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03 Oct 18 @ 12:50
Barclays says it will embrace the Open Banking revolution by updating its core mobile banking app allowing customers to view accounts from rival banks in one place. This change has... read more
25 Sep 18 @ 10:45
75 of the world’s biggest banks are turning to the Interbank Information Network (IIN) a blockchain payments platform to fight the threat of new payments rivals in what will be... read more
12 Sep 18 @ 14:40
Barclays says it will embrace the Open Banking revolution by updating its core mobile banking app allowing customers to view accounts from rival banks in one place. This change has... read more
14 Jun 18 @ 11:16
It would appear that a new rivalry is raging that looks set to decide how cross-border payments are handled for decades to come. It is a contest that encapsulates much... read more
18 May 18 @ 08:49
PayPal is reported to be acquiring mPOS specialist iZettle for $2.2bn. PayPal is paying double the amount that iZettle, which is focused on Europe and Latin America, was targeting in its IPO,... read more
18 Apr 18 @ 11:38
Almost half (45%) of corporates see a bank’s B2B payables and cross-border payments offering as being a very or extremely important factor in the bank selection process. In its 2017... read more
09 Apr 18 @ 12:44
Consumers around the world that use mobile banking apps are at a greater risk of being tricked by cybercriminals and falling victim to mobile banking Trojans. This is according to... read more
05 Mar 18 @ 18:33
Consumers around the world that use mobile banking apps are at a greater risk of being tricked by cybercriminals and falling victim to mobile banking Trojans. This is according to... read more
26 Feb 18 @ 12:43
Implementing Open Banking reforms, which came into force in the UK last month could contribute more than £1bn annually to the UK economy, CEBR research has claimed. Under Open Banking customers... read more
10 Jan 18 @ 16:08
One third (32%) of Britons would apply for a job as a money mule, helping criminals to launder money. That’s the finding of an experiment carried out by Santander to... read more
30 Nov 17 @ 12:42
First Annapolis, now part of Accenture has been closely monitoring European card products to track the evolution of product offerings and pricing. Twice a year, it reviews the card products... read more
24 Nov 17 @ 13:56
A consortium of Spanish banking, energy and teleco heavyweights have established Blockchain-based national network dubbed Alastria. The non-profit world’s first regulated national network based on Blockchain, will develop distributed ledger... read more
16 Nov 17 @ 16:42
American Express has announced the introduction of blockchain-enabled, cross-border B2B payments. The American Express FX International Payments (FXIP) business is working with Ripple to make blockchain payments commercially available, reducing... read more
01 Nov 17 @ 09:18
While payments might seem ‘instant’ to those engaged in the transaction, the reality is, apart from cash, they are generally not. Real time clearing is what happens when you hand... read more
19 Oct 17 @ 18:00
A consortium of Spanish banking, energy and teleco heavyweights have established blockchain based national network dubbed Alastria. The non-profit “world’s first regulated national network based on blockchain”, will develop distributed... read more
06 Jul 17 @ 14:45
Swift says that is has signed an additional 22 banks to its blockchain proof of concept (PoC). The project is designed to determine if blockchain technology can help banks reconcile... read more
04 Jul 17 @ 09:37
From today, the finance and banking industry operating in the UK will be represented by a new trade association, UK Finance. UK Finance will represent over 300 firms in the... read more
08 Jun 17 @ 10:17
The news that JPMorgan Chase left the R3 Blockchain consortium speaks to the challenges ahead for any consortium whose aim is to get multiple financial institutions to agree on a... read more
31 May 17 @ 11:16
A multi sector consortium of Spanish companies which are pioneers in their different industries has created the Red Lyra, the first multi sector technology platform in the world based on... read more
24 May 17 @ 17:04
Financial and technology companies led by Bank of America,SBI Holdings, HSBC, Intel and Temasek Holdings have invested $107 million in R3 CEV which runs a big bank consortium seeking to develop... 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
