12 Dec 18 @ 08:39

Shopping activity among Asia-Pacific (APAC) visitors to Europe weakened in Q3 2018 as currency pressures across the region diminished the spending power of APAC tourists – usually some of the... read more

12 Dec 18 @ 08:23

First Data and Hong Kong-based China CITIC Bank International (CNCBI), have announced a partnership with the launch of a comprehensive range of merchant acquiring solutions including POS terminals, e-commerce solutions... read more

19 Nov 18 @ 16:26

FinTech M&A is at record levels. The competition is fierce as incumbents battle to stay ahead of the curve as the financial services sector is undergoes a technology-driven metamorphosis. Highly-publicised... read more

24 Oct 18 @ 12:21

NCR announced a definitive agreement to acquire US based JetPay, a provider of end-to-end payment processing. The transaction will be a cash tender offer of $5.05 per JetPay share, which... read more

17 Oct 18 @ 15:13

Even though it’s early days for Open Banking there are already plenty of trailblazers offering new services.From Forex to rental accommodation, personal identification to loyalty schemes, many customer experiences are... read more

10 Oct 18 @ 10:24

It has recently been reported that a number of US technology heavyweights including Amazon and Apple have been hacked. According to Bloomberg, in 2015, Amazon.com began quietly evaluating a startup called Elemental Technologies,... read more

19 Sep 18 @ 09:09

China’s e-commerce market will hit $1 trillion this year, a year ahead of predictions, according to Forrester. The report reveals the growth in mobile shopping and consumer spending in categories... read more

18 Sep 18 @ 14:16

The desire for convenience by consumers is reshaping the retail sector, where retailers are scrambling to offer a seamless shopping experience with latest technologies such as self-service checkout systems and... read more

29 Aug 18 @ 09:19

Behavioural biometrics is a brave new world of seamless, hassle-free authentication that is set to revolutionise – and personalise – the life of consumers across the planet. In a world... read more

27 Jul 18 @ 10:41

By 2020, nearly all smart devices including mobile phones, tablets and wearables will have some form of biometrics security enablement. By the same time, personal banking through mobile apps will... read more

21 May 18 @ 20:58

The financial sector, while forging ahead in other areas of digital transformation, has been relatively slow to adopt the cloud and there has been good reason for it: banks have... read more

30 Apr 18 @ 10:24

Traveller expectations are at an all-time high. In the age of on-demand, mobile services and the convenience of ‘tap-and-go’ M-Ticketing technology, the public transport industry is under increasing pressure to... read more

04 Apr 18 @ 10:47

Amid the excitement generated by technologies such as quantum computing, virtual reality, artificial intelligence and distributed ledger (DLT), cloud computing can be often overlooked. Yet at the recent Sibos event,... read more

15 Mar 18 @ 14:00

Dan Schulman, PayPal CEO has said that mobile is going to “fundamentally redefine” the retail industry and change the way consumers think about the Check out. “Already, it’s starting to... read more

14 Mar 18 @ 15:25

That scammers are buying and selling your stolen personal info on the dark web and it’s not just credit card details is not new. However, with hacked dating profiles, streaming... read more

09 Jan 18 @ 10:19

Visa and Dynamics today unveiled the Dynamics Wallet Card, an Internet of Things (IoT) device that holds multiple payment cards and includes a digital display allowing for greater security, instant... read more

04 Jan 18 @ 16:31

To be a successful business in Europe in 2018, you will need to be able to demonstrate GDPR compliance. Numerous articles have already detailed what GDPR is, the ramifications of... read more

10 Oct 17 @ 13:37

According to the World Payments Report, global non-cash transaction volumes grew 11.2% during 2014–2015 to reach 433.1 billion, the highest growth of the past decade, and slightly above last year’s... read more

31 Aug 17 @ 14:01

The required procedures for Know Your Customer (KYC) have finally broken free of branch-based face-to-face meetings, and now enable banks to use videoconferencing and biometrics to verify a customer’s identity... read more

01 Aug 17 @ 16:36

Today, the cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, split in two as a ‘breakaway’ group of Bitcoin miners and developers plan to create the new Bitcoin cash network that increases the transaction capacity of... read more