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%)

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

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

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)

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.

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

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

A recent Mastercard survey has revealed that digital banking is the number one preference for European consumers’ daily banking needs. The survey, which spanned 11,000 people across 11 European countries,

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

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

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

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

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

The banking industry is undergoing major changes. Customer expectations are higher than ever, competitive fintech startups are growing and new regulations are emerging. In the world of shared services and

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

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/

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

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 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,

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

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

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

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

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

What is a RAT? A Remote Access Trojan aka RAT is malicious software that provides the attacker with unlimited access to the victims’ endpoints. Read more here.

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

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

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

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

Shift left is a principle that focuses on sharing your service and support desk’s knowledge within your organization and in time, with its clients, customers and end-users. The basic idea

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

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.

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

fire.com is changing the way businesses pay and get paid.  Working closely with leaders in alternative finance that provide invoice finance, merchant cash advance or traditional business loans, we are

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

Payments International is the meeting place for banks, regulators, corporate treasurers, payments disruptors and other key industry members. Payments International brings you insights into key developments such as • Open

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

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

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

You’ve come up with the concept, approved your plan, registered your company name and had your licenses approved… what next? When it comes to choosing a business account there are

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

70 finalists for the Payments Association Awards have been announced at the EP@Home Summer Party in London on July 2nd. Cybertonica was named a finalist in the category “Best Technical Service Organisation supporting Payments Association” for

Despite UK government efforts to increase penalties on firms who fail to pay suppliers on time, the impact on small businesses is increasing, agree industry advocates and a market participant.

Moving between banking providers has never been easier – nor have customers had more choice, as the Current Account Switch Service adds its 49th participant. The pioneering service designed to