13 Dec 16 @ 14:10

Companies are faced with a two-fold problem: protecting their data from those who have access to it from the inside, and from those who exploit the human factor to access... read more

31 Oct 16 @ 10:37

The world seems to have got itself into a great big, tearing hurry. Consumers can send and receive e-mail across the globe in near-real-time. They can download a movie to... read more

28 Sep 16 @ 06:46

FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY GROUPS from more than 20 cities across the world plan to form a federation of ‘FinTech’ hubs this year in what would be the rst attempt to coordinate... read more

26 Sep 16 @ 12:55

SWIFT, post hacking scandal, may have some competition as a number of major global banks have signed with Ripple Labs to found a new global transfer system based on Ripple’s... read more

21 Sep 16 @ 09:33

IBM says The Clearing House, a national payments system operator for the US banking industry, has selected it to help deliver a new real-time payments system due to roll out... read more

30 Aug 16 @ 13:15

Financial technology groups from more than 20 cities across the world plan to form a federation of ‘FinTech’ hubs this year in what would be the first attempt to coordinate innovation... read more

02 Aug 16 @ 15:58

Companies are faced with a two-fold problem: protecting their data from those who have access to it from the inside, and from those who exploit the human factor to access... read more

17 May 16 @ 13:15

The European Central Bank will set up a database to register incidents of cyber attack and cyber crime at commercial banks, aiming to create an early warning and analysis system... read more

21 Mar 16 @ 12:25

A newly discovered Russian hacker group known as Buhtrap has attacked 13 Russian banks since August 2015, using malware that infiltrates their gateway to the central bank, according to Moscow-based... read more

18 Mar 16 @ 11:22

Blockchain has traditionally been a subject of mitigated opinions, due to its early association with bitcoin, the cryptocurrency adopted by techies all around the world, and also used on anonymous... read more

21 Dec 15 @ 14:00

Nearly two months ahead of the 1 February 20161 regulatory deadline which will require Eurozone Payment Service Providers (PSPs) to process SEPA payments using only the IBAN2 – rather than the BIC... read more

10 Dec 15 @ 16:39

Oh dear. Walmart has announced that it will get into the mobile payments business with Walmart Pay, the first US retailer to make its own push for consumers to use their... read more

10 Dec 15 @ 11:00

VocaLink has signed a contract with The Clearing House (TCH) to develop a national real-time payment service in the US. In October, the two companies announced they had signed a... read more

09 Nov 15 @ 14:49

“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it.  If you think about that you’ll do things differently,” said US investor Warren Buffet.  We look... read more

01 Oct 15 @ 07:42

A global study of more than 300 banking, technology and consultancy professionals worldwide shows how the rise of mobile and disruptive technologies is changing the face of payments. A year ago,... read more

16 Sep 15 @ 08:38

Nine of the largest investment banks, including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Credit Suisse, are planning to develop common standards for blockchain technology in an effort to broaden its use across... read more

10 Aug 15 @ 16:31

A global scheme aimed at establishing a set of harmonised standards for cross-border real-time payments has published a first draft of ISO 20022 messages for review. The ISO Real-Time Payments... read more

21 May 15 @ 14:16

Global interoperability of real-time payments systems will require harmonisation of market practices and standards. A group of international clearing houses, banks, vendors, payments associations and other parties have proposed setting... read more

23 Apr 15 @ 13:11

A new research paper by SWIFT assesses the global real-time retail payments systems (RT-RPS) landscape, provides analysis on the key drivers and trends, and identifies the different approaches, barriers to... read more

15 Apr 15 @ 12:50

British businesses were hit by card fraud once every 20 seconds in March, with Worldpay warning that small businesses are likely to have been hackers’ biggest targets. Worldpay saw over... read more