30 Sep 19 @ 15:32

Challenger banks such as Metro Bank, and even larger foreign banks such as Santander, as well as branchless FinTechs such as Monzo, were supposed to break the dominance of the... read more

30 Sep 19 @ 09:32

INFORM and BigML have agreed to terms on a preferred partner program to further ingrain best practice machine learning algorithms to the daily fight against financial crime with RiskShield. Both... read more

27 Sep 19 @ 12:56

The finance industry prevented £820 million of unauthorised fraud in H1 2019, up 14% on the previous year, according to the latest figures from UK Finance. This is equivalent to £2... read more

27 Sep 19 @ 08:35

M-commerce and the use of smartphones for online shopping in the UK has skyrocketed by 141% in 12 months, research by Feefo has found. By contrast, the use of laptops and desktops... read more

26 Sep 19 @ 11:24

Temenos has announced the first set of results from the Temenos Value Benchmark, a strategic, survey-based program providing in-depth analysis of how software capabilities impact a bank’s profitability. Key findings... read more

25 Sep 19 @ 09:56

In most countries, cash payments’ share of total payments volume is declining. However, cash in circulation (CIC) remains stable or up slightly over the past five years. Cash has been... read more

24 Sep 19 @ 15:15

On the 14th September, the EU formally introduced its Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) regime as part of the PSD2 roll out. Whilst this regulation aims to ensure greater security for... read more

24 Sep 19 @ 09:33

Asia-Pacific is home to almost half of the world’s ATMs, and within this vast region, some countries continue to witness impressive growth, whilst others have started to shrink. Having grown... read more

24 Sep 19 @ 08:34

Ant Financial is the world’s most valuable private FinTech company, and grew out of Alipay, the payments system founded by Alibaba in 2004. It also owns Yu’e Bao, the world’s... read more

24 Sep 19 @ 08:19

Based on a global survey of senior executives at the world’s top-tier banks, a new report from Aite, reveals that high costs, low margins and increasingly commoditised business models are... read more

19 Sep 19 @ 15:37

Armor has released its annual Black Market report 2019 which shows that cybercrime-as-a-service is thriving, with cybercriminals staying ahead of the game by offering a raft of new goods and... read more

19 Sep 19 @ 11:49

SWIFT has published a new paper on the evolution of the European payments landscape and the preparations that need to be made by the region’s financial institutions. The paper, Brave... read more

18 Sep 19 @ 09:33

According to the World Payments Report 2019, which tracks and analyses non-cash transaction volume, regulatory and industry initiatives, and digital transformation across the global payments market, global non-cash transactions are... read more

18 Sep 19 @ 08:27

Wells Fargo says it will pilot an internal settlement service, Wells Fargo Digital Cash, which will run on its first distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform. Wells Fargo Digital Cash will... read more

17 Sep 19 @ 09:03

As much as 15% of banks’ global payments revenue, or $280 billion, is likely be displaced by the growth of digital payments and competition from non-banks, as payments become more... read more

13 Sep 19 @ 09:43

Visa has recently reported that the number of locations that accept EMV cards in the US has increased from 3.1 million to 3.7 million during H1 2019. In total, some... read more

13 Sep 19 @ 09:32

Young people in the UK have become “credit-averse”, according to a major study of shopping and spending habits conducted by YouGov. Instead, they are increasingly hungry for innovations like digital... read more

13 Sep 19 @ 09:02

Highlighting the differences in regions, a recent study in Canada found that Canadians value their identity highly and want convenience and security when it comes to managing their identity digitally.... read more

12 Sep 19 @ 17:31

Fiserv has released a new study, “The Global Rise of Digital Goods and Services,” which finds that nearly three quarters (74%) of online purchases worldwide are for digital goods and... read more

09 Sep 19 @ 14:58

According to a recent report by Kaspersky, the number of mobile financial attacks it detected in the first half of the year rose by 107%, rising to 3,730,378. Analysts at the company... read more