13 Sep 23 @ 16:34

Swift has entered a new phase of its breakthrough work on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) interoperability, announcing that three central banks are beta testing its solution for interlinking CBDCs.... read more

11 Sep 23 @ 16:57

The global decentralized finance market was valued at $13.8 billion in 2022, and is projected to reach $497.9 billion by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 43.4% from 2023 to... read more

08 Sep 23 @ 09:22

Experts at the Institute for the Future say that about 85 percent of the jobs that today’s university students will have in 2030 simply haven’t been invented yet. New jobs... read more

06 Sep 23 @ 16:19

In a significant development, according to Changchun Mu, director of the People’s Bank of China’s Digital Currency Research Institute, China’s CBDC, the digital yuan, is undergoing major upgrades. Mu spoke... read more

05 Sep 23 @ 15:30

Visa is expanding its stablecoin settlement capabilities to the high-performing Solana blockchain and is working with merchant acquirers Worldpay and Nuvei, modernising cross-border money movement. Through live pilots with issuers... read more

31 Aug 23 @ 16:09

For several months now Payments Cards & Mobile has been covering the fast moving change in direction of Twitter (now X) from a messaging platform to a mobile payments Super... read more

10 Aug 23 @ 13:00

Fintech services continue to change, accelerate and improve the way we conduct our financial practices Technological innovations in fintech are continuing to evolve, as we reach the halfway point of... read more

10 Aug 23 @ 09:00

PayPal has announced the launch of a US dollar-denominated stablecoin, PayPal USD (PYUSD). According to the company, fully-backed, regulated stablecoins have the potential to transform payments in web3 and digitally... read more

02 Aug 23 @ 10:45

While a lot of the conversation surrounding AI is focusing on the threat automation poses to jobs—the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2023 found that AI is expected... read more

18 Jul 23 @ 11:30

Point of Sale (POS) payments have come a long way since the introduction of the first credit card in the 1950s. Today, consumers have a plethora of payment options to... read more

14 Jul 23 @ 09:39

While a lot of the conversation surrounding AI is focusing on the threat automation poses to jobs—the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2023 found that AI is expected... read more

23 Jun 23 @ 09:10

MoneyGram has released the findings of a new consumer survey, which explores key trending factors and future growth drivers in the global payments industry, taking into account economic impact, digital... read more

22 Jun 23 @ 15:58

Virtual cards are taking the payments world by storm. We ask why this is happening, what it means – and how long it’s going to last… As a grizzled hack,... read more

21 Jun 23 @ 08:00

Zumo, the B2B digital assets infrastructure, has announced the launch of Oxygen, a world-first decarbonisation of digital assets solution for financial institutions prioritising ESG. The launch comes one year after... read more

19 Jun 23 @ 10:47

Coordinated by the Swiss Bankers Association, a group of have launched a project aimed at introducing a digital Swiss franc based on tokenized deposits. In the current project phase, the... read more

14 Jun 23 @ 17:25

Recent thinking published by HM Treasury and the European Central Bank show divergence between the UK and European Union (EU) visions for digital currency. At present, the UK seems to... read more

13 Jun 23 @ 17:41

There is a lot of talk these days about the impact on fintech M&A in an era of rising interest rates and volatility. The soaring prices of energy, food, labour,... read more

09 Jun 23 @ 09:32

Artificial intelligence (AI) and the financial services industry are not new bedfellows. As far back as 1982, hedge fund firm Renaissance Technologies developed expert, or knowledge systems to solve problems... read more

28 Apr 23 @ 09:00

Is a career in tech still the golden ticket it was before mass redundancies started sweeping the board? If you’re an engineer or developer, the sector remains ripe with opportunities, particularly... read more

27 Apr 23 @ 08:53

As the year canters on and the dust settles on the crypto crash, it might be tempting to think crypto’s over. But think again: as of January 3, 2023, more... read more