New solution combines flexibility and security in payments and goes beyond UK/EU PORTSMOUTH, NH (September 26, 2018) – Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ:Payments AssociationY), a leading provider of financial technology that helps

Branch-based challenger Metro bank has launched Insights, a long-flagged in-app money management tool developed in concert with Personetics. Using predictive analytics capabilities, alongside AI, Insights continuously monitors transaction data and

Author: James Richardson, Head of Market Development – Risk & Fraud at Bottomline Technologies In recent months, the news cycle has been littered with stories of banks receiving heavy fines

Organisations must find ways to identify and stop fraud before it happens. This is accomplished by closely examining any potential loopholes related to your people, your processes and your technology.

Cybertonica, an award-winning fraud prevention and payment risk management company, hosted their 3rd London Level39 event #NeoCryptoTrust, bringing together leading FinTech, crypto and neobank experts on the topic of building trust using Machine Learning

SWIFT is testing whether its messaging infrastructure can be hosted on Microsoft Azure to enable cloud-native payments. Unveiled at SWIFT’s annual Sibos jamboree, a proof-of-concept is being carried out to

Market moving news and financial data from Refinitiv, formerly the financial and risk business of Thomson Reuters, is to be embedded into a suite of Microsoft services, including Excel, MSN

I’d like to make an important announcement. I am announcing the death of transaction banking. To those of you who are transaction bankers, I offer my sympathy. But this is

Curve, the ‘smart’ card that allows you to combine your Mastercard or Visa credit and debit cards in one, now offers fee-free spending and cash withdrawals abroad. But is it

Mastercard is embracing new modes of authentication across its network, introducing a voluntary programme for banks to eliminate the signature panel on physical plastic, and enabling token services on all

Even though it’s early days for open banking there are already plenty of trailblazers offering new services, writes Huw Davies. From forex to rental accommodation, personal identification to loyalty schemes,

SWIFT and NPP Australia have created an API sandbox for third party vendor to test new innovations leveraging the country’s real-time payments system. Hosted in the cloud, the sandbox opens

PORTSMOUTH, NH (October 2, 2018) – Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ:Payments AssociationY), a leading provider of financial technology that helps make business payments simple, smart and secure, today announced it has expanded

Cash-strapped millennials fearful of falling behind on their finances can now book in for a one-to-one video chat with a Barclays mentor to talk about their money problems. Barclays is

Lloyds Banking Group is introducing voice verification technology from Nuance to identify customers dialling into its call centres. Customers registering for Voice ID will be asked to say ‘my voice

Wirecard are delighted to announce that we, along with our clients picked up two awards on the evening: Best CSR or Charity Initiative – B4B Payments, issued by Wirecard Leading

Stockholm, Sweden, October 8, 2018 – Today, H&M and Klarna announce that they have entered into a global partnership. Together, H&M and Klarna will further integrate H&M’s digital and physical stores to give

Demystifying emerging payments, from the Payments Association Thanks to Open Banking, there has never been a more exciting time for creators and consumers of financial services. But it is not

Project Regulator has published an explainer document for consumers and early-stage businesses on the differences between banks, e-money institutions, and payments institutions. This explanatory document, which also includes simplified infographics,

The next Project Futures workshop will be held on Tuesday 11th December at 9 am and will look at new innovations, the impact of identity and standards for data as

Project International Trade is delighted to announce and support the launch of Payments Association Asia – the Payments Association’s newest partner association. Launched at SIBOS in Sydney, with Payments Association

Project Regulator has partnered with the FCA to promote the launch of the FCA’s regulatory sandbox. The sandbox is open to authorised firms, unauthorised firms that require authorisation and technology

Project Banking Access strongly encourages Payments Association members to get involved with the Bank of England’s upcoming RTGS Renewal Industry Update event. The ‘Plan-Analyse-Design’ phase of the programme will end

Project Women in PayTech is delighted to announce that the next Women in PayTech event titled ‘I Can’t Change Time, but Time Can Change Me’ will be held on Thursday

Project Inclusion supported the official launch of the Inclusion Signpost, the industry’s accreditation service for recognising financially inclusive products and solutions. The service, developed by the Payments Association’s Project Inclusion

Project Financial Crime has commissioned Huntswood to deliver a report on how technology can tackle the risks, causes and impacts of payments fraud and financial crime. This report, titled ‘The

Open Banking has forever altered the banking sector throughout Europe and the United Kingdom. In this Q&A, ACI’s Dean Wallace looks at the opportunities for banks and PSPs throughout the

Global regulators are cracking down hard on failures by financial services companies to meet their anti-money laundering obligations. The UK is no exception – its Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) had

The Challenge Accelerated Payments is helping SMEs across Europe gain access to working capital by providing an innovative invoice discounting solution. To provide a best in class experience to their

Financial messaging network Swift is to give member banks deeper insights into their cross-border payment flows with the release of a ‘Business Intelligence gpi Observer Analytics’ tool. The dashboard monitors

With US$2trillion laundered annually, money laundering is the biggest challenge in the payment industry. Payments are a key target for money launderers. A growing number run websites which accept card

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A consortium led by Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today announced that private equity funds managed by Blackstone (“Blackstone”) – together with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (“CPPIB”) and GIC –

Lee Cameron has been appointed managing director for Fiserv in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In this role, he will be responsible for business development, sales and marketing, operations,

Highlights: New explainable artificial intelligence toolkit (xAI Toolkit) meets customers’ increasing demand for industry-leading artificial intelligence that business users can understand Boosts decision performance by embedding predictive and prescriptive models

LONDON, NEW YORK, September 24, 2018 – The Financial & Risk business of Thomson Reuters continues to set the standard for KYC due diligence with the news that it has surpassed 400,000

Rejection of Theresa May’s Chequers proposal last week suggests that a ‘no deal’ exit from the EU in six months time, is looking more realistic than ever. As you know,

HIGHLIGHTS: UK losses fell 8 percent due to success battling card not present fraud Total card fraud losses across the 19 European countries studied grew by €30 million, or 2

(COPENHAGEN and SAN FRANCISCO, September 4, 2018)  Abra, the first and only all-in-one cryptocurrency wallet and exchange, has partnered with Coinify, the leading global technology gateway for virtual currencies, to

Open banking puts data at the heart of financial management, supplying users with a network that consolidates their data at different financial institutions through application programming interfaces (APIs). Data is

Global professional services firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers today announced the acquisition of KYC-Pro, a RegTech solution, from boutique financial services compliance firm, fscom, for an undisclosed amount. The move comes as part of

With less than 12 months to go until EU banks implement their strong customer authentication (SCA) solutions, project teams are facing tough decisions about the most important aspect of the business –

London – September 20, 2018 – Curve brings simplicity and better financial control to its users and now it also does it for those travelling abroad. Starting from September 20th,

Nearly all BIN Sponsors in Europe have indicated they will push the regulatory responsibility for complying to the PSD2 open banking requirements down to their Programme Managers and many are

There has been another addition to the financial crime lexicon: FRAML stands for Fraud and Anti-Money Laundering. This simple term encompasses a very important trend, particularly for financial services organizations

Konsentus, a RegTech solutions business, who facilitate checking the identity and regulatory status of Third-Party Providers enabling Financial Institutions (FIs) to be PSD2 open banking compliant, has launched a webinar

Differing speeds of adoption of Open Banking principles globally are not a cause for concern and will not necessarily lead to fragmented integration, industry figures have said. Some global banks