07 Aug 18 @ 13:38
Since the birth of FinTech there has been a growing anxiety for bank executives as to how and when big tech companies will start to focus on the banking industry. During its... read more
26 Jul 18 @ 15:05
Snapchap has announced that it will cease Snapcash, its mobile P2P payments app for Snapchat, on August 30. Snap launched Snapcash in late 2014 via a partnership with Square, but it... read more
31 May 18 @ 16:02
In Hong Kong’s airport, Alipay’s azure blue logos began appearing two years ago greeting travellers from China who rely on the popular payments app back home. In recent months, taxis... read more
17 May 18 @ 11:33
As of late 2017, more countries and regions joined the global real-time payments movement. With the arrival of European Banking Association Real-Time 1 (EBA RT1), SEPA Instant Payments, The Clearing... read more
18 Aug 26 @ 18:12
Instant payments are moving rapidly from alternative infrastructure towards a significant component of the global payments system, but new research suggests adoption depends as much on economics and customer behaviour... read more
28 Apr 26 @ 18:14
ACI Worldwide has launched a major expansion of its Connetic platform in the US, positioning the service as a response to the growing complexity faced by banks operating across multiple... read more
05 Dec 25 @ 13:48
N26 has signed a membership agreement with Wero, the instant-payment digital wallet developed by the European Payments Initiative (EPI), marking a significant step in Europe’s long-running effort to build homegrown... read more
20 Nov 25 @ 11:12
Credit cards, and to a lesser extent, debit cards, have been used for online card payments for several years. But as technology is evolving, innovative new payment methods are emerging,... read more
12 Sep 25 @ 14:19
Real-time payments have long been heralded as the future of money movement in the US and many other global markets. With the RTP network from The Clearing House and the... read more
10 Sep 25 @ 16:29
Financial institutions in the US are grappling with an alarming escalation in money laundering and scams, according to new research from BioCatch. The behavioural biometrics firm reports that confirmed money... read more
26 Jun 25 @ 08:06
The way we deal with money has changed in recent years. It is no longer necessary to carry enough money or visit an ATM to split a dinner bill. The... read more
27 May 25 @ 12:15
The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is taking steps to dismantle one of the cornerstone policies of the Biden-era financial reform agenda: the 1033 Open Banking rule. In a... read more
09 Apr 25 @ 10:31
Across much of the world, the dominance of card networks in everyday payments is being quietly eroded by a new contender: account-to-account (A2A) instant payments. Systems like Brazil’s Pix and... read more
24 Sep 24 @ 08:30
The way we pay for things is undergoing a dramatic transformation – the trusty plastic card, once a symbol of financial independence, is facing increasing competition from a wave of... read more
15 Apr 24 @ 17:03
Jamie Smith, commenting on Vitalik Buterin’s “proof of personhood” discussions (which serve to highlight the central importance of digital identity in the new economy), notes that innovation is “so often... read more
07 Nov 23 @ 11:35
The latest Pix by the Numbers report covers data through Q3 2023, and shows Pix volume continuing to surge. The report also offers key insights for US financial institutions (FIs)... read more
03 Jul 23 @ 13:11
Early Warning, the bank-owned operator of the peer-to-peer payments platform, Zelle, officially entered the digital payments gold rush earlier this year when it announced plans to create a new digital wallet... read more
03 Apr 23 @ 17:08
In 2022, account-to-account (A2A) payments continued to grow across the globe, with the expansion of real-time payment systems helping to provide faster, safer and more convenient payments for consumers at... read more
31 Mar 23 @ 16:34
Wells Fargo, JPMorgan, Bank of America and several other large US banks are set to launch a mobile wallet later this year that links to debit and credit cards. Early... read more
24 Mar 23 @ 10:38
Hindenburg Research, the company that forced the Adani empire onto its knees amid allegations of stock manipulation, has taken aim at and disclosed short positions in Block, alleging that the... read more
05 Aug 26 @ 16:37
Visa has agreed to acquire Israeli behavioural biometrics specialist BioCatch in a $2.4 billion all-cash transaction, marking one of the payments giant's larges... more
05 Aug 26 @ 16:36
Fiserv and Mastercard have strengthened their long-standing partnership with a new global agreement designed to simplify payment acceptance for enterprise merch... more
13 Aug 26 @ 15:19
Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal have agreed to sell their jointly owned payments processor Moneris to private equity group Francisco Partners in a C$2... more