10 Dec 24 @ 09:48
Paymentology has signed a referral partnership with Zand Bank, the UAE’s first fully licensed, all-digital bank. This collaboration focuses on expanding financial services for fintechs and startups, aiming to accelerate... read more
03 Dec 24 @ 13:55
SentBe, a global FX total solutions provider in Korea, has partnered with Visa and implemented Visa Direct card transfer services, which allows real-time overseas payment through Visa’s global payment network.... read more
03 Dec 24 @ 09:38
SentBe, a global FX total solutions provider in Korea, has partnered with Visa and implemented Visa Direct card transfer services, which allows real-time overseas payment through Visa’s global payment network.... read more
22 Oct 24 @ 14:10
Open banking in the UK and Europe was introduced in 2018, with regulations mandated by the EU’s Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2). Six years later, has it caught on in... read more
22 Oct 24 @ 14:08
European payments are about to speed up. The new SEPA (Single European Payments Area) Credit Transfer mandate (SCT Inst) has taken root and deadlines for implementation are as soon as... read more
22 Oct 24 @ 14:07
Figures vary as to the availability of crypto acceptance globally by merchants. In the sartorial style stakes, some bold moves have been made to advance the appeal and extol the... read more
22 Oct 24 @ 14:03
There has been a steady decline in the use of cash since over the years and certainly from 2013, the year from which UK Finance charts the last decade of... read more
22 Oct 24 @ 14:01
Once again, the B2B space is providing a hotbed for payments activity and innovation, being in this instance the hook for which cross border payments are to flourish extensively. Cross... read more
22 Oct 24 @ 13:55
Adding a new spin, or at least exploring an additional use case for CBDCs, the pioneering project established in Switzerland, Project Helvetia, begun in 2020, has just announced Phase III.... read more
22 Oct 24 @ 13:55
In an unusual about-turn, the UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) issued a statement in September 2024 confirming the implementation date for the Authorised Push Payments (APP) scam protections to come... read more
22 Oct 24 @ 13:47
A new report from financial software leaders Tietoevry Banking reveals that most European banks are now engaged in card systems modernisation by migrating their card management platforms away from legacy... read more
22 Oct 24 @ 13:46
The card giants are facing collective UK claims for historical multilateral interchange fee (MIF) overcharging. The Competition Appeal Tribunal has approved UK businesses to seek compensation for losses due to... read more
22 Oct 24 @ 13:44
JP Morgan Chase has entered preliminary discussions with Apple to potentially take over the management of the tech giant’s credit card programme, which is currently handled by Goldman Sachs. According... read more
22 Oct 24 @ 13:42
More US consumers are using debit for more transactions and are spending more in the process. The 2024 PULSE Debit Issuer Study, commissioned by Discover Financial Services and conducted by... read more
22 Oct 24 @ 13:31
In the first half of the year, BLIK continued to experience significant growth in transaction volume. At the end of June 2024, there were 30.3 million mobile apps registered in... read more
22 Oct 24 @ 13:28
Ant Group says the number of international visitors who have used its mobile payment services in China quadrupled over the past six months, following the launch of the International Consumer... read more
22 Oct 24 @ 13:25
During peak shopping seasons, e-commerce retailers have their work cut out for them in the fight for customer wallets. While steep sales and fun advertising can bring customers in, a... read more
22 Oct 24 @ 13:22
Viva.com has expanded its strategic partnership with Alipay+, with a suite of cross-border mobile payments and digitalisation technology solutions, to enable European merchants to accept direct payments from 15 e-wallets.... read more
22 Oct 24 @ 13:20
Mastercard has expanded its cybersecurity services with an agreement to acquire global threat intelligence company Recorded Future from Insight Partners for $2.65 billion. Recorded Future is the world’s largest threat... read more
27 Sep 26 @ 18:53
Six major banks have joined forces to establish principles for trusted agentic commerce, warning that the rapid adoption of AI shopping agents could outpace exi... 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 ... more
27 Sep 26 @ 18:52
Seven major UK financial institutions have completed the first live customer transactions using tokenised sterling deposits, marking an important step in Britai... more