05 Dec 18 @ 15:16

PPRO Group has partnered with Mastercard to integrate the Mastercard Pay by Bank app solution into the PPRO alternative payments platform for UK merchants. With mobile commerce having become the most... read more

06 Feb 17 @ 12:48

VocaLink and Barclaycard have announced a partnership to enable their merchants to accept mobile payments through the Pay by Bank app. Pay by Bank app allows shoppers to pay quickly and securely... read more

09 Jun 15 @ 09:30

Zapp has unveiled the new ‘Pay by Bank app’ paymark, a universal symbol indicating to consumers that a retailer accepts a Zapp-powered mobile payment from a bank app. Clicking the symbol online will... read more

10 Oct 24 @ 10:05

Visa is gearing up for the 2025 launch of its A2A payments (Account-to-Account) in the UK, marking a significant advancement in its involvement in the country’s payments landscape. With the predicted... read more

26 Jul 24 @ 10:30

Are we on the brink of a revolution that displaces Visa and Mastercard from their pole position in payments? For decades, merchants have needed to accept these cards to capture... read more

06 Jul 23 @ 09:49

“Debit card or credit?” Not too long ago, the question was a ubiquitous refrain from store clerks nationwide. If asked today, the question would be more complicated. That’s because US... read more

14 Nov 22 @ 09:23

Consumers are looking for greater choices like mobile payments, crypto wallets, and person-to-person payment apps, which are taking their place alongside staple payment methods like cards and bank-to-bank ACH payments.   The latest... read more

02 Jun 26 @ 20:25

European open banking pioneer TrueLayer has taken a major step towards reshaping the continent’s checkout landscape with the acquisition of Dutch buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider in3, marking its... read more

13 Oct 25 @ 15:51

The United Kingdom’s retail payments landscape is undergoing a rapid and irreversible shift. What was once dominated by cards and cash is now being reshaped by mobile wallets and Buy... read more

03 Oct 25 @ 08:58

The U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC) has released its 2025 US Instant Payments Adoption Quantitative Study, providing one of the clearest signals yet that real-time payments are moving from promise... read more

01 Oct 25 @ 11:07

The UK payments landscape is undergoing one of the most profound shifts in its history. Figures from UK Payment Markets 2025 show that nearly 49 billion transactions were made in... read more

18 Sep 25 @ 09:19

As mobile gambling grows in the UK, players expect payments to be as quick and seamless as the games themselves. Pay by Mobile has long been one of the simplest... read more

02 Sep 25 @ 16:51

A reliance on outdated payment methods is costing small businesses across Britain dearly as consumers develop a fear of fraud. New analysis from Tink and the Centre for Economics and... read more

14 Jul 25 @ 12:16

While Open Banking and pay-by-bank technologies are reshaping the financial services landscape across Europe and Asia-Pacific, the US remains an outlier. Despite rapid innovation elsewhere, the US has struggled to... read more

04 Jun 25 @ 10:09

HSBC has made a strategic equity investment in Token.io in a move that significantly strengthens their existing partnership and reinforces both parties’ ambitions to mainstream account-to-account (A2A) payments across the... read more

04 Jun 25 @ 10:02

Deutsche Bank and Mastercard have deepened their long-standing relationship with a new strategic partnership aimed at transforming the European payments landscape through the power of Open Banking. Unveiled at Money... read more

29 May 25 @ 11:04

Despite years of regulatory support, industry optimism, and substantial investment, Open Banking in the UK has yet to fulfil its original promise of transforming the payments landscape. New data reveals... read more

06 May 25 @ 13:12

In a major step forward for the UK’s Open Banking ecosystem, a consortium of 31 major players spanning fintechs, incumbent banks and payment platforms has committed funding to establish a... read more

09 Jan 25 @ 17:43

The European Union’s Instant Payments Regulation (IPR), which came into force in April 2024, marks a pivotal step in moving the financial landscape across the Single European Payments Area (SEPA)... read more

08 Jan 25 @ 16:51

Open Banking in the UK and Europe was introduced in 2018, with regulations mandated by the EU’s Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2). Six years later, has it caught on in... read more