25 Aug 22 @ 10:53

In mid-January 2021, four of Ireland’s largest banks joined forces to launch an instant payments digital payment app, dubbed Synch, that they intended to promote to help fend off the... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 10:06

Four of Irelands largest banks are joining forces to launch an instant payments digital payment app, dubbed Synch, that they intent to promote to help fend off the threat posed... read more

13 Oct 25 @ 12:31

Ireland’s three largest retail banks are preparing to roll out a new person-to-person mobile payments service, Zippay, in early 2026 – a move aimed squarely at competing with digital challengers... read more

14 May 25 @ 10:23

In a high-stakes move that underscores the strategic value of embedded finance, Visa has reportedly tabled a $100 million offer to displace Mastercard as the network provider behind the Apple... read more

11 Feb 25 @ 11:07

Apple is reportedly in talks with Barclays and Synchrony Financial to replace Goldman Sachs as its credit card partner. This potential shift comes as Goldman reassesses its consumer finance ambitions,... read more

14 Aug 24 @ 08:49

A lot has been happening in the realm of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) and depending who you ask, latest developments are either surefire affirmation that the shopping phenomenon is... read more

14 Aug 23 @ 16:15

As Open Banking services approach take-off in some European markets and the US fires up its regulatory engine, we ask: how can banks make money out of Open Banking? It’s... read more

16 Dec 21 @ 11:50

Banks from both sides of the Atlantic have successfully exchanged payment messages for a faster cross-border payments as part of a proof of concept demonstrating the feasibility of synchronising settlement... read more

15 Jun 20 @ 05:20

Digital transactions are taking over. Contactless is booming. Meanwhile, small and medium retailers are under intense cost pressure after COVID and don’t want to upgrade their terminals – while some... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 11:35

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning are already the buzz-words of the next decade in almost every walk of life, from medicine to product design and financial services. But when... read more

03 Oct 18 @ 13:52

As mobile shopping continues to grow, consumers are downloading retailer’s mobile apps at double the rate of previous years and conducting more in-app purchases, according to new findings from Synchrony.... read more

03 Oct 18 @ 12:26

SoftBank, Synchronoss and TBCASoft have partnered on a Proof of Concept (PoC) for a new cross-carrier mobile payments service based on the Rich Communications Service (RCS) global messaging standard and... read more

09 Aug 18 @ 14:37

A “very rare partial failure” of a hardware switch caused a Visa Europe processing outage at the beginning of June. The disruption lasted ten hours and affected five million transactions,... read more

01 Oct 15 @ 08:42

Bookmaker William Hill has launched a re-loadable prepaid card, which allows customers to access their winnings immediately after bets are settled. The Priority Access card, co-branded with MasterCard, solves the... read more

30 Mar 15 @ 16:26

Apple Pay has breathed new life into tokenisation and the use of tokenisation has seen a revival due to new technology approaches that remove associated operational risks and complexities and... read more