14 Sep 20 @ 14:18

For years criminals have made money through criminal schemes like drug trafficking and counterfeiting cash. In the last decade, criminals have increasingly turned to cybercrime – using hackers to conduct... read more

09 Sep 20 @ 14:26

With the global economy racing to embrace digital payments, central banks also are looking to the future and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), investigating how to support innovation while maintaining... read more

28 Aug 20 @ 09:55

This week signified a major breakthrough for stablecoin payments. Much derided for the lack of speed and power needed to perform consumer payments, this week Coinify, Sygnum Bank and Galaxus... read more

25 Aug 20 @ 13:22

The blockchain industry is excited, very excited about a new (relatively) buzz word – decentralised finance  or DeFi as it is rapidly becoming know as. The industry is on the... read more

18 Aug 20 @ 12:05

With trading volumes in crypto-currencies spiking around the world to reach $2.1 trillion in Q1 of this year, governments and regulators are renewing their interest in digital currencies – and... read more

18 Aug 20 @ 12:05

A group of leading technology, finance and nonprofit companies have joined forces to announce the launch of PayID, a universal payment ID to simplify the process of sending and receiving... read more

18 Aug 20 @ 11:52

Last week the US House Committee on Financial Services held a virtual hearing about the Digital Dollar or central bank digital currency (CBDC). The event promised to be interesting as... read more

13 Aug 20 @ 13:14

Ripple has created one of the most valuable cryptocurrencies. Its digital tokens, known as XRP, have a total value of almost $30 billion, behind only bitcoin and Ether. But, eight... read more

04 Aug 20 @ 12:33

A new study has found that the total value of B2B cross-border payments will reach $35 trillion in 2022 from a COVID-related low of $27 trillion in 2020; representing 30%... read more

06 Jul 20 @ 11:08

Fraud has been a problem since coins were introduced more than two thousand years ago. In today’s digital age, the problem won’t go away – indeed, it’s getting worse despite... read more

24 Jun 20 @ 12:10

A group of leading technology, finance and nonprofit companies have joined forces to announce the launch of PayID, a universal payment ID to simplify the process of sending and receiving... read more

16 Jun 20 @ 16:23

Last week the US House Committee on Financial Services held a virtual hearing about the Digital Dollar or central bank digital currency (CBDC). The event promised to be interesting as two... read more

15 Jun 20 @ 04:35

It’s been reported that Visa has filed an application to create digital currency on Ethereum blockchain with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. According to the application published May... read more

15 Jun 20 @ 04:32

New research from Deutsche Bank has gone against the grain of current thinking in payments by predicting both the continuation of cash payments – and what it calls “the extinction... read more

21 May 20 @ 12:58

Banque de France, the French central bank, has completed what it is calling the first successful test of a digital euro, as part of its ongoing experiments with central bank... read more

13 May 20 @ 10:29

I think that the fact that COVID-19 has ravaged economies and industrial sectors does not need to be mentioned again, however the impact on FinTech is now starting to be... read more

06 May 20 @ 15:47

The Linux Foundation has launched the Trust over IP (ToIP) Foundation with the aim of creating digital identity standards to enable parties to share data with trust. Aiming to ensure interoperability... read more

06 Apr 20 @ 12:53

Despite the best efforts of both crypto asset exchanges, banks and regulators, a major new study from CipherTrace has found that engaging with virtual asset exchanges is exposing banks to... read more

06 Apr 20 @ 12:23

The Digital Dollar Project is a not-for-profit effort in collaboration with Accenture to advance exploration of a United States Central Bank Digital Currency and serve the needs of global financial... read more

06 Apr 20 @ 12:23

The Celo Foundation, which not only appears to be similar to Facebook’s Libra project but in direct competition, has unveiled 50 members for its ‘Alliance for Prosperity’. Celo has a... read more