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

SWIFT CEO Gottfried Leibbrandt used his opening remarks at this year’s Sibos in Sydney to talk up the adoption of Swift’s gpi, better information sharing and visibility around breaches reducing

As more traditional brick-and-mortar retailers look to capitalise on the growth of e-commerce and mobile to compete against the likes of Amazon, fintech startups are reaping the rewards. In the

Visa’s Distributed Ledger Platform Provides Groundbreaking “Digital Identity” for Clients; IBM and Bottomline Technologies Announced as New Partners for Commercial Launch SYDNEY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced new product details

Mastercard is working on a new technology platform to support bill payments via mobile banking apps, created to help banks recover ground lost to multiple direct billing sites. The card

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

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,

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

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

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

More information about PayExpo here.

Companies that are achieving outstanding results using analytics and decision management solutions from FICO are invited to submit nominations for the 2018 FICO® Decisions Awards. These awards shine a spotlight

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Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today announced that Philippine Veterans Bank has selected Fiserv to help enable the bank’s digital transformation. The

  David G.W Birch is an author, advisor and commentator on digital financial services. He is a Global Ambassador at Consult Hyperion (the secure electronic transactions consultancy that he helped

It’s a harsh truth that while data and technology in the fraud business abound, true domain expertise is a scarce resource. Meet Andy Procter, one of FICO’s fraud specialists. Having spent

More people are benefitting from using card payments than ever before. The number of credit cards being used globally has grown from 8.6 billion just six years ago to an

Making consumers aware of the payments options their financial organizations offer, along with how to use certain services, can remove barriers to the adoption of payments technology. Education also can

Ahead of the “Women in Payments” panel at PayExpo 2018, Andrea Dunlop of the European Women in Payments Network (EWPN) advisory board and CEO merchant acquiring Europe at Paysafe Group, breaks down what diversity and

In this digital era, we’re used to booking our ticket, but often then have separate extras to consider, like choosing our seat, eating in-flight meals, holding luggage, among others. In

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Poland’s third-largest bank worked with Fiserv to create a centralized, customer-friendly solution for fees and product management, gaining a 360-degree view of each customer based on aggregated data from multiple

A Javelin Research & Strategy study commissioned by Verifi found that cardholder disputes and chargebacks generated $31 billion in financial losses in 2017, of which $19 billion was borne by

1st October 2018, LONDON: Global Processing Services (GPS), the issuer processor enabling next-generation payment technology for banks, non-banks and Fintechs, today announced the appointment of Kevin McAdam as VP Card Services

FCRM provides real-time monitoring of transactions and automation of manual processes, allowing for a team restructure and freeing up employees’ time to enable them to concentrate on other tasks. The

The Chargeback Company`s COO Monica Eaton-Cardone looks at the evolution of the payment industry and the likely impact of ‘invisible’ payments More than a decade after it was introduced, the contactless payment

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