14 Sep 20 @ 09:50

The Latin American e-payments market is in full development. We are seeing high rates of growth in alternative payment methods and processing solutions, especially after countries such as Chile and... read more

11 Sep 20 @ 12:08

For those less familiar, the Electronic Identification, Authentication and Trust Services, or the eIDAS system as it is more commonly known, came into effect on 1st July 2016, with Regulation (EU) 910/2014 on electronic identification... read more

11 Sep 20 @ 10:10

As the global face of financial technology changes beyond all recognition, the need for the right kinds of payments solutions to be in place has never been greater. Built to... read more

10 Sep 20 @ 16:07

The world is moving ever closer to digital currency for all. Although investors have watched cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Zcash grow for years, national digital currencies are now starting... read more

10 Sep 20 @ 15:29

Financial infrastructure provider, Banking Circle, is tackling the compliance and reconciliation issues often faced in global B2B payments with its new Payments on Behalf of (POBO) and Collections on Behalf... 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

08 Sep 20 @ 10:56

A new study has found that the value of transactions processed by smart checkout technologies, where the fixed checkout process is replaced by a frictionless model, will reach $387 billion... read more

08 Sep 20 @ 10:05

New UK credit card issuer data has been released for the period June and July 2020, the below is an analysis of UK credit card trends post COVID-19. The data... read more

07 Sep 20 @ 16:20

Visa says the European Commission (EC) has opened a preliminary investigation into the its rules for staged digital wallets. Visa has faced criticism for attaching higher fees to staged digital... read more

07 Sep 20 @ 14:14

The digital card skimmer landscape keeps evolving, often borrowing techniques used by other malware authors in order to avoid detection. Defenders of the ecosystem look for any kind of artifacts... read more

07 Sep 20 @ 12:46

Challenger banks have raised hundreds of millions in venture capital to take on bank incumbents. But how are these startups doing at reaching, converting, and engaging millions of customers? Challenger... read more

04 Sep 20 @ 12:10

Robinhood, a pioneer of commission-free investing which recently pulled out of its UK market entry,  now faces a civil fraud investigation over its failure to fully disclose its practice of... read more

03 Sep 20 @ 10:07

A new white paper claims the Indian e-commerce market is expected to top $100 billion by 2024. The report by Alvarez & Marsal India and the CII Institute of Logistics,... read more

03 Sep 20 @ 09:22

Globally, digital payments are expected to reach an annual transaction value of $4.4 trillion in 2020, with 17% CAGR through 2024.* With growth rates like this, it is not surprising... read more

02 Sep 20 @ 09:27

Visa and Vipps, the Norwegian digital wallet, announced a strategic partnership to accelerate mobile payments in Europe. Visa’s clients and partners will now be able to take advantage of the... read more

02 Sep 20 @ 08:40

Klarna has reported a ballooning net loss in H1 2020, as the company invested in an international expansion drive and set aside reserves to deal with credit losses amid the COVID-19... read more

01 Sep 20 @ 10:11

ibanXS, the cloud-based platform delivering PSD2 access to any European bank for Payment Initiation and Account Information services, is now connected with over 1,400 European banks. Through this network, ibanXS... read more

28 Aug 20 @ 12:39

Central bank digital currencies (CBDC) are receiving more attention than ever before. Yet the motivations for issuance vary across countries, as do the policy approaches and technical designs. A new... 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

26 Aug 20 @ 15:48

Ant Group is gearing up for an initial public offering (IPO) that could give it a valuation as big as Bank of America – with Alipay driving the price into... read more