16 Jun 14 @ 16:24

Spurred by major data breaches at Target and other stores, the US banking and retail sectors are turning to more secure microchip-based EMV payment cards, causing US shipments of these... read more

16 Jun 14 @ 16:21

Only 42% of UK SMEs currently offer customers the option of paying by card, despite card spending more than doubling in the last decade, according to research from Barclaycard. SMEs... read more

16 Jun 14 @ 16:19

French payment processor Worldline is set to be spun off by its parent Atos in an initial public offering (IPO) valued at €610 million. Worldline will issue around €255 million... read more

28 Oct 26 @ 18:30

Visa and Mastercard are facing two proposed UK collective actions that could seek around £5 billion in compensation over allegedly unlawful interchange fees charged on consumer card payments. The claims... read more

26 Oct 26 @ 18:17

Sweden’s central bank has revived the debate over whether the country should introduce an e-krona, as declining cash usage, the development of a digital euro and the growth of stablecoins... read more

26 Oct 26 @ 18:17

Visa is expanding its commercial payments capabilities with new fraud controls, supplier analytics and agentic payment tools as virtual cards become more deeply embedded in automated business workflows. The company... read more

26 Oct 26 @ 18:15

UK and European regulators are seeking answers from Google after a major cloud outage disrupted banking services across Western Europe, raising fresh questions about the financial sector’s dependence on a... read more

23 Oct 26 @ 10:14

FM Finance Ltd has launched Remitiva as a dedicated instant card payouts brand, with its own site and product documentation. It is built around a single function: sending funds straight... read 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 barriers for banks, fintechs and wallet providers seeking to... read more

22 Oct 26 @ 18:12

Fintech money transfer providers have substantially reduced the cost of cross-border payments compared with traditional bank wires, while stablecoins remain constrained by conversion fees, liquidity and the continued need for... 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 since Mastercard acquired the stablecoin infrastructure... read more

20 Oct 26 @ 09:05

The European Payments Council is developing a common framework to govern how payment service providers accept EU Digital Identity Wallets for strong customer authentication, as Europe prepares for large-scale deployment... read more

15 Oct 26 @ 19:37

The Bank of England and International Monetary Fund have issued unusually stark warnings over the systemic threat posed by cyber attacks, arguing that a serious incident affecting payments or access... read more

15 Oct 26 @ 19:36

Stablecoin payments provider Noah has secured both a MiCA crypto-asset service provider licence and a PSD2 payment institution licence, giving it a regulated framework to offer stablecoin and fiat payment... read more

13 Oct 26 @ 20:11

Latvia is intensifying efforts to position itself as a leading European fintech centre, seeking to compete more directly with neighbouring Lithuania and Estonia for companies looking for a base inside... read more

11 Oct 26 @ 17:40

Banks and securities firms across the UK and European Union are entering the final year of preparations for the move to T+1 settlement on 11 October 2027, with regulators and... read more

08 Oct 26 @ 20:01

Mollie has launched a new version of Pay by Bank built on GoCardless’s open banking infrastructure, marking the first major product to emerge since the two companies combined earlier this... read more

06 Oct 26 @ 17:07

New merchants are particularly vulnerable to fraud during their earliest months of trading, with fresh analysis from Fraudio showing that 10.5% of newly observed businesses experienced at least one fraudulent... read more

06 Oct 26 @ 17:06

Citi has launched multi-market instant payments through Swift, allowing bank clients to reach several domestic real-time payment systems through a single account structure and existing Swift connectivity. The service is... read more

06 Oct 26 @ 17:06

HSBC is preparing to launch a Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoin under the HSBC RedCoin brand, beginning with retail payment use cases before expanding into corporate and institutional applications. The bank... read more