05 Feb 18 @ 09:41

The European Commission has launched the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum with the support of the European Parliament, represented by Jakob von Weizsäcker responsible for the recent report on virtual... read more

02 Feb 18 @ 13:09

Nigeria’s authorities are set to revoke the licences of at least 15 struggling mobile money operators under new minimum finance rules, according to press report. The report tips the majority... read more

31 Jan 18 @ 14:35

Retail companies could become the new face of everyday financial transactions post-PSD2. PSD2 requires banks to grant third-party providers – such as retail merchants – access to a consumer’s online... read more

25 Jan 18 @ 11:55

The Taiwanese government has planned to promote adoption of mobile payments by subsidising transaction fees to make in-store mobile payments more attractive to consumers. Government departments can help promote mobile... read more

17 Jan 18 @ 11:15

Bank of America has applied for or received at least 43 patents for blockchain, the ledger technology used for verifying and recording transactions that’s at the heart of virtual currencies.... read more

16 Jan 18 @ 11:30

2018 is here and the business outlook for retailers is looking positive despite what people may think. The New Year retail will be driven by technological advances and payment transaction... read more

15 Jan 18 @ 12:52

November saw the launch of new instant payment schemes in the US and Eurozone. The main commercial banks in the US are behind RTP®, and nearly 600 payment institutions from... read more

10 Jan 18 @ 22:03

New research has revealed that major UK retailers are unaware, unprepared and paralysed ahead of the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) set to go live on January 13th. The research, from Consult... read more

10 Jan 18 @ 16:08

One third (32%) of Britons would apply for a job as a money mule, helping criminals to launder money. That’s the finding of an experiment carried out by Santander to... read more

20 Dec 17 @ 10:10

Retail companies could become the new face of everyday financial transactions once the Revised Payments Services Directive, known as PSD2, goes into effect in the European Union in January. PSD2... read more

11 Dec 17 @ 16:36

The Islamic finance industry has expanded rapidly in the last decade, growing at around 10-12 percent annually, according to the World Bank. We examine the underlying Shariah principles and how... read more

05 Dec 17 @ 09:23

The heads of several large European banks have told the Financial Times that they are in talks about jointly setting up a cross-border instant payments service. The details are sketchy... read more

04 Dec 17 @ 15:57

A version of the Raiden payments channel network has been launched on the main Ethereum blockchain. Activated yesterday, the launch comes months after µRaiden – known more commonly as “microraiden” – first... read more

01 Dec 17 @ 15:41

Mastercard has just filed a patent for a “Method and System For Instantaneous Payment Using Recorded Guarantees.” This is, in short, a patent for a blockchain-based system that offers instant payment. The... read more

01 Dec 17 @ 15:25

As Sainsbury’s prepares to appeal after it lost a High Court case with Visa over a long-running row over  interchange fees, Visa has welcomed the decision which confirms that its interchange fees,  are lawful. The supermarket... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 14:16

JPMorgan Chase is set to launch a new interbank payments platform powered by the Quorum enterprise-ready distributed ledger and smart contract Blockchain platform. With the participation of two other banks... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 13:56

A consortium of Spanish banking, energy and teleco heavyweights have established Blockchain-based national network dubbed Alastria. The non-profit world’s first regulated national network based on Blockchain, will develop distributed ledger... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 09:48

At a major FinTech conference in Singapore, Visa announced that it is going to pilot its blockchain based B2B payments system called B2B Connect in mid-2018. Visa has partnered with... read more

16 Nov 17 @ 16:42

American Express has announced the introduction of blockchain-enabled, cross-border B2B  payments. The American Express FX International Payments (FXIP) business is working with Ripple to make blockchain payments commercially available, reducing... read more

15 Nov 17 @ 16:50

Mobile payments are not something new, yet many companies fall short on capitalizing on their use to better meet customer needs. While Google Wallet debuted in 2011, purchases through mobile... read more