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
Project Inclusion has called upon the payments industry to do more to reduce the number of financially excluded individuals in the UK. In a Hot Topic Briefing on Social Sustainability
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
Visa has initiated pilots with Mountain America Credit Union and Bank of Cyprus of a new EMV dual-interface (chip- and contactless-enabled) payment card. The pilots will test the use of
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
TORONTO, January 30, 2018 – Thomson Reuters (TSX/NYSE: TRI) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to enter into a strategic partnership with Blackstone. As part of the transaction,
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 Futures held its first workshop on Wednesday 21st March. This interactive workshop, facilitated by Consult Hyperion, brought together twenty subject-matter experts and thought leaders in the payments industry and
Project Futures will publish the findings of its inaugural workshop at the Payments Association’s AGM on 1st May 2018. Th report articulates the workshop’s outputs; which explored the disruptive innovations
The results of Project Retail’s survey to retailers highlight that 80% of retailer respondents do not feel that their voice is heard when new payments regulation is proposed. The survey
Project Futures held its second quarterly workshop on Wednesday 18th July. This interactive workshop, facilitated by Consult Hyperion, brought together subject-matter experts and thought leaders in the payments industry and
Project Regulator penned a briefing piece that articulated the implications and impact of the upcoming changes pertaining to real time gross settlement (RTGS). The piece, penned by Project Regulator lead
Just as the Wild Card Round is followed by the Divisional Round in the NFL playoffs, fraud and payments predictions are always followed by New Year’s resolutions. This year, in the
For many businesses the reconciliation of their bank account balance and transactions is a key control point. This will be easier now for fire.com customers who use Xero or FreeAgent
Today, we are pleased to announce that Stig Korsgaard has joined the organisation as Vice President, European Sales. Based in Denmark, Stig’s appointment will further drive the growth of Vocalink’s range
Project Women in PayTech has published a thought leadership piece on ‘Overcoming unconscious bias’. The article, penned by Angela Yore, articulates how to address unconscious bias in the industry to
Payments Association Africa hosted an Payments Association Africa Awareness Day on Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd March. Hosted by James Redding, Director General of Payments Association Africa, Payments Association Africa Awareness Day
Project International Trade, with the support of its Benefactor, Saxo Payments Banking Circle, has launched a vital resource for early stage FinTech and PayTech companies. The Payments Association FinTech Regulation
Project Rome encourages all Payments Association members to respond to the Payment Systems Regulator’s discussion paper on data in the payments industry. The PSR are keen to understand how the
Project International Trade has launched a member’s survey on global markets and the challenges of trading internationally. This survey includes questions that encompass the markets the payments industry is currently
Project Inclusion will be hosting a showcase event, in partnership with the Department for Work & Pensions and Mastercard, that will enable will enable payments providers to understand more about
In 2018, Project Retail will develop a group of senior retailers who will guide the Forum’s content and direction, called the Payments Association Retail Payments Leaders. This is a recognition
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
BROOKFIELD, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today that it will enable The Home Savings and Loan Company of Kenton, Ohio, (HSLC) to provide a
Wirecard, one of the leading specialists for digital financial technology, has today announced a renewed expansion of its mobile payment app boon – Europe’s fastest-growing mobile payment solution. From today
How can the retail industry survive (and overcome) the new customer’s demands? In a decade of digital transformation, customer behaviour has dramatically changed. In 2017 nearly 20% of UK retail
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
(London and Copenhagen, 08.06.2018) Coinify, an established global virtual currency platform, has signed a long-term agreement with Cybertonica, a fast-growth AI technology offering cross-channel real-time risk and fraud solutions, to implement a
Iana Dimitrova, Group CEO & General Counsel of AKCE Group (holding company of Ozan), discusses the new payments regulatory landscape, the activities of the Payments Association, and how the payments
The High Commission of India in London has created a flagship programme – the Access India Programme (AIP) in the UK First of its kind for supporting UK businesses access
New WDCS PM’s The first quarter of the year has seen Wirecard launch 3 new programmes with the below Programme Managers, a great demonstration of the company’s ever growing portfolio.
i-movo’s Secure Digital Voucher system combined with PayPoint’s 29,000 strong network of stores across the UK has now been implemented by the Department of Work & Pensions. This new Payment Exceptions Service (PES) is for
Trondheim, Norway, 23rd May 2018 — New research released today reveals that retail banks now lose 52% of potential customers at the on-boarding stage, an increase of 35% in the last two
It’s been four months since the FCA enacted Open Banking in the UK. So far, you may not have felt a seismic shift in financial services – but Open Banking’s
PSD2 open banking is coming fast, but the challenge for many FIs is identifying who they can give data to. A key part of PSD2 open banking is that ASPSPs,
