24 Oct 23 @ 11:00

The last eighteen months have seen fintechs and blockchain companies take a hammering. As the dust settles, Managing Editor James Wood asks what comes next. First, the stark facts. Last... read more

04 Jul 23 @ 12:00

Checkout.com has launched Intelligent Acceptance, its latest product to help merchants optimise acceptance rates and grow revenues. Intelligent Acceptance is an AI-powered optimisation engine, trained on billions of transactional data... read more

16 Jun 23 @ 11:45

Five years after firing the starting gun on Open Banking (OB), it looks like things are going well in the UK. However, a key question remains – especially for the... read more

15 Feb 23 @ 17:01

BNPL has, to date, managed to escape regulations aimed at other interest-bearing loans. In the UK, where the BNPL market was worth £5.7 billion in 2021, as with regulators in... read more

10 Feb 23 @ 13:29

The BNPL payment industry in UK has recorded strong growth over the last four quarters, supported by increased e-commerce penetration. BNPL payments are expected to grow by 20.1% on an... read more

17 Jan 23 @ 13:20

FinTech start-ups are facing the rockiest market conditions since they were founded, but many are already adapting by expanding into new spaces and catering to enterprises. FinTech is undergoing a... read more

03 Jan 23 @ 12:52

For some time, the US credit card business has struggled with burgeoning costs and decreasing profitability. Now a range of factors – including rising inflation, a weakening economy and increased... read more

15 Nov 22 @ 15:20

Today’s neobanks and FinTechs want to expand the range of services they offer customers. Adrian Marinica, Technical Manager at Maxcode explains why quality – from product design and development through... read more

18 Oct 22 @ 09:12

In this article we look at the effect of an economic slowdown on payment choices, and ask whether BNPL will continue to be the poster-child of payments in this new... read more

14 Sep 22 @ 12:06

It has been a conflicting week in the M&A market and the broader FinTech investment scene. UK FinTech investment fell to $9.6 billion in H1 2022, down from $27.8 billion... read more

09 Sep 22 @ 09:45

Anyone with half an eye on the news knows that tech layoffs have been happening across the spring and summer period. Freetrade, the London-based trading platform, is said to be... read more

07 Sep 22 @ 16:59

As BNPL continues to soar and clamour to regulate grows, industry leaders are adopting a war mentality, criticising the credit card sector. HOWEVER, the right regulation is required to prevent... read more

05 Sep 22 @ 15:58

Despite warnings to the contrary and the growing economic storm, UK banks are still rushing into BNPL despite rising risks of default and increasing regulatory scrutiny. The move is seen... read more

15 Jul 22 @ 09:34

If you work in the tech sector, there’s no way you won’t have heard about 2022’s round of hiring slowdowns, freezes and layoffs. Fintech, crypto and real estate have been... read more

07 Jun 22 @ 15:21

Apple has launched a BNPL product, announcing the move as part of a range of product updates at its annual developer conference. With Apple Pay Later, iPhone and Mac users... read more

31 May 22 @ 13:22

Ingenico and Ant Group have announced details of their  partnership that will allow acquirers and other payment service providers to implement Alipay+ seamlessly across their merchant networks using Ingenico’s PPaaS... read more

27 May 22 @ 09:45

Things are looking broadly positive in the Fintech space, according to Robert Walters’ Global Fintech Talent Report. In the first quarter of 2022, the global Fintech industry saw more than... read more

11 May 22 @ 17:23

In part due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of alternative payment methods have been on the rise in recent years – see Payments Cards & Mobile’s Why are “Alt... read more

06 Apr 22 @ 16:09

BNPL products are a payments phenomenon, with Grandview Research[1] valuing the global market at €3.6 billion in January 2021, rising to €17.9 billion by 2028 for year-on year growth of... read more

18 Mar 22 @ 10:20

The 2021 State of Finance study from App Annie reveals just how fast the world of personal finance is going digital. Within this revolution, buy-now-pay-later and cryptocurrency services are growing... read more