Blue Train Marketing is thrilled to have been selected as the official media and PR partner for Team Card in Fintech Finance’s Payments Race 2019. The race will kick off

Back in February we spoke about how Germany still remains a predominantly cash-based society, although there had been a slight shift towards electronic and contactless payments driven by forward-thinking youngsters and

Since the Big Bang, the universe has been continuously transforming. In the here and now, however, biological evolution seems to be falling behind technology. Some claim that technology will bring

Cybertonica sponsors Europe’s biggest FinTech event Money20/20 Europe between 3rd – 5th June. Money20/20 Europe is a major conference where the payments, FinTech and Financial Services communities come together to connect and

June is shaping up to be busy a month for fintech events. With things evolving at such an incredible rate, you need to keep up to date with the latest

fscom is delighted to announce the launch of EWPN Ireland with its inaugural event in Dublin on 20 June 2019 in association with fscom, fexco and FPAI. fscom’s Director, Alison

Results from the 7th Annual ING International Survey on attitudes towards financial technology were released this week and revealed that, despite a high demand for banking innovation, consumers are often hesitant when it comes

Huawei Technologies Co. has inspired Western government suspicion for at least a dozen years. Recent events came as a shock to many consumers, but they continue a trajectory of investigations, abandoned partnerships,

Cybertonica, leading AI fraud and risk management company, has today launched a new product suite and unveiled an exciting new brand identity. Following the launch, CEO and Co-Founder Joshua Bower-Saul, together with

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fscom is delighted to announce Alison Donnelly has been appointed as the European Women in Payments Network (EWPN) Ambassador for Ireland. EWPN is an exciting and ambitious network of professionals

It is predicted that in 10 years the Russian economy will require two million IT specialists: developers, analysts, database administrators, product managers, etc. However, many experts point out that the

Mastercard has led a multi-million pound pre-Series A funding round in Konsentus, a regtech startup focused on helping financial institutions be compliant with PSD2 open banking requirements. More on this

Fintech Unplugged  – Series 6 kicks off with an exciting and special episode, as Conservative MEP Syed Kamall joins Robert and Suresh for Episode 1 of Fintech Unplugged, Series 6 Listen

With only four months to go to the final PSD2 implementation date of 14 September 2019, all payment service providers must make sure they are urgently progressing plans to meet

A recent survey from Censuswide has revealed that, a year after its launch in the UK, consumers are still unaware of what Open Banking is – two-thirds of the 2,000 British consumers

Would you like to strut like a supermodel, flex like a yogi or rock the hottest trends this summer – well look no further and step into the smooothest shop

Optima Consultancy announces winner of third “Mobile Banking App Review” at Money 20/20 Europe in association with Visa Comprehensive study analyses 100+ banking apps and their features Extensive reporting and

Back in October last year, fscom director Alison Donnelly wrote a blog on the FCA’s consultation on new rules for payment and e-money institutions. As explained in that blog, due to FCA concern with how some e-money and payment institutions

Moorwand, the international payments company and programme BIN sponsor, has signed a partnership agreement with Rêv Worldwide (“Rêv”), a global payments product innovation and processing company, to collaborate on one of its

Building a Circle of Trust: Banking Circle launches white paper on increasing financial inclusion for businesses www.bankingcircle.com London, 3rd June 2019 – Ground-breaking financial utility, Banking Circle, is on a

Today, we’re excited to announce that Mastercard has received certifications under the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Cross Border Privacy Rules system and the Privacy Recognition for Processors system. Mastercard is

Join us for our first EWPN Local Meetup in Ireland on 20 June, organised by our country ambassador Alison Donnelly, kindly sponsored by fscom, Fexco and the Fintech and Payments Association of Ireland

You probably haven’t heard of Checkout, a digital payments processing company that was founded in 2012 in London. Apparently, however, investors have been keeping tabs on the low-flying company and like

Ethoca’s product suite adds to Mastercard’s commitment to reduce digital commerce fraud BOSTON & SAN FRANCISCO / ACCESSWIRE / May 21, 2019 / Spectrum Equity, a leading growth equity firm,

For years, we’ve been simply giving away our most valuable asset – our personal data – steadily making ourselves more vulnerable to those nefarious souls out there who would take

A little-known European startup with no history of raising money from outsiders is riding investor euphoria for the payments sector into the billion-dollar club. Checkout Ltd., a digital-payments processor based

The deal makes Tribe one of the first issuer processors in Europe to havew the necessary certification to allow banks to issue UnionPay cards. UnionPay has talked of its plans

Paybase featured in Paypers – Paybase CEO Anna wrote an article for The Paypers this month. Anna explains how leveraging payments can be one of the best ways for a marketplace

Banks, perhaps more than any other sector have a big job to do in terms of digital transformation. Consumers want anytime, anywhere convenience across multiple devices and of course maximum

Checkout.com, a little-known London fintech company, broke European funding records on Thursday when it announced that it has raised a $230 million funding round, giving it a valuation of around

Paybase CEO Anna Tsyupko shortlisted for EWPN award – CEO Anna Tsyupko has been shortlisted for the 2019 Emerging FinTech Leader award by the European Women Payments Network! It’s great to see Anna’s

IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity™, announced the launch and immediate availability of RapID X1, a handheld wireless device for biometric fingerprint identification. This new and innovative technology has a FBI

21st May, 2019 – Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain: Khaleeji Commercial Bank (KHCB), one of the leading Islamic banks in Bahrain, has officially announced its readiness for open banking services today,

Compared to other contact information we tend to keep our email address for the longest period of time. From the very first time we use our email address we are

IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, is delighted to announce its partnership with Kuwait Finance House (KFH) to offer the first metal payment card in the country. This full-metal-card

– The pop-up gives shopping a makeover with a fun-filled footprint, exciting new in-store concepts and interactive and celebrity events 22nd May 2019 — Having transformed how consumers see ‘payments’,

  Sign-ups tripled in 2018 and 3,000+ now joining Monese daily In March, two-thirds of Monese sign-ups were in mainland Europe Continued growth and momentum following $60m Series B fundraise

Asymmetric cryptography lies at the heart of digital security The asymmetric algorithms (e.g. RSA and ECC) are deemed not to be resistant to cryptanalysis methods that will be achievable with

Marqeta has raised $260 million in a Series E funding round led by Coatue Management, valuing the open API card issuing and processing platform at nearly $2 billion. Vitruvian Partners,

Brighton, 3rd May 2019 British technology company McLEAR has today announced an exciting new partnership with The Great Escape Festival TGE  (9th – 11th May, Brighton). For the first time

We are honoured to announce that Cybertonica team is named a finalist in 3 categories for the judging of the European Women Payments Network 2019 Awards, which will be held in Amsterdam on 4th June.