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Friendly Compliance By Tony Craddock, Director General   We enjoyed a warm welcome from Allinpay in Shanghai, starting with a dinner to die for at one of the best gourmet

Glimpses of the Future By Tony Craddock, Director General   Insight 1 – Difficult is not necessarily bad It’s overwhelming sometimes. The regulations are complex and changing. The behaviour of

China: A country of Paradox By Tony Craddock, Director General   Formed on the ‘now’ and the ‘here and now’. And four hundred years to build a wall six thousand

Letters from the Eastern Innovation Front By Tony Craddock, Director General   I’m sitting in a classroom on the 20th floor of the CKGSB in Beijing. Why do I have a

When the news of Brexit broke, there was understandably concern over its implications on the UK payments market. After all, since 1999 the EU has successfully launched initiatives aimed at

I’ve not been backwards in coming forwards about my view that FinTech companies should be granted direct access to payments infrastructure. Earlier in the year I detailed my thoughts on this matter,

Pennies impact story: The Entertainer Toy store raises £1million with Pennies   Making pennies count   The Entertainer, the UK’s fastest growing multichannel high street toy retailer, last year reached

Payments Association member DigiSEq was recently accepted onto the Barclay’s Techstars Accelerator and Terrie Smith, CEO of DigiSEq, is giving us a weekly blow by blow account of the journey…

Payments Association member DigiSEq was recently accepted onto the Barclay’s Techstars Accelerator and Terrie Smith, CEO of DigiSEq, is giving us a weekly blow by blow account of the journey…

There is something amazing happening here. You may have heard about Dan Wagner, the CEO of POWA Technologies, and the recent liquidation of his company, having raised and spent over

16 ways to ignite innovation in payments There is plenty happening behind the scenes in payments. To keep you abreast of 16 of the most important things going on, we’ve

Payments Association member DigiSEq was recently accepted onto the Barclay’s Techstars Accelerator and Terrie Smith, CEO of DigiSEq, is giving us a weekly blow by blow account of the journey…

Payments Association member DigiSEq was recently accepted onto the Barclay’s Techstars Accelerator and Terrie Smith, CEO of DigiSEq, is giving us a weekly blow by blow account of the journey…

Payments Association member DigiSEq was recently accepted onto the Barclay’s Accelerator and Terrie Smith, CEO of DigiSEQ, is giving us a weekly blow by blow account of the journey… “Describe

Some things are certain. ‘Death and taxes’, said Benjamin Franklin in 1789. And he might have added, ‘central banks’. Aloof, inaccessible, powerful but secure. Playing a crucial role in payments

Terrie Smith and Colin Tanner have achieved what many small companies only dream of – DigiSEq has been selected from 700+ applicants to receive one of the coveted few spots

One of Payments Association’s goals is to help you overcome barriers to your success. We are proud to announce the launch of the Payments Association Training Week, which will help you fill

My comments at this time of year are normally upbeat and optimistic. Not this time. There are clouds on the payments horizon. Not relating to the amount of money being

Our Director General, Tony Craddock, in an interview by the Finetics™ Studio, The Bancorp, sitting down with PaymentEye’s Sarah Gill @Money2020. Tony believes that European–specifically UK–regulators are having the right conversations

We had a chat with Robert Atkin, Founder of Xcordis FinTech to see what he will be talking to us about at Pay360Innovate on November 25th. Xcordis is a new Fintech

Duena is an independent Digital Banking consultant, FinTech specialist, an entrepreneur and an Angel Investor, a mentor for Startupbootcamp and Techstars, a blogger with cutting edge opinion style, a public

Richard is an expert on UK Domestic, SPayments Association, and SWIFT based payments and collections. Based in Reading, UK, Richard combines more than 18 years of industry experience, including working

You can barely open a newspaper without seeing news of another challenger bank – each with their own vision for how they can serve customers better. This group was dealt a

Tom Blomfield is CEO and co-founder of Mondo, a new smartphone bank for the UK. He previously founded GoCardless, the UK’s largest Direct Debit Processor, which has gone on to

Are we getting VFM from the PSR? The Payments Strategy Regulator (PSR) costs the payments industry tens of millions of pounds each year. So what are we getting for our

“My biggest concern in payments? That consumers will get increasingly nervous about the security of their data. I call this the ‘Ashley Madison Effect’. They will worry about the security

Last night I watched my children completing a puzzle map of Europe. They started well, picking up pieces and popping them into place, as they knew where most of the

Tony Craddock, DG of the The Payments Association highlights the importance of getting the right guidance when you’re starting out in fintech, and avoiding a premature industry exit. Read more

Payments Association Director General, Tony Craddock, takes a closer look at link between gaming and payments and gives a taster of his thoughts in advance of EIG 2015 in Berlin