20 Nov 18 @ 08:10
The cyber attackers and threats faced by key financial markets across the world have been exposed by a new report published by BAE Systems and SWIFT. The study examines the... read more
19 Nov 18 @ 16:26
FinTech M&A is at record levels. The competition is fierce as incumbents battle to stay ahead of the curve as the financial services sector is undergoes a technology-driven metamorphosis. Highly-publicised... read more
19 Nov 18 @ 13:22
In January 2018, the US Secret Service, as well as major ATM vendors Diebold Nixdorf and NCR, issued urgent warnings about the threat of ATM hacking and attacks. These warnings were notable because of... read more
16 Nov 18 @ 17:29
In January 2018, the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI-SSC) released its standard for software-based PIN entry on commercial off-the-shelf devices – known as PIN on Glass. This new... read more
16 Nov 18 @ 15:23
Payment services have been pretty straightforward for a pretty long time. Even the mainstreaming of online shopping required little more than adding an e-commerce channel to a payment system already... read more
16 Nov 18 @ 12:23
National Bank of Greece has replaced its legacy mainframe systems with WAY4, a modern, future-proofed platform from OpenWay. WAY4 will support increasing transaction volumes and accelerate the development of new... read more
15 Nov 18 @ 07:15
The implementation of PDS2 (the Second Payments Services Directive) in January 2018, combined with Open Banking and increasing consumer demand for technologically enabled solutions has already led to change within... read more
15 Nov 18 @ 06:49
According to preliminary IHS Markit smartphone data, global smartphone shipments recorded a negative year-over-year growth rate for two consecutive quarters in 2018. Shipments totalled 354.8 million units in the third... read more
14 Nov 18 @ 17:05
It is a well known fact that China has for some time been against the cryptocurrency boom taking place globally, however, The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has has now... read more
14 Nov 18 @ 16:29
A new report has found that the vehicle-based payments IoT market will grow at an average of 75% per annum over the next 5 years; reaching $410 billion by 2023.... read more
14 Nov 18 @ 16:15
UK consumers are on an endless mission for convenience as mobile continues its ascent to dominance as the most popular shopping channel. Growing at a rate of 16% annually in... read more
12 Nov 18 @ 12:27
Ingenico has appointed a new chief executive as it aims to arrest a slide in its share price. The company announced that long-serving boss Philippe Lazare would step down as... read more
12 Nov 18 @ 12:10
American Express has won regulatory approval to become the first US credit card company to enter the Chinese payments market and start building its own payments network. The company said... read more
09 Nov 18 @ 16:50
Digital challenger N26, the mobile bank from Berlin and founded in 2013, has been growing rapidly, entering into additional European markets. As of this week, the mobile bank is also available... read more
09 Nov 18 @ 16:39
Deutsche Bank this week made two telling announcements as it signalled it is moving into a highr gear to keep pace with the digitisation of payments and platforms around it.... read more
09 Nov 18 @ 16:19
Its been a busy week in the world of global money transfer. Both of the biggest household names have had big news, but for one its was a big win... read more
08 Nov 18 @ 16:42
By 2030, 80% of heritage financial services firms will go out of business, become commoditised or exist only formally but not competing effectively, according to Gartner. These firms will struggle... read more
08 Nov 18 @ 13:05
Banks are offering more features and upgrades for their mobile banking apps, and thanks to their convenience more users are adopting mobile banking services around the world. But as new financial technology... read more
06 Nov 18 @ 14:23
The payments landscape has advanced by leaps and bounds over the past decade. Once seen as a mere extension of the IT department, forward-thinking payments leaders have realised that a... read more
05 Nov 18 @ 13:10
Bitcoin is Ten! Ten years ago, as Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy and the global economy nosedived into recession, the idea for an alternative digital currency was being built online. On... read more
20 Oct 26 @ 09:06
Mastercard has launched a new platform with BVNK that brings fiat currencies and stablecoins together through a single API, marking the first major integration ... more
15 Oct 26 @ 19:41
Starling is developing a transactional foundation model with Nvidia that will be trained and hosted entirely within a UK sovereign cloud, as the digital bank lo... more
22 Oct 26 @ 18:16
The UK’s competition regulator has set out proposals that could significantly widen access to contactless payments on Apple’s iPhone, potentially lowering b... more