06 Jan 22 @ 11:46
The United States’ Federal Reserve has issued an update to its Federal Reserve Payments Study (FRPS) on the US payments market to include findings from recent survey data. The findings... read more
05 Jan 22 @ 17:07
A new study by Payments Europe shows the extent to which new trends have emerged post-pandemic regarding the payment’s behaviour of consumers and merchants in Europe. According to the report,... read more
05 Jan 22 @ 16:34
People’s Bank of China’s (PBOC) has released a pilot versions of its e-CNY, digital yuan wallet application on app stores as the central bank steps up its push to develop... read more
05 Jan 22 @ 16:21
A ground breaking plan for Denmark’s financial sector has been approved by the board of Denmark’s banking association, Finance Denmark. According to the new sector plan, P27 Nordic Payments will... read more
17 Dec 21 @ 12:04
Fraud is going off the scale. PCM outlines how well current solutions are working, and what might work better. Even before the holidays have begun, the signs are not good:... read more
17 Dec 21 @ 11:47
As the FinTech revolution percolates its way through the economy, there are more and more payments solutions on the market. As they have multiplied, the range of functions on offer... read more
17 Dec 21 @ 11:38
90% of mid-market enterprises are now digitizing their accounts receivable (AR) processes. But digitization and traditional AR automation alone aren’t enough to solve for businesses’ most important stakeholder—their customer. Craig O’Neill,... read more
17 Dec 21 @ 09:54
Are you looking for a new job at the moment? Well, you are in the right place. There are so many amazing opportunities popping up on our job board every... read more
16 Dec 21 @ 16:15
As reported in Payments Cards & Mobile, Amazon announced in November that it would stop taking payments from Visa credit cards issued in the UK, because of sky-high fees. Interchange... read more
16 Dec 21 @ 15:43
As payments go digital and new methods such as Account to Account (A2A), crypto and Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) rocket in popularity, regulators are struggling to keep up with... read more
15 Dec 21 @ 09:15
JCB International and Planet have announced the expansion of their European partnership. This new deal ensures Planet will perform as a JCB acquirer across European territories for both face-to-face and... read more
14 Dec 21 @ 15:35
A new study has found that the total value of mobile money transactions in emerging markets will exceed $870 billion in 2026, up from $555 billion in 2021, representing growth... read more
14 Dec 21 @ 15:14
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has recently published its policy statement PS21/19 which sets out amendments to the UK SCA-RTS. The Policy Statement sets out final rule changes, as... read more
13 Dec 21 @ 11:05
Banque de France (BdF), Swiss National Bank (SNB) and Bank for International Settlements’ (BIS) Innovation Hub have successfully completed Project Jura, an experiment in cross-border wholesale CBDC, in collaboration with Accenture, Credit Suisse, Natixis, R3, SIX Digital Exchange and UBS.... read more
13 Dec 21 @ 10:32
In 2021, e-commerce growth as a digital category is being driven largely by mobile commerce. In fact, eMarketer estimates (via Statista) that in 2021, mobile will make up about 73% of all e-commerce sales;... read more
10 Dec 21 @ 10:18
In Q4 of 2021, FinTech Connect surveyed 100+ FinTech Leads from across the entire FinTech ecosystem to find out more about what are the challenges and opportunities currently presented within... read more
10 Dec 21 @ 09:28
Bitcoin mining has jumped close to its all-time high as cryptocurrency miners shift their operations to new countries following the crackdown in China. The bitcoin hash-rate, a measure of how... read more
10 Dec 21 @ 09:00
SWIFT announced the availability of its new In-flow Translation service and confirms that it now offers a full ISO 20022 customer testing environment for cross-border payments. In-flow Translation will enable... read more
10 Dec 21 @ 08:03
If you’re on the job hunt this side of Christmas, we want to do what we can to help. We know how busy this time of year can be, and... read more
09 Dec 21 @ 11:04
Hong Kong is heading towards being cashless as paper money and coins account for no more than 1.6% of POS transactions by 2024, the lowest in the Asia-Pacific region, and... read 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
15 Oct 26 @ 19:41
Starling is developing a transactional foundation model with Nvidia that will be trained and hosted entirely within a UK sovereign cloud, as the digital bank lo... more
22 Oct 26 @ 18:16
The UK’s competition regulator has set out proposals that could significantly widen access to contactless payments on Apple’s iPhone, potentially lowering b... more