28 Jun 18 @ 14:12

UK shoppers are returning £7 billion of purchases every year, leading to a ‘phantom economy’ of lost revenue for retailers, with sales coming in that they ultimately can’t recognise. New... read more

25 Jun 18 @ 16:42

After the disappointment of US regulators blocking its purchase of MoneyGram, Ant Financial has taken a step towards dramatically lowering the cost of remitting money overseas in a move that... read more

13 Jun 18 @ 10:32

SARB, South Africa’s central bank has revealed astonishing results for a trial of its blockchain-based system for interbank clearance and settlement. According to a statement, SARB said it completed a 14-week... read more

12 Jun 18 @ 09:13

Thailand’s central bank chief has confirmed research into Project Inthanon, and a number of blockchain applications in banking, involving a central bank digital currency used for interbank settlements. In a... read more

05 Jun 18 @ 09:30

Analyst house P.A.ID Strategies announces the results of research into the onboarding practices of cryptocurrency wallets and exchanges. The research, commissioned by Mitek, a global leader in digital identity verification... read more

01 Jun 18 @ 10:49

Global payment trends and digital technologies are driving change in the payments world. The omni-channel payment behaviour of increasingly online consumers and retailers counter-acting demand for omni-channel payment service acceptance... read more

01 Jun 18 @ 10:13

Financial inclusion is on the rise globally, accelerated by mobile phones and the internet, but gains have been uneven across countries, a new World Bank report finds. 69 percent of... read more

01 Jun 18 @ 10:07

An independent payments consultancy, CMSPI, has initiated a complaint with the European Commission over changes Visa is making to its fees, claiming the card scheme’s actions could cost SMEs  in... read more

23 May 18 @ 09:03

Global technical association, OSPT Alliance has collaborated with FIME to develop and launch a technical training program. It will educate security, ID, payment, access control and transport players on the... read more

17 May 18 @ 11:33

As of late 2017, more countries and regions joined the global real-time payments movement. With the arrival of European Banking Association Real-Time 1 (EBA RT1), SEPA Instant Payments, The Clearing... read more

14 May 18 @ 16:46

As of May 1st, there has been a new operator of the UK’s two most important retail payment schemes. New Payments Systems Operator Limited – or NPSO for short –... read more

14 May 18 @ 16:31

In the online payments sphere, a handful of companies have attempted to create new protocols to overcome the challenges of scalability and ease of use in blockchain technologies. Nevertheless, they... read more

11 May 18 @ 16:45

In the last decade, contactless technologies, the mobile Internet and constantly connected mobile devices have significantly changed the way consumers consider their shopping experience. Consumers are also looking for seamless... read more

11 May 18 @ 15:44

3C Payment has announced further enhancement of their retail proposition through successful roll out of an integrated payment solution with WHSmith. With the continued expansion of their International travel sites,... read more

11 May 18 @ 10:06

The challenge for the retailers is a need to embrace these new consumer shopping and payment expectations, and the need to learn from new consumer consumption and payment patterns. This... read more

10 May 18 @ 15:48

Ripple has announced aggregated and averaged results from several early xRapid pilots. xRapid is Ripple’s on-demand liquidity solution which uses the digital asset XRP for more efficient cross-border transactions between... read more

04 May 18 @ 10:52

In the last decade, contactless technologies, the mobile Internet and always connected mobile devices have significantly changed the way consumers consider their shopping experience. Consumers are also looking for seamless... read more

04 May 18 @ 09:13

An independent payments consultancy, CMSPI, has initiated a complaint with the European Commission over changes Visa is making to its fees, claiming the card scheme’s actions could cost small businesses... read more

02 May 18 @ 15:53

Blockchain technology is probably one of the most impactful discoveries in the recent history. After all, it has a massive potential to change how we handle online transactions. Despite some... read more

25 Apr 18 @ 12:57

In the last decade, contactless technologies, the mobile Internet and always connected mobile devices have significantly changed the way consumers consider their shopping experience. Consumers are also looking for seamless... read more