24 Oct 23 @ 10:00
A new global survey reveals surging demand for cloud-based embedded finance services with more than 80% of SMBs looking to switch away from traditional banks for their payment needs. The... read more
24 Oct 23 @ 09:00
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a rule that would accelerate a shift toward Open Banking, where consumers would have control over data about their financial lives and would... read more
23 Oct 23 @ 09:30
Consumers are looking to new tools and brands to access BNPL, credit and other financial services, according to a new survey. The 2023 State of Credit report which surveyed 3,000... 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
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
29 Sep 23 @ 09:50
Its a good news, bad news week for Apple. Just days after it announced that it will soft launch a new feature for its iPhone Wallet app with an integration... read more
27 Sep 23 @ 17:04
The payment industry is undergoing a surge in global regulations, initiatives, and innovations, resulting in new payment instruments and use cases. However, managing the volume, velocity, and variety of these... read more
19 Sep 23 @ 11:00
Revolut has announced the launch of RevTag, its instant and free payments ecosystem, to Revolut Business customers. The RevTags feature will enable customers to send and receive instant zero-fee cross-border... read more
15 Sep 23 @ 13:56
In 1999, a then-unknown Elon Musk purchased the web domain x.com and set about building his vision for an internet-only bank. While said bank didn’t materialise, the site eventually morphed... read more
06 Sep 23 @ 16:01
An upcoming webinar from Freemarket on 27th September, 2023 at 2:30PM UK time will discuss recent growth in cross-border e-commerce and how this gives Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) great... read more
01 Sep 23 @ 17:13
For years now, the challenges small and medium enterprises (SMEs) face in payments have not been getting easier. As long ago as 2019, banking infrastructure firm Banking Circle told us... read more
01 Sep 23 @ 16:48
A new study finds that the total value of digital wallets transactions will rise from $9 trillion in 2023 to $16 trillion in 2028, a growth of 77%. This trend is... read more
30 Aug 23 @ 12:44
Open Banking has reached a significant milestone, surpassing 11.4 million payments in the UK in July 2023. This achievement reflects a 9.3% increase in total payments compared with the previous... read more
21 Aug 23 @ 15:14
Open Banking services are taking off world-wide. But questions remain about how some players – especially banks – can make money out of this new era. As Variable Recurring Payments... read more
17 Aug 23 @ 11:05
Visa is in hot water again following news that it is being investigated by the U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) over its charges to merchants for tokenization technology it uses to... read more
16 Aug 23 @ 09:25
Apple Card has hit $10 billion in deposits since its launch back in May. At launch, the high-yield savings account with Goldman Sachs, saw $990 million in deposits in just... read more
15 Aug 23 @ 11:26
Bangladesh Bank, the country’s central bank, has decided to launch the nation’s domestic card scheme. By establishing this independent domestic card scheme payment infrastructure, Bangladesh Bank says it is creating... read more
14 Aug 23 @ 12:00
The realm of personal finance has undergone a significant transformation in the digital age, thanks to the emergence of innovative financial technology solutions. Among the popular choices are money transfer... read more
17 Jul 23 @ 10:47
Back in September 2022, 1,668 retailers and more than 200 trade organisations urged the US Congress to pass the The Credit Card Competition Act, which gives merchants a choice in... read more
16 Jun 26 @ 18:17
Financial fraud losses in the UK climbed to their highest level in four years during 2025, highlighting the growing sophistication of criminal networks and rais... more
11 Jun 26 @ 16:00
A landmark legal battle that has shaped the economics of card payments in the United States for more than twenty years has taken another significant step toward... more
23 Jun 26 @ 18:52
The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has secured a significant boost to its ambitions of creating a pan-European payments network, with Austria’s largest ba... more