24 Oct 23 @ 11:00

The last eighteen months have seen fintechs and blockchain companies take a hammering. As the dust settles, Managing Editor James Wood asks what comes next. First, the stark facts. Last... read more

24 Oct 23 @ 10:00

A new global survey reveals surging demand for cloud-based embedded finance services with more than 80% of SMBs looking to switch away from traditional banks for their payment needs. The... read more

24 Oct 23 @ 09:00

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a rule that would accelerate a shift toward Open Banking, where consumers would have control over data about their financial lives and would... read more

23 Oct 23 @ 09:51

The new white paper from leading global payments platform RS2 says acquirers, independent sales organizations and payment facilitators need to rethink their growth strategies in response to the recent enormous... read more

23 Oct 23 @ 09:30

Consumers are looking to new tools and brands to access BNPL, credit and other financial services, according to a new survey. The 2023 State of Credit report which surveyed 3,000... read more

20 Oct 23 @ 09:23

Fintech jobseekers didn’t have an easy H1. With a well-documented 57% decline in fintech investment in London, compared to the same period in 2022, career and company changing has not... read more

18 Oct 23 @ 17:45

Businesses worldwide plan to significantly increase the money they spend on fighting e-commerce fraud, according to new research from Ravelin. Globally 75% of merchants polled say they will increase their... read more

18 Oct 23 @ 17:24

The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided today to move to the next phase of the digital euro project: the preparation phase. This decision follows the completion of... read more

18 Oct 23 @ 16:32

Al Etihad Payments (AEP) a subsidiary of the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has announced it will launch a 24/7 instant payments system and domestic card scheme. The central... read more

16 Oct 23 @ 17:17

Around the world we’ve experienced rapidly changing dynamics over the last few years. There’s been large-scale transformation to the workforce and global supply chains, along with the emergence of new... read more

16 Oct 23 @ 16:48

MoneyGram has announced plans to launch its own non-custodial digital wallet which will officially debut in Q1 2024. The wallet will enable consumers around the world to leverage stablecoin technology... read more

13 Oct 23 @ 09:54

Jeffries recently made a deep-dive analysis of the Nilson Report’s annual Top Merchant Acquiring ranking to compare top players, annual changes and track evolution of payments companies vs. banks. Post... read more

13 Oct 23 @ 09:37

A new State of the Internet report that explores existing and emerging cyberattacks against the financial services industry, finds that financial services is the third-most attacked vector in the Europe,... read more

13 Oct 23 @ 09:06

This is actually more interesting than you might initially think! NatWest has become the first UK bank to enable Click to Pay for all its customers with a Mastercard debit... read more

11 Oct 23 @ 10:01

A new report explores the relationship between consumer shopping habits and brand trust, and found alarming rates of false declines, cart abandonment, and trust issues in online shopping users. Abandoned... read more

10 Oct 23 @ 18:21

As the European Central Bank (ECB) progresses towards a final decision on its digital euro retail CBDC, the Spanish banking sector has put together use cases that would see the... read more

06 Oct 23 @ 14:08

A new report reveals that growth in card purchase volume in 2022 was driven by increasing financial inclusion, digitisation and the easing of lockdowns. Global Cards and Payments shows that... read more

06 Oct 23 @ 13:44

On June 28, 2023, the European Commission (EC) published a set of new legislative proposals, notably for a Third Payment Services Directive (PSD3) and a Payment Services Regulation (PSR). It... read more

06 Oct 23 @ 11:49

Consumers have filed a class-action lawsuit against Venmo and PayPal, alleging it enacts illegally anticompetitive policies through its anti-steering rules that ultimately lead to millions of consumers paying excess charges annually,... read more

05 Oct 23 @ 16:09

In June 2023 the European Commission put forward a proposal for a Regulation to further digitalise and improve competitiveness in the European financial sector. The proposal for a Financial Data... read more