LINK, the UK’s main cash machine network, has today announced a series of measures designed to maintain and rebalance the UK’s ATM network – shifting incentives from deploying ATMs in

PSD2, which comes into effect this weekend, is an evolution and extension of existing regulation for the payments industry. It aims to increase competition in the payments industry, bring into

Project Media’s Fairer Banking survey has gained some widescale coverage with associated articles published in The Paypers, Specialist Banking, FStech, Payment Week, Financial IT, among others. The results of the

Project Media has raised the profile of the Payments Association and its members with coverage across Payment Week, FinTech Finance, bobsguide, The FinTech Times, PaymentsJournal among others. The activities of

Project Women in PayTech published a thought leadership piece in response to the recent publication of the government-backed Hampton-Alexander Review into women on boards. The article, written by project lead

Project Media has raised the profile of the Payments Association and its members with coverage across Alphr, Business Leader, Financial IT, Fintech Finance, Global Banking & Finance Review, PaymentEye, Payment

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

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

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

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 Rome will be providing a high-level overview for Payments Association members regarding the outputs from the RTGS Blueprint Advisory Board meetings, the timescales regarding the transition and implementation, and

Members of the Project Inclusion team were actively involved at the London Assembly Economy Committee’s report launch event. The report on access to money for Londoners followed input from several

On the 13th of January 2018, the Government is to enforce the ban on the practice of surcharging consumer cards wherever they are accepted in the UK. Read more here.

What’s in a name? It’s hard to tell at face value exactly what lies behind the latest raft of European payments regulation, PSD2; snappy an acronym as it is. But the

We are happy to inform that Worldcore mobile development team have just released the cutting-edge mobile app of Worldcore for Android. The app is already available for download on PlayMarket here.

Tickets are running out fast for retailers to attend Project Retail’s upcoming Retail PayTech Forum in April. The event, held at Rise London on Thursday 5th April, will bring together

Project Regulator will be penning an ‘open letter’ to the team running the Open Banking Implementation Entity that articulates the position of the payments industry towards the potential barriers that

Project Regulator has published a video interview regarding the new regulation impacting the payments industry and how Project Regulator is driving industry change. Iana Dimitrova, Group CEO & General Counsel

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

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

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

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 Women in PayTech will be hosting evening of insights and interaction to shape how to challenge the industry stereotypes of women within the payments sector. The event is set

Project Futures launched a survey to Payments Association members to gain insight on the themes, technologies, and innovations that are of most interest to shape the content of workshops in

Metro Bank, the revolution in British banking, has launched instant online account opening for its current account. For the first time, customers from across the UK can join the bank as current

Starling Bank has become the first of the UK digital challenger banks to become direct members and participants of the STEP2 SPayments Association Core Direct Debit and SPayments Association Credit

The Association of Professional Compliance Consultants, or APCC, is the body for compliance consultants who advise firms regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK. Read more here.

Project Rome will be producing an overview on the support banks are willing to provide for PSPs seeking to provide their own customers with services to transfer funds within the

Project Retail ran its largest Retail PayTech Forum to date. The event, held at Rise London on Thursday 5th April, brought together 40+ retail organisations including representatives from WHSmith, Debenhams,

Project Retail is developing a series of explanatory videos that provide education to merchants on payments topics relevant to their jobs. This explanatory video series will cover a wide array

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,

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

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,

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 International Trade, in collaboration with Banking Circle, has launched a FinTech Regulation Helpline to provide guidance for PayTech companies struggling to navigate payments-related regulation. The service, operated by Banking

PYMNTS.com have been exploring the likely impact of a move to Faster Payments in the US. As a part of this, the publication has been looking at markets with more

by Anne Pieckielon, Director of Product and Strategy, Bacs, Lead, Women in PayTech Project   Shocked, that was my first reaction to the reports that came out of the government-backed

NEW YORK, January 30, 2018 —  American Express (NYSE: AXP) today announced it has acquired Mezi www.mezi.com, a personal travel assistant app that helps consumers plan and book trips. The Mezi app

Project Women in PayTech hosted its largest event to date, with over 90 attendees present at the event. This event, titled ‘Shaping the gender agenda in PayTech’, hosted panel discussions

Project Rome strongly encourages Payments Association members to respond to the Bank of England’s consultation on ISO 20022. As part of Project Rome’s strong ties with the Bank of England,

Project Rome is partnering with the Bank of England to promote their RTGS event in September. Following an industry-wide consultation we announced, in May 2017, that we will replace the

Project Media’s lead, Angela Yore, penned a thought leadership piece on the benefits of Payments Association membership and how actively engaging with the community can drive business growth – amongst

London, UK and Toronto, Canada, 30 January 2018 – Finastra has acquired Olfa Soft SA and its cutting edge FX e-trading platform for banks and financial institutions. The move enables Finastra to

Members of the Project Rome team met with the All Party Parliamentary Group on Fair Business Banking. John Davies, Chairman at Kompli Global, discussed the Payments Association’s Project Rome and

Project Media has launched a national consumer survey to gauge the public’s knowledge of Open Banking. The survey will poll 1,000 UK consumers with questions to evaluate the awareness of

As a very busy year drew to a close, we found just enough time to catch our breath and reflect on all that happened last year at Paybase. We can