ 15:58
PayPal has revealed that users can now add their PayPal and Venmo credit or debit cards to their Apple Wallet – a move that was announced last year as part... read more
04 Oct 23 @ 11:16
The European Central Bank will start exploratory work for financial market settlement based on distributed ledger technology (DLT) starting in 2024, according to minutes published Thursday. The central bank is looking... read more
04 Oct 23 @ 10:49
Finally good news for the embattled fintech as Softbank and Revolut agreed to simplify the ownership structure between the UK fintech and its largest investor. This was, according to reports,... read more
02 Oct 23 @ 17:07
It’s now been a few months since the European Commission (EC) published its package of proposals for the next generation of payments regulation in the EU. The proposals – which... read more
02 Oct 23 @ 16:21
Planet has announced the findings from its latest shopper sentiment poll of over 7,500 consumers across 19 nations. The report provides retailers with new insights into what their customers want... read more
02 Oct 23 @ 15:53
Its never a good look for a company hoping to be granted a UK banking licence to be hauled up by two of the most prominent regulatory bodies for separate... 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
29 Oct 26 @ 19:39
Visa is expanding its payments infrastructure around agentic commerce, stablecoins and tokenisation as its global credential base reaches 5.2 billion and ... more