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13 Feb 20 @ 06:54
The European payments landscape has undergone a profound transformation over the past few years. According to an April 2019 report by the European Central Bank (ECB), electronic payments have grown... read more
21 Jan 20 @ 14:06
The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, the Sveriges Riksbank and the Swiss National Bank, together with the Bank for International... read more
06 Dec 19 @ 13:29
The European payments landscape has undergone a profound transformation over the past few years. According to an April 2019 report by the European Central Bank (ECB), electronic payments have grown... read more
14 Nov 19 @ 13:49
The European Central Bank (ECB) is considering the infrastructure to deploy its own digital Euro currency as a rival to, as an example, Facebook’s Libra, a draft document from the... read more
12 Nov 19 @ 14:18
Twenty European banks are reported to be working on setting up a pan-European payment system in order to challenge the perceived dominance of Visa and Mastercard as well as technology... read more
22 Oct 19 @ 20:00
European and global card-based payment solution providers are coming together to strengthen the voice of the industry and to form a new association: Payments Europe. The new body represents card... read more
12 Oct 19 @ 08:34
The EU’s Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) regulations were meant to come in to full effect on 14 September. Required to enhance e-commerce security in the face of rising fraud, some... read more
19 Sep 19 @ 11:49
SWIFT has published a new paper on the evolution of the European payments landscape and the preparations that need to be made by the region’s financial institutions. The paper, Brave... read more
17 Sep 19 @ 11:03
Representatives of Facebook were grilled by central bank regulators on its planned Libra coin project amid concerns from EU governments regarding the threat the digital currency poses to financial stability.... read more
13 Jun 19 @ 15:22
After years of low inflation making the exports of some euro members uncompetitive, inflation in the eurozone finally hit the ECB’s (European Central Bank) 2% target in 2018. Despite some... read more
04 Jun 19 @ 10:53
The ECB recently launched its new TIPS settlement system, aiming to enable instant payments across the continent and increase Europe’s competitiveness relative to US and Chinese payment systems. But will... read more
03 Jun 19 @ 15:07
With Card Not Present (CNP) fraud on the rise across the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) in recent years, the payments industry has responded with a number of innovations designed... read more
02 Jun 19 @ 18:45
With the total value of fraudulent transactions annually amounting to €1.8 Billion, according to the latest European Central Bank (ECB) report, the need for fraud prevention services has never been... read more
21 May 19 @ 08:25
SWIFT says that a group of banks are to trial instant gpi cross-border payments in Europe using the TARGET Instant Payments Settlement (TIPS) platform. The European Central Bank (ECB) and... read more
25 Apr 19 @ 08:59
The combat against fraud was an important and recurring topic at the recent MPE, and not without reason. Card-not-present (CNP) fraud remains a focal point of attention for merchants and... read more
08 Apr 19 @ 14:33
The European Commission (EC) is considering implementing new regulations to support and accelerate the adoption of the TARGET Instant Payments Settlement System (TIPS) in an effort to challenge the dominance... read more
06 Mar 19 @ 10:38
The European Commission (EC) has been reported to be considering implementing new regulations to support and accelerate the adoption of TARGET Instant Payments Settlement System (TIPS) in an effort to... read more
11 Jan 19 @ 12:03
Square has launched its Square In-App Payments SDK (Software Development Kit), enabling developers and sellers to process payments with Square within their consumer-facing mobile apps for the first time. With... read more
09 Jan 19 @ 10:02
A survey of central banks shows that a majority are collaboratively looking at the implications of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Although many have reached the stage of considering... read more
30 Nov 18 @ 16:48
The European Central Bank says it will launch the first pan-eurozone instant payments service, with the primary aim of recouping some lost ground to US and Asian tech giants. The... read more
16 Jun 26 @ 18:17
Financial fraud losses in the UK climbed to their highest level in four years during 2025, highlighting the growing sophistication of criminal networks and rais... more
11 Jun 26 @ 16:00
A landmark legal battle that has shaped the economics of card payments in the United States for more than twenty years has taken another significant step toward... more
23 Jun 26 @ 18:52
The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has secured a significant boost to its ambitions of creating a pan-European payments network, with Austria’s largest ba... more
