30 Nov 18 @ 16:48

The European Central Bank says it will launch the first pan-eurozone instant payments service, with the primary aim of recouping some lost ground to US and Asian tech giants. The... read more

30 Nov 18 @ 16:24

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) market is projected to be worth over $25 billion by 2024. The need to provide an enhanced customer experience... read more

28 Nov 18 @ 16:50

It was only a few months ago that we published a report on the growth of P2P payments and what a success they were. Now teething pains have hit Venmo... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 16:48

Deep learning is a concept that most people know is valuable but do not understand. Global industries, however, are seeing it’s worth and investing heavily in the technology; the global... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 16:34

The UK online alternative finance industry market volume grew by 35% year-on-year to reach £6.19 billion in 2017. P2P Business Lending retained the top spot as the largest market segment... read more

26 Nov 18 @ 18:19

Unfortunately, with technology on the rise, there’s more room for cyber crime in 2018. According to the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2018, 43% of businesses were a victim of a cyber security... read more

23 Nov 18 @ 16:48

Pitney Bowes has published key findings from the 2018 Global Ecommerce Study. As online retailers and marketplaces prepare for record volumes of e-commerce orders this holiday season, the study found... read more

22 Nov 18 @ 15:14

Regulators are increasingly using technology to improve regulatory oversight and modernise regulation. They are also using their influence to collaborate, convene and commission, so what is on the horizon for... read more

19 Nov 18 @ 16:26

FinTech M&A is at record levels. The competition is fierce as incumbents battle to stay ahead of the curve as the financial services sector is undergoes a technology-driven metamorphosis. Highly-publicised... read more

19 Nov 18 @ 13:22

In January 2018, the US Secret Service, as well as major ATM vendors Diebold Nixdorf and NCR, issued urgent warnings about the threat of ATM hacking and attacks. These warnings were notable because of... read more

16 Nov 18 @ 17:29

In January 2018, the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI-SSC) released its standard for software-based PIN entry on commercial off-the-shelf devices – known as PIN on Glass. This new... read more

15 Nov 18 @ 07:47

JPMorgan Chase says it has conducted successful tests of its blockchain-based payment system, Interbank Information Network (IIN). The project is now able to scale transactions effectively, with more than 100... read more

15 Nov 18 @ 07:15

The implementation of PDS2 (the Second Payments Services Directive) in January 2018, combined with Open Banking and increasing consumer demand for technologically enabled solutions has already led to change within... read more

15 Nov 18 @ 06:49

According to preliminary IHS Markit smartphone data, global smartphone shipments recorded a negative year-over-year growth rate for two consecutive quarters in 2018. Shipments totalled 354.8 million units in the third... read more

14 Nov 18 @ 17:05

It is a well known fact that China has for some time been against the cryptocurrency boom taking place globally, however, The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has has now... read more

14 Nov 18 @ 16:29

A new report has found that the vehicle-based payments IoT market will grow at an average of 75% per annum over the next 5 years; reaching $410 billion by 2023.... read more

12 Nov 18 @ 12:42

In 2015, the US financial industry began a massive migration to the EMV standard in response to overwhelming levels of payment card fraud. The inherent security of EMV technology in... read more

09 Nov 18 @ 16:39

Deutsche Bank this week made two telling announcements as it signalled it is moving into a highr gear to keep pace with the digitisation of payments and platforms around it.... read more

08 Nov 18 @ 13:05

Banks are offering more features and upgrades for their mobile banking apps, and thanks to their convenience more users are adopting mobile banking services around the world. But as new financial technology... read more

06 Nov 18 @ 22:21

HSBC has been forced to accept that hackers have made off with personal details of thousands of its online-banking customers. The bank suffered a serious data breach in it’s US... read more