25 Sep 18 @ 10:10

The $110 trillion payments business is facing further and major disruption from the FinTech revolution that will upend the traditional financial services industry and create new opportunities for venture-backed companies... read more

25 Sep 18 @ 09:24

In September 2015, Entrepreneur Magazine pointed out to its readers that, at the time of writing, there were some 200 different ways to make electronic payments. To put that in its... read more

24 Sep 18 @ 16:38

As if life isn’t complex enough for retailers, as they struggle to implement the latest omni-channel experience for consumers and shoppers abandon the high streets, a new report has found... read more

24 Sep 18 @ 12:23

The Singapore government is set to allow access to its real-time payments system, FAST, to extend the availability of the payments systems for FinTechs and other payments players. The country... read more

20 Sep 18 @ 14:56

Initial coin offerings, or ICOs, are a recent craze in the cryptocurrency world. Despite being just a couple of years old, ICOs have managed to attract a lot of attention.... read more

19 Sep 18 @ 10:00

China UnionPay, which in 2015 became the world’s biggest payment card issuer, has announced plans to launch UnionPay branded cards in the UK, a first step in a larger European... read more

19 Sep 18 @ 09:56

Visa and Mastercard along with a group of their top US acquirer banks have proposed a $6.2 billion settlement of the long-running antitrust lawsuit over the interchange fees they charge... read more

19 Sep 18 @ 09:09

China’s e-commerce market will hit $1 trillion this year, a year ahead of predictions, according to Forrester. The report reveals the growth in mobile shopping and consumer spending in categories... read more

18 Sep 18 @ 15:09

Data breaches are plaguing all industries globally, but some are more affected than others. This infographic looks at some of the differences, including how attractive payments-related data is to criminals... read more

18 Sep 18 @ 14:30

Stripe is has announced that it will aim to disrupt traditional POS terminal manufacturers, expanding beyond e-commerce payments with the launch of a new product for POS payments in-store, called Stripe Terminal.... read more

18 Sep 18 @ 14:16

The desire for convenience by consumers is reshaping the retail sector, where retailers are scrambling to offer a seamless shopping experience with latest technologies such as self-service checkout systems and... read more

17 Sep 18 @ 17:10

In the continuing fight for supremacy between banks and FinTechs, one of the US top banking regulator in New York is to sue the US Office of the Comptroller of the... read more

17 Sep 18 @ 16:50

The 2018 Debit Issuer Study found that US consumer debit use continued to grow in 2017, contributing to improved overall debit performance, while fraud losses per transaction declined for the second consecutive... read more

17 Sep 18 @ 16:32

The “SMART Payments” series will provide insights on the components that are essential for any organisation wishing to succeed in digital finance and some examples of best practice – i.e.... read more

14 Sep 18 @ 10:00

In a new infographic looking at mobile fraud we can see: 58% of digital transactions now originate from mobile devices Mobile attacks are increasing, with one third of all fraud... read more

13 Sep 18 @ 10:00

Online retailers are continuing to lose out on sales by failing to address customers’ preferred alternative payment methods. According to new research, 67% of UK consumers have abandoned an online... read more

13 Sep 18 @ 09:00

GRAFT (Global Real-time Authorizations and Funds Transfers), a blockchain payment network innovator has announced that it has achieved its first end-to-end instant payment transaction (under 2 seconds) on the GRAFT Network.... read more

12 Sep 18 @ 14:40

Barclays says it will embrace the Open Banking revolution by updating its core mobile banking app allowing customers to view accounts from rival banks in one place. This change has... read more

11 Sep 18 @ 14:12

Ripple Labs says it has reached a settlement “of all outstanding litigation” between R3 and XRP II, according to a press release published today. As per that statement, the details of the settlement... read more

11 Sep 18 @ 10:00

PayPal announced that it now has more than 250 million active customers using its payment services. It has taken the firm just over 18 months to get to that goal since it... read more