Industry News

N26 is officially live in the US! Starting today, we’ll be sending invites via email to those of you on our waitlist to start using @N26US beta. Haven’t signed up yet? What

The clock is ticking on Strong Customer Authentication. Checkout.com recently hosted a seminar on SCA preparedness. Here’s a recap of the regulation and how Checkout.com can get you SCA-ready with

Driving Growth With Innovative Payments Processing To keep up with the advancing competition, alternative finance lenders must embrace payment innovation to drive growth, and this critical guide can help. Download here.

London, UK – 17 July 2019 – Bankable, the global architect of digital banking and payment solutions, is delighted to announce that 10 weeks following the beginning of its partnership with

Modulr’s Edwin Abl has some top tips about the best ways to get started on your automation journey and reap the benefits of digitisation in your practice There’s been a

The second annual PayTech Awards took place on 5 July 2019 at the Honourable Artillery Company (HAC), a unique historic venue in the heart of London Read more here.

As the alternative finance market develops and matures, competition is becoming increasingly fierce. With these challenging market conditions in mind, it’s critical that P2P lenders and crowdfunding platforms pursue the

Augmented Vision supports security officers in identifying persons of interest in real-time, and helps speed up post-event investigations. This latest cutting-edge technology from IDEMIA will enhance security in transport hubs (airports,

BigCommerce is now offering Klarna’s popular payment options overseas, enabling its European merchants to effectively compete and grow  July 3, 2019 — Today, Klarna, a leading global payments provider and

Pay.UK was formed in 2017 and has brought together Bacs, Faster Payments, Cheque and Credit Clearing and UK Payments Administration. Pay.UK owns, manages and operates the products and services that

Financial utility recognised for innovative contribution to emerging payments industry www.bankingcircle.com London, 3rd July 2019 – Banking Circle, the ground-breaking financial utility, has been named as a finalist in four

London-based cross-border payments outfit Currencycloud has raised £32 million in the first part of a Series E funding round, according to TechCrunch. More on this story

Bankingblocks has combined the traditional European PI, agency banking and acquiring licenses groups to create a stand-alone modular banking service for the fintech industry. The only piece missing was the

Simon Eacott, Head of Payments Innovation and Business Development, NatWest, speaks at EBADay 2019 about the main drivers behind the digital economy, the importance of data for messaging and identity

CreditPilot Any2Any (A2A) platform enables retail businesses and mobile operators to provide financial services to their clients and subscribers and is available to almost 100 million people worldwide Wirecard will

We welcome Emily Baum to our team as the new Head of Business Development. Emily brings with her a wealth of experience and knowledge from the payments sector as well

Starling Bank is opening up its business banking accounts to larger SMEs, as competition in the market intensifies. More on this story

When payments is no longer ‘just’ payments – and new entrants include some of the world’s biggest brands – how should payments employers adapt their recruitment to ensure they still

Bill Black discusses Facebook’s new proposed crypto-currency, called “Libra.” Facebook could use this technology to standardize identity and create a world of ultimate surveillance, and then profit from it, says

New data from the UK’s Link ATM network shows an ongoing decline in the use of cash machines for withdrawing money and checking balances, as contactless cards and mobile banking

4 July 2019 – London, UK – Monese, the European banking service that gives people the financial freedom to thrive anywhere, today launched a collaboration with PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) that

On Tuesday June 18th, Facebook announced a new  blockchain-powered currency called Libra, a digital wallet called Calibra and a subsequent White Paper describing their purpose. In the White paper it starts off by stating,

40% of shoppers say just one bad experience would stop them returning to a brand 76% of retailers say they have to work harder than ever to retain customers But,

fire.com has today announced that it has been authorised as an e-money institution in the UK to provide a range of payment services, changing the way businesses pay and get

To master digital currency, Facebook will first need to master digital identity. And that, it appears, could be the Silicon Valley starlet’s true Libra masterplan. Read more here.

FinTechWales launched in April 2019 with the initial direction provided by Richard Theo, the HM Treasury’s FinTech Envoy for Wales. The idea behind FinTechWales is to provide an independent voice for the

On 18th June, we announced a $16.5m strategic investment from a pool of investors, including Opera Tech Ventures, the venture arm of BNP Paribas. Existing investors Octopus Ventures and EQT

Payments Canada is proposing to allow delayed transaction authorization to enable debit cards to be used in open-loop transit — and the change could affect far more than commuters. Read

Another successful face to face client workshop comes to an end. An opportunity to connect with a select number of our key clients your customers – not only were they

Samsung has struck a deal with Paisabazaar, an Indian online marketplace for financial products, to let people apply for things such as credit cards and loans through Samsung Pay. More

The concept of tokenization is not a new one in the payments industry. Solutions that replace sensitive data with a non-sensitive equivalent have been around for years in various forms.

TypingDNA partners with XTN Cognitive Security to help banking organizations defend against increasingly sophisticated fraud threats. Typing DNA proprietary typing biometrics technology will be integrated with our behavioural fraud prevention solution enabling passive recognition of users by

In a digital world, there is an expectation that services will be provided in real time. Instant payments facilitate the supply of goods and services, and are therefore vital to

Mastercard’s award-winning startup engagement program provides platform for Konsentus to scale up its Identity and Regulatory checking service UK 1st July 2019.  Konsentus has been chosen to join the latest

Luxembourg, 25th June 2019 – ONPEX, a leading provider of multi-currency IBAN accounts, has partnered with the international payments company and BIN sponsor, Moorwand, to expand its banking capabilities through next-generation IBAN solutions.

Reflow goes live with FlowPay, payment service providing an alternative to cards-based payments on the latest version of Open Banking. Reflow is the first TPP to have completed integration of

Monday, 3rd June, London – Konsentus, a RegTech company that delivers SaaS solutions to Financial Institutions to enable them to be PSD2 open banking compliant, has closed a multi-million-pound Pre