17 Oct 16 @ 16:28

For a long time alarm bells have been ringing for banks in digital and mobile financial services: the rise of the fintech industry, the scale of global VC investment; the... read more

11 Oct 16 @ 12:24

Financial intermediation and payment systems have always been the preserve of the banking sector, but advancement in technology or digital disruption is giving a lot of palpitations to bankers. Anthony... read more

05 Oct 16 @ 13:21

The European roll out of Identity Check Mobile, a new biometric payment technology application that uses biometrics like fingerprints or facial recognition to verify a cardholder’s identity, simplifying online shopping.... read more

19 Sep 16 @ 09:49

The UK is placing its trust in banks over government agencies to protect their biometric data such as fingerprints and iris scans, according to new research from Visa. Consumers are... read more

07 Sep 16 @ 13:44

Disruption, innovation, Uberisation, disintermediation, Fintechisation, regulation… all of these words are nowadays perceived as challenges for the retail banks and their business. Media and experts are fond of predicting that... read more

16 Aug 16 @ 17:13

Sometime it is difficult enough for the industry to keep up with new technology threats and opportunities domestically, let alone regionally or internationally. Given the frenetic pace with which new technology... read more

05 Aug 16 @ 11:24

FICO reveals the UK saw Europe’s largest annual jump in card fraud losses for 2015. Most of the 18% rise in losses came from online transactions, reflecting the growth in... read more

21 Jul 16 @ 12:49

Sometimes it is difficult enough for the mobile payments industry to keep up with new technology threats and opportunities domestically, let alone regionally or internationally. Given the frenetic pace with which... read more

15 Jul 16 @ 12:28

Europe’s biggest FinTech and payments firms are poised to benefit from “secular tailwinds” in coming years as the payments industry continues to undergo a revolution, according to a new report from... read more

14 Jul 16 @ 14:26

Absa Bank, the South African subsidiary of Barclays Africa Group, has joined the R3 blockchain consortium representing over fifty major corporations from around the world. Absa will also be working towards developing a... read more

13 Jul 16 @ 17:55

When it comes to user engagement, Facebook’s reigns supreme above all others. WhatsApp has exceeded 1 billion users, and Facebook Messenger reports 900 million users, handling 60 billion messages a day combined — three times... read more

07 Jul 16 @ 13:55

If you don’t already bank, shop or make mobile payments using your mobile device, there’s a good chance that you’ll start within the coming year. At least, that’s what the... read more

21 Jun 16 @ 09:16

A FinTech based UK could become a cashless society within 20 years according to research published by London & Partners, the Mayor of London’s promotional company, to coincide with London Technology Week... read more

02 Jun 16 @ 09:02

The value of contactless payments made by consumers in Canada more than doubled over the past year, according to a new study published by Technology Strategies International. The report titled,... read more

23 May 16 @ 12:33

The last decade has seen most of us decisively change both our online behaviour and our consumption of digital services. When, for example, did you last open a laptop to... read more

20 May 16 @ 13:39

Worldpay is threatening to make the manual cash register obsolete with a new payment device. The payment processor claims that its all-in-one tablet-based till will completely change how small business... read more

19 May 16 @ 11:24

Consumer-facing technology brands have done much to reset customer expectations around speed, but also convenience, value and choice. Consumers can send and receive e-mail across the globe almost instantly. They... read more

19 May 16 @ 10:53

Advancements in digital technology continued to shape the payments industry in 2015 as mobile, online and other digital forms of digital payments moved into the mainstream. From mass transit to... read more

26 Apr 16 @ 12:11

Mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) is revolutionising the POS terminal industry. Because of this, the market is poised to grow by 400% over the next four years, 46% of all POS terminals... read more

13 Apr 16 @ 13:16

Global investment in FinTech ventures in the first quarter of 2016 reached $5.3 billion, a 67% increase over the same period last year, and the percentage of investments going to... read more