Nicholas Ryder, University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol firstly highlighted the threat posed by terrorism financing and how fraud has become the funding avenue of choice. An in-depth

Teresa Conors, Head of Market Managements, Payments at Natwest gives her synopsis of the energy, participation and content of EBA 2019 day 1, delving into her involvement on a panel

Curve, one of the top UK consumer fintechs, is capitalising on its Series B success and opening its gates to crowdfunding in September this year. London – August 16th 2019

The Business Payment Account & Payment Services API platform provides a digitally native alternative for businesses to integrate payments into their products and business platforms quickly and easily The new

London, Vilnius: 09th July 2019 – Contis, in its determination to extend its leadership in the provision of award-winning end-to-end banking and payments solutions, welcomes Airidas Puodžiūnas, General Manager for

Second European licence builds upon Contis’ long-standing footprint in the region and enables Contis to leverage its comprehensive SPayments Association offering throughout Europe LONDON, 29th July 2019 – Contis, the

LONDON, 23 Oct. 2018 – Contis, the award-winning banking, payments and processing solution provider today announced its intention to integrate a leading AI fraud prevention system onto its platform through

If Scotland moves towards independence after Brexit, how will those in the rest of the UK pay people and organisations north of the border? The arrangements may be more complicated

For #ambitions2019, we asked professionals in payments and tech to share their career ambitions, plans, hopes and dreams. More than 1,000 people took part, offering answers on a wide range of issues. The

The Grab & Go Store prototype offers an entirely new and seamless shopping experience through AI Customers enjoy high levels of flexibility and convenience: consumers enter the store via smartphone,

Ovum and ACI have discovered the secret to payments innovation success. Join Kieran Hines, head of industries at Ovum on September 10th at 10 AM ET / 3 PM BST/

Find out how to prepare for PSD2 and transform SCA compliance into a differentiator. Download it here.

On Thursday 25th July, we are introducing a new support desk platform to further improve the way that our clients log and track support calls. This new web based system provides a ticket

The concept of a hackathon is simple – anyone can participate; developer, analyst, technical architect, project manager etc. Hackathons are about creating a new system / idea / solution in

We generally do not like to talk about death however mortality screening is a fundamental part of payments and pensions administration. Without it, increased reputational risk due to the fallout

Most modern organizations operate in a state of constant competition. In order to maintain your market position, business continuity and high availability of your organization’s products, goods or services is

Sitting through the Stage 1 of a ISO 27001 certification audit is pretty daunting; even as a seasoned Information Security Management (ISM) professional. Although often referred to as a ‘documentation

Little did we know how much there was to gain from getting an updated perspective from the entire company at our recent Simplithon; especially given the informal way in which it

The team made up of different departments came together to raise money for the Adult CP Hub – a small charity founded to represent the needs of adults living with Cerebral Palsy

As a part of their Agile Nation 2 Business Programme, W2 were awarded the Chwarae TegLeading Fair Play Employer Award in early 2019; the highest possible award. Working with Chwarae Teg, W2

Very few companies today run projects or applications that don’t utilise an Application Programming Interface (API) for the creation of new or value-added services based on the underlying software technologies.

ACI’s SWIFT gpi Solutions support your bank to fully enable SWIFT’s Global Payment Innovation (GPI) initiative, driving business value to you and your customers for cross-border payments with a solution

The point of sale (POS) payment terminal has been a mainstay of merchant countertops with little change in functionality for decades. Now merchant payment solution providers, hardware vendors, and app

We have recently launched our new developer portal, and we are delighted to unveil its great make-over with a modern, clean new design and new functionality. In case you missed

As payments become predominantly digital, merchants are under pressure to provide consumers with quick and painless transactions at the point of sale. Those merchants need a flexible and speedy platform

LONDON, June 4 – Marqeta, the leading global modern card issuing platform, announced a new partnership today with CashFlows, a consolidated business payment services provider, to provide BIN sponsorship services for

NatWest customers will be able to check their bank balance and transactions through the Google Assistant feature on their smart speakers or smartphones using just their voices, as part of

Join Kemp Little for a breakfast discussion looking at the importance of data for fintech companies. We will be discussing the data that fintech companies hold, the intellectual property rights

Mastercard has acquired the account-to-account payment business of Nordic platform Nets for €2.85 billion.  More on this story

New York, United States – August 6, 2019. Klarna, the leading global disruptor of payments and banking, and provider of smoooth retail services, is pleased to announce it has raised

6th August 2019 – Consumers are not receiving the best deals and rates for their savings by staying with the same account, according to research1 from the Current Account Switch

US shoppers get freedom of fashion expression and finances with flexible payment options New York, NY (August 5, 2019) — Always on trend global fashion destination, ASOS, and leading alternative

There doesn’t seem to be a week go by when fraud is not covered by the mainstream press and the last two months have been no different. At the end

The revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) is changing the rules of the game for the payment industry. By September 2019 Payment Service Providers (PSPs) in the European Economic Area (EEA)

The 2nd Payment Services Directive (or PSD2 for those in the know) is on it’s way. It’s arrival may have been delayed with some retail organisations looking to push the

We speak with Ian Johnson from Marqeta and Jonathan Bennett from CashFlows at Money20/20 in Amsterdam. We speak with Ian, about their new partnership and what’s been changing in the

The price of progress: Small and independent online retailers look to overcome barriers to realise innovation ambitions Almost half of UK SMEs want to invest in flexible payment options (49%)

Great to see another boost from Nesta to the open banking movement, in their second round of challenge prizes to stimulate start-ups’ innovation in the area. Much has rightly been

The FCA have just confirmed that they are going to delay the enforcement of rules on “strong customer authentication” – i.e. two-factor authentication for most payments, whether online or in person –

Consumer, bank or business; near or far, technology has changed the banking game in more ways than we can count. One example is the rapid ascent of faster payments systems

In the US market, the consumer is always right, and in the never-ending quest for higher profits and brand loyalty, a merchant will do almost anything to earn a consumer’s

The European Banking Authority (EBA) plays an extraordinarily complex role. Having to manage and regulate the financial industry means walking a tightrope between directional regulation and restrictive controls. The delivery

Today’s consumers rarely go far from their smartphone — and it’s not just Millennials and Generation Z. Instead of treating these devices solely as the gateway to digital banking, why

For those who are focused on how better payments can lead to better eCommerce, the upcoming months promise to be an exciting and revealing time. That’s because the newest EMVCo

Thanks to our friends at Urjanet and Entersekt for contributing to this piece. For many years now, friction at any stage of a transaction cycle has been somewhat taboo, and not without reason. Friction

The world is quickly becoming cashless, with the latest Worldpay Global Payment Report revealing that the use of mobile payments is set to increase to 28% in 2022 and surpass

We’re living in a mobile first age. According to GSMA, at the end of 2018, 5.1 billion people around the world subscribed to mobile services, that’s 67% of the world’s population.