3 December: RTGS Renewal industry update The Plan-Analyse-Design phase of the programme will come to a close in autumn 2018. This event will provide an overview, for the payments industry, of our
Identity has become a hot commodity, and the battle for the customer, and their data, is on. Tech giants like GAFAM are entering the payments space and threatening to disintermediate
THE FUTURE of payments is changing. From alternative payment methods (the ways in which we pay) to the internet of things (the channels we pay through), innovation is rife. But
Jaja Finance, a UK-based fintech startup, announced on Monday the launch of its new mobile-first credit card, Jaja. According to Jaja Finance, the credit card, which is managed entirely through the
New capability to give early detection of data errors to reduce unnecessary delays This press release is also available in Spanish. New York, 12 September 2018 – SWIFT is to introduce a
Whether you’ve just graduated, still deciding which career direction to take, or, in the first few years of full time work, Glassdoor has all the best companies and jobs for you. With
London, UK – 07 August 2018 • Behalf to allow SMBs to pay its merchant partners with Visa virtual cards • Investment is part of Visa’s $100M FinTech investment program
Banking Circle Receivables Factoring gives PSPs added value service for merchants www.bankingcircle.com London, September 2018 – Banking Circle, the global scale financial utility, has launched Banking Circle Receivables Factoring giving
Entersekt, the push-based authentication and mobile app security company, announced that it has appointed FinTech veteran Christian Ali as its country manager of Canada. The news comes as Entersekt continues its
ACI Worldwide has launched two new capabilities to support banks to fully enable SWIFT’s global payments innovation (gpi) service. ACI, the first certified vendor of SWIFT gpi solutions and a SWIFT partner
Project Banking Access discussed how the Bank of England should enable 24/7 banking access through RTGS in order to drive innovation. The subject, held at a round table breakfast discussion
Project Women in PayTech held its largest Women in PayTech event to date. The event, held at the Capital One office in Old Street, hosted panel discussions from senior industry
Project Inclusion responded on behalf of the Payments Association and its members to Link’s Access to Cash review. This response highlights Project Inclusion’s view on the future of cash in
Project Financial Crime hosted an inaugural project design meeting, bringing together 35 industry experts from across the payments value chain to share their insights on how Project Financial Crime can
Project Futures has published its report on the changing nature of digital business transformation, titled ‘Managing a Digital Business’. This report curates the insights of the attendees at the July
The results of Project International Trade’s global markets census highlight that Payments Association members see Europe, Asia, and North America as the markets of most opportunity for their organisations in
‘- In-app payments forecast to be worth $1.2 trillion across North America and Europe by 2020¹ – Businesses in 190 countries now offered rapid, simple mobile payments integration whilst retaining
Project Regulator will be developing briefing paper on NPSO/NPA and what it means for players within the industry. One of Project Regulator’s areas of focus in 2018 includes facilitating the
Curve, the new app that connects your debit and credit cards to one Curve Mastercard, launched for UK consumers today. With over 50,000 people on the waitlist ahead of launch,
London, UK 15th January 2017 – Eastern Savings & Loans and Rainbow Saver (RSACU), the Credit Unions for Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, have partnered with award-winning digital bank Change Account. The partnership enables the Credit Unions
Project International Trade joined The Lord Mayor in a trade mission to Australia and New Zealand in February. Suresh Vaghjiani from the Project International Trade team accompanied the FinTech and
Ronnie Hart, Chairman and CEO of Nitecrest Group, is pleased to announce the promotion of Leeroy Pye to CEO of Tagnitecrest. Ronnie Hart “Both our commercial card division at Nitecrest
Project Regulator, on behalf of Payments Association, has written to the Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) calling for the OBIE to amend the terms of the CMA’s framework so that
Project Futures has moved the second workshop to July. If you would be interested in attending a Project Futures workshop and provide input into new innovations and technological developments, then
Project Inclusion hosted a showcase event, in partnership with the Department for Work & Pensions and Mastercard, for 30 DWP executives including Baroness Buscombe. The event hosted twelve payments companies
Project Retail will be launching the next iteration of the Retail PayTech Forum in April. The event, which will be held at a central London location on Tuesday 3rd April,
The year 2018 promises significant changes for companies in terms of data management. In May 2018 the RGPD: the European Data Protection Regulation will come into force. It aims above all to
2 January 2018: PayPoint has announced a new partnership with the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) to make their Assured Advice programme available to all retailers via their PayPoint One
Following the launch of Project Media’s national consumer survey on Open Banking, the Payments Association was featured in The Sunday Times. The article highlights the findings of the survey, noting
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The Payments Association’s Project Retail has created a retailer research survey to better understand how the payments industry can better provide for merchants and to drive faster adoption of payments
Project International Trade is partnering with the Department for International Trade to bring UK FinTech and PayTech companies over to Australia as part of a trade mission and develop the
The Payments Association is delighted to announce that FICO have come onboard as the Benefactor of Project Futures. FICO’s Benefactor status will allow them to be seen as the industry’s
Project Rome has published a thought leadership piece on the transposition of regulation 104 and regulation 105 from PSD2 and their impact on banking access. The article, penned by Andrea
RIVERWOODS, Ill. & TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Discover Global Network, the payments brand of Discover Financial Services, will expand card acceptance at key merchants in Hong Kong by working with First Data and JCB International, the international operations subsidiary of JCB
The opening of a brand new Post Office on New Oxford Street in London has marked a new milestone for the Post Office in the UK’s capital. Read more here.
Project Regulator will be developing an educational piece regarding the emerging payments sector and include definitions that best articulate EMIs and PIs to the consumer. This publication is part of
Most of the payments predictions I’ve read for 2018 say, ‘This year we’ll see more collaboration in payments’. A glib statement, but not so easy in practice. No app can
Project Rome has published a report on correspondent banking that highlights the challenges faced by banks, its multi-sector customer impact, and outlines what needs to change to secure its future.
Project Media has raised the profile of the Payments Association and its members with coverage across Bankless Times, PaymentsCompliance, Finextra, Fstech, and Global Banking & Finance among others. The activities
Project International Trade will be launching a brand-new partner association in January, titled Payments Association Africa. The launch event will be held at Durbanville Hills Wine Estate in Cape Town,
Project Women in PayTech will be hosting an event on Wednesday 28th February – titled ‘Shaping the ‘gender agenda’ in PayTech’. This free event is open to both women and
Newtown, PA – January 11, 2018 – Payments AssociationM Systems (NYSE: Payments AssociationM), a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and software development services, and Black Box (NASDAQ: BBOX), the
Oslo, Norway, 25th January 2018 – Signicat, the first and largest identity assurance provider in the world, has secured phase two funding from the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme, the framework
Project Retail will be launching the next iteration of the Retail PayTech Forum in April. The event, which will be held at a central London location on Tuesday 3rd April,
The activities of Project Inclusion were represented and championed at a recent Bacs event; titled ‘The Consumer Conundrum – ensuring effective representation in financial services’. The Project Inclusion team, in
Project Women in PayTech hosted its largest Women in PayTech event to date, with over 110 attendees. This event, titled “Shaping the Career that You Want by Becoming Credible in
Project Regulator has received a response from the Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) in response to the open letter published in May. The response, penned by Imran Gulamhuseinwala, recognises the
