07 Mar 24 @ 17:18

J.P. Morgan Payments is set to become a principal member of France’s leading payments network, Cartes Bancaires CB, with the intention to offer European merchant clients access to the payments system by... read more

01 Mar 24 @ 15:00

Worldline shares have suffered a 15% loss as the company announced that its full-year net loss after it took a €1.15 billion ($1.25 billion) impairment in its merchant services division... read more

27 Feb 24 @ 16:35

Over 100 bank executives have been interviewed to gain insights into their bank’s biggest challenges, spending initiatives and tech preferences for 2024. The State of Banking survey shows that bank... read more

16 Feb 24 @ 17:10

As we turn our attention to 2024, James Wood says the advent of generative AI is going to create major security headaches for payments companies – amid other problems. In... read more

15 Feb 24 @ 12:28

New research from Economist Impact finds that European banks are fighting back against competition from platform players, neobanks and payment providers. According to the study, “Challenging the challengers: Europe’s banks... read more

15 Feb 24 @ 11:57

Just days after Revolut released research that indicated Meta platform were the leading platforms for the origination of scams, the fintech has release a new AI scam protection platform for... read more

08 Feb 24 @ 18:42

 NTT DATA has announced a new global banking research report entitled “The Digital Horizon: Banking’s Shift from Mainframe to AI-Driven Cloud Infrastructure”. The research has unveiled findings from a survey of... read more

05 Feb 24 @ 17:49

Last week represented what could be a turning point in peoples trust in ID verification tools across the internet. A finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying... read more

02 Feb 24 @ 17:33

Mastercard has introduced a new AI tool to combat fraud. Decision Intelligence Pro is “an advanced iteration of its renowned Decision Intelligence (DI) real-time decisioning solution” a Gen AI consumer... read more

29 Jan 24 @ 17:44

This year’s peak shopping season will be crucial for retailers as the true impact of the cost-of-living crisis is likely to be written in sales figures. Competition for consumers’ wallets... read more

26 Jan 24 @ 18:19

The Federal Trade Commission has launched an inquiry into Big Tech investments and partnerships including Microsoft, Amazon and Google demanding information and documents concerning investment into AI developers, citing concerns... read more

26 Jan 24 @ 09:20

Artificial intelligence is the buzzword of the moment for many employees, regardless of the industry they work in. Recent research has uncovered the fact that 36% of workers are overwhelmed... read more

25 Jan 24 @ 16:34

During the Bletchley AI Safety Summit in November 2023, international leaders came together to discuss the vast potential of AI models in promoting economic growth, propelling scientific advances, and providing... read more

24 Jan 24 @ 14:21

As 2024 begins to pick up pace, we continue to look at invisible payments, digital currencies, wallets and AI, the major themes for 2024. To that end Payments Cards &... read more

23 Jan 24 @ 18:40

In a recent blog we debate the current wave of scepticism about AI. In brief, and outside its obvious applications in fraud detection and management, some senior executives have expressed... read more

19 Jan 24 @ 12:32

Entrust has announced the general availability of its Post-Quantum Ready PKI-as-a-Service (PKIaaS PQ) platform. With this launch, the company’s cloud-based PKI as a Service offering can now provide both composite... read more

18 Jan 24 @ 18:12

As innovations go, Artificial Intelligence (AI) in payments has seen more hype than most. James Wood sorts the bits and bytes to ask where the value of AI in payments... read more

12 Jan 24 @ 16:54

New IDC research finds that people who use biometrics to access online accounts register higher rates of satisfaction than those who don’t. Consumer acceptance of biometrics when used for identity... read more

12 Jan 24 @ 12:57

2023 will go down as a transitional year for cybersecurity and information technology in general. Quantum Computing is still in its infancy, and artificial intelligence is still limited to creating... read more

10 Jan 24 @ 18:13

As part of new series on high-growth Asian markets outside China, James Wood looks at Thailand, asking what’s next for a country that’s seen P2P and digital wallet payments soar.... read more