06 Feb 23 @ 11:02

A good payment gateway is the backbone of online businesses. It makes the payment experience both fast and secure. However, it is challenging to choose the perfect gateway with so... read more

01 Feb 23 @ 11:45

Regulators for the European Union banking sectors have announced a stress test to evaluate how banks would manage with an extended period of high inflation and prolonged high interest rates.... read more

01 Feb 23 @ 10:54

In an earlier blog, we explained how the shift to online shopping plus concerns about the environment are driving consumers away from using plastic and towards virtual cards. Virtual cards... read more

31 Jan 23 @ 18:18

Moody’s is reported to be working on the early implementation of a scoring system for stablecoins, the crypto sector’s most traded tokens, as the asset class grows and faces increased... read more

31 Jan 23 @ 13:11

Jana Mackintosh is Managing Director for Payments and Innovation at UK Finance. She is experienced in competition and regulatory policy, having worked across a number of public and private sector... read more

31 Jan 23 @ 12:42

Kaspersky says it has uncovered three new variants of Prilex malware, which can block contactless near-field communication (NFC) transactions on infected devices, forcing customers to use their physical credit cards,... read more

30 Jan 23 @ 10:42

Worldline has announced the extension of a partnership with ING Bank N.V. Worldline will handle debit and credit card issuing and processing for ING across multiple countries, based on the... read more

27 Jan 23 @ 11:22

Back in July last year, Apple was sued in a proposed class action by payment card issuers accusing Apple Pay of abusing its market power in mobile devices to thwart... read more

27 Jan 23 @ 09:48

If you work in tech there’s no ignoring the current headlines surrounding mass layoffs at some of the biggest and most established names in the sector. January alone has seen... read more

26 Jan 23 @ 14:00

Local Russian news outlets are reporting that Russia and Iran are considering a stablecoin collaboration to skirt financial and economic restrictions imposed by the US, EU, UK and other countries,... read more

25 Jan 23 @ 19:14

Ingenico and Fujitsu Frontech have unveiled the world’s most “secure, accurate and seamless biometric payment solution” based on palm vein identification. Designed on Ingenico’s AXIUM range, its Android payment terminals,... read more

25 Jan 23 @ 09:51

The Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, part of the European Parliament, has voted to impose strict restrictions on banks seeking to hold crypto. Banks will have to treat crypto as... read more

24 Jan 23 @ 17:14

PayPal has fallen foul of antitrust investigators in Germany – where the Federal Cartel Office (FCO) has announced it’s looking into its rules on surcharges. Germany’s cartel office said it had initiated... read more

24 Jan 23 @ 14:57

That consumers are turning to digital wallets at an increasingly faster pace is no major headline. However, the losses that the move could cause banks is definitely a painful awakening... read more

24 Jan 23 @ 10:37

Amazon and Stripe have signed an expanded global agreement, deepening the companies’ long-standing partnership. Under the new agreement, Stripe will become a strategic payments partner for Amazon in the US,... read more

23 Jan 23 @ 17:09

Sopra Steria has revealed the results of its Digital Banking Experience Report (DBX) For the second year running, IPSOS and Forrester assessed banks’ digital maturity and ability to keep pace... read more

23 Jan 23 @ 12:51

Consumers spend on average 72% more per e-commerce transaction if they can pay with BNPL instalments, according to a recent study from Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR). The study investigated a... read more

20 Jan 23 @ 16:44

This week has, as usual, been rich in cryptocurrency news. FTX is way down the rankings but the mood out there is still on a knife edge. As per an... read more

20 Jan 23 @ 13:10

An interesting announcement relating to the payments industry has materialised from the World Economic Forum by the name of The Universal Digital Payments Network (UDPN). The UDPN was launched to... read more

20 Jan 23 @ 11:22

Money laundering and other financial crime fines handed out to banks and FI’s have peaked at more than 50% of last years total, demonstrating that the penalties are simply failing... read more