Technology is enabling customers to take control of their finances, that’s clear. However, I question whether customer service would be increasingly efficient if banks stopped taking an emotional role in
If the future of the UK increasingly looks cashless, then no one may be better placed to reap the rewards than MasterCard. Look at the bank cards of most of
In an environment where new regulations are frequently introduced, the state of identity verification is in flux. The only way to stay competitive is to learn how to balance the
Mastercard is the partner of choice for more than 60 digitized banks across Europe, more than twice as much as two years ago when the Digital Banking Study took place
FW: Could you outline why the financial services (FS) industry needs robust, effective identity verification technology more than ever? Read the full article here.
With the weather promising to heat up, so is the fintech events calendar for July! To help you keep up to date with the latest events, featuring the hottest topics
Insider’s have released their first list of the Most Exciting Companies in Wales. W2 have been listed as one of Wales’ “Tech Champions” in the July 2019 edition of Wales Business Insider magazine.
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Sam Kelly has recently joined the W2 Commercial team as a Business Development Manager. Sam has spent over 18 years working with a vast number of retailers from many industry
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Collaboration enhances online payment options for customers in the U.S. and U.K. 01 July 2019 — Leading global payments provider, Klarna, today announced its multimarket partnership with Abercrombie & Fitch
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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
UK, 20 June, 2019: Konsentus today announced that the innovative online bank Moneyou, a subsidiary of ABN AMRO, with over 500,000 customers in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Austria, has
W2, a provider of SaaS, B2B software solutions and services has today announced a partnership with Konsentus Ltd the leading online, machine readable, real-time service that provides Account Servicing Payment
Marten Nelson, Co-founder of leading open banking platform provider Token, investigates how much has changed since the first PISP payment in the UK and asks what comes next for the
Konsentus RegTech service will be implemented by Fidor Solutions to ensure Fidor Bank, along with other Platform as a Service clients, best protect their customers while using open banking services. Munich,
Suresh Vaghjiani, CEO & Co-Founder, Tribe Payments, speaks at Money 20/20 Europe about the next phase of innovation, whether banks will be able to keep up with the pace set
At the European Banking Authority (EBA) Working Group on APIs under PSD2, a number of market participants raised concerns that there could be a potential mismatch, particularly in the case
Wednesday 26th June, 2019, London – PayPal has launched its first UK business debit Mastercard, offering its business customers instant, worldwide access to their PayPal funds for online and high street business
EBA publishes an Opinion (or wiggle room as some say!) on the elements of strong customer authentication under PSD2. The Opinion responds to the concerns about market preparedness, by clarifying
Bankingblocks uses Five Degrees digital core banking technology to target challenger banks and payment companies segment. Bankingblocks uses Five Degrees digital core banking technology to target challenger banks and payment
Bó, the digital bank developed by RBS-owned NatWest, has recruited the founder of Loot, an online banking service aimed at millennials that went into administration last month. More on this
iSmash customers can now use Klarna’s Pay in 3 instalments service to split repair costs over 60 days London: 27 June 2019 — Tech repair specialists iSmash and leading European
How to Respond to the Convergence of Real-Time Payments and Open Banking – Developing a future-proof strategy for real-time + open payments The convergence of real-time payments and open banking
China’s largest payments provider UnionPay is making major strides into Europe by launching a partnership with UK fintech start up Tribe Payments. The state-run giant’s expansion is a “a very
Will banks ever learn? Yesterday, Facebook announced Libra, a stablecoin to be used for payment in WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. Libra is a stablecoin pegged to a basket of fiat
A new study has revealed that 87% of financial decision-makers in businesses across Great Britain are unable to recover more than half of their losses caused by fraud, with the
UK-based digital banking platform Starling Bank announced on Tuesday it has formed a partnership with Tribe Payments, which consists a team of industry experts who are dedicated to delivering the future of
NatWest customers can now open a current account within minutes on their phones simply by taking a selfie. More on this story
Bottomline Technologies’s 2019 Business Payments Barometer surveyed some 400 financial decision makers in the UK, see full write up here, and reported on the Future of Payments in the UK. In the
Tribe Payments, a team of industry experts dedicated to delivering the future of payments, has secured certification from Mastercard as an issuer and acquirer processor across Europe. The certification
Starling customers can now apply directly from within the challenger bank’s app for home insurance from Direct Line. More on this story
Bottomline Technologies, a leading provider of financial technology that helps make business payments simple, smart and secure, revealed today that 87% of financial decision makers in businesses across Great Britain
The slow rise of the ‘challenger’; trust in high street banks is twice that of challenger banks London, UK, 30th May, 2019 – A quarter of the UK (25%) believe
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – 17 June 2019 – Chip Mong Bank (CMCB) – a newly established bank and subsidiary of local conglomerate Chip Mong Group – chose Compass Plus’ TranzWare
Fraud knows no boundaries. In the B2B space, the latest cases are spread across North America, Australia and the U.K. In the U.S., new reports from The New Yorker this week dove
Customers earn 1% Curve Cash to spend instantly anywhere they want Earn cash from an expanded list of more than 50 top brands, including Apple, Amazon, Uber, TFL, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose,
The Access Group, one of the UK’s leading providers of software to the UK mid-market, has today announced the completion of the acquisition of Eazy Collect, one of the UK’s
First of its kind cross-border B2B payments network streamlines payments and delivers rich set of data for financial institutions and their corporate clients Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced the commercial
– Klarna’s flexible payment options are now available to the healthcare sector through a new partnership with Finance 4 Group London, 10th June 2019 — Payments leader Klarna has today
DUESDAY, a Cornwall and London, UK-based FinTech partners with HP and Bluestar Mexico to produce a first of its kind POS payment solution. In a world-first, payment provider Duesday partners
Strategic partnership enables Estonia’s oldest commercial bank to comply with EU regulations and capitalise on open banking 25th June 2019 – Turnkey open banking platform provider, Token.io, today announces it
Never truer words when applied to real-time or faster payments! And to prove it, let’s examine the journey of the UK Faster Payments System(FPS), probably the oldest implementation of real-time payments
Amazon has teamed up with Synchrony Financial to launch a secured credit card targeted at Americans with no credit history or bad credit. The Amazon Credit Builder has many of
Visa has officially launched B2B Connect, its distributed ledger-based, non-card platform for high-value corporate, cross-border payments. Visa first revealed back in 2016 that it had teamed up with blockchain outfit
