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With the vast majority of e-money and payment institutions successfully re-authorised, let’s take a look at how the FCA intends to monitor this growing population of firms. Traditionally, e-money and

With all the excitement around re-authorisation, the ban on credit card surcharges and the new payment services activities, the less headline grabbing regulatory changes introduced by the second payment services directive (PSD2) have been

 This week, NatWest announced that it has teamed up with British mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse to trial a new online shopping system that lets customers pay directly through their bank account,

The end of this month marks 10 years since Rihanna’s single, Take a Bow, reached number 1 in the UK singles charts. Although I know a little about Barbados, I am

For consumers, increased trust and ease of use are key to driving mass adoption of Conversational Commerce and unleashing its potential June 4, 2018 – Mastercard today reveals the insights from

First example of a Mastercard service made possible by the integration of Vocalink and its real-time payments capabilities London, June 6th 2018: Mastercard today confirmed that it will soon launch

Atlanta, USA, June 13, 2018 – Entersekt, an innovator in push-based authentication and app security, has opened a new office in Atlanta to support the company’s continued growth and serve as

German consultancy describes Entersekt product as a “state of the art solution” London, United Kingdom, April 12, 2018 — Entersekt, a leader in next-generation digital banking security, today announced that its mobile

London, 18th June 2018 – Miranda McLean, VP of Marketing at ground-breaking financial utility, Saxo Payments Banking Circle since its launch, has been appointed to the Executive Board of the

London, 29th May 2018 – According to new research commissioned by ground-breaking financial utility, Saxo Payments Banking Circle, SMEs are facing potentially fatal challenges in accessing finance to support the

Leading virtual currency platform provider, Coinify, welcomes Hans Henrik Hoffmeyer to solidify their market position Coinify ApS, an established global virtual currency platform offering blockchain payment solutions, is pleased to

Coinify has recently experienced a growth spurt where we have welcomed a talented group of experts from various industries to join our team and help grow our company’s breadth of

Brussels, 25 June 2018 – The SWIFT Community is to universally adopt the gpi service, in a move which will see all 10,000 banks on SWIFT’s global network use the global payments

As part of our company’s growth, we are expanding our current business offering with compliant corporate brokerage services for virtual currencies, with bitcoin and ether as our starting point. Coinify

Paysafe has completed the acquisition of iPayment Holdings, consolidating their place as one of the top five non-bank payment processors in the US. Read more here.

May 15, 2018 (Copenhagen, Denmark) In light of the recently launched brokerage service for corporate clients, Coinify is pleased to present the first collaboration. In this partnership, Coinify is assisting the

CEO Acquiring and Card Solutions, Andrea Dunlop, features on the cover of this month’s edition of UK Retail Banker from RFi Group. Read her thoughts on how to bring greater

Konsentus, a RegTech company which facilitates checking the regulatory status and eIDAS Seal Certificates of Third Party Providers, along with the issuing of access tokens to enable FIs to be

Wirecard issues cards to accompany TransferWise’s worldwide banking account TransferWise launched its borderless account in 2017, allowing anyone to get bank details digitally across the world instantly. A debit card

The first thing to be clear about is that PSD2 open banking is not the same as UK Open Banking currently live with the CAM9, although not all of them

Nick Caplan has joined Konsentus as an Investor & Advisor in the same week as Tuxedo Money Solutions becomes a client Konsentus, launched just a few months ago to provide

Two of the most respected and outspoken leaders in the payments industry go head to head to answer difficult and controversial questions posed by the ‘BIN of Confusion’. Unscripted and

Programme Manager, BIN sponsor, Card/Wallet processor confused about how GDPR effects you, this simple info graphic outlines how it could and will have an impact on your business and what

The old adage that the UK is a nation of shopkeepers could soon ring true as the Co-op today, Wednesday, 7 March, unveils a convenient future where customers can check-out their own

Universal Card will enable brands and companies to benefit from their own branded prepaid reward and incentive card for both their customers and employees The solution will be available both

Saxo Payments Banking Circle co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Anders la Cour, was invited to discuss the growth of Financial Utilities in the visionary Rebank podcast. Download the podcast to

In response to consumer demand for identity verification services in France and Spain, W2 Global Data have now added these to the growing list of countries already supported by our

On 7th March, Cybertonica held an evening to have an open and frank discussion about The GDPR Reality at Level39, the world’s most connected community for FinTech and cybersecurity supporting fast-growth businesses. Cybertonica received a tremendous amount

W2 Global Data were one of a very small number of companies picked by Sky Betting & Gaming (SB&G) to participate in their prestigious 11-week CoLab programme which kicked off

Cybertonica, a Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence SaaS fraud management company has appointed Ekaterina Safonovaas Technical Advisor and Director for Partnerships and Training. Ekaterina has a PhD. in Technical Sciences from

In recent months, many countries have rolled out real-time payments schemes. In the USA, The Clearing House launched their Faster Payments scheme in November 2017, the same month that the

At Currencycloud, we believe that your payment solution should do more than just streamline the payments process; it should help you provide exceptional customer experiences, nurture greater customer satisfaction and

In our proprietary P&L Insight Benchmark Reporting Service, FICO has seen some worrying signs for UK credit card accounts 1-5 years on book; these accounts are showing high lines, high spend and

UnionPay International boosts card acceptance globally with ACI, expanding its number of payment endpoints and accelerating the roll-out of new payment services Naples, FLA / Shanghai — March 22, 2018

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For many UK and European based businesses, trading in both sterling and euro is an essential part of doing business. Given the size and proximity of the markets it is

Time is moving on. With the deadline for the UK to leave the European Union now just 12 months away businesses need to start preparing for the possibility of a

Banking Circle Marketplaces set to help freemarketFX clients trade internationally www.bankingcircle.com London, 7th March 2018 – freemarket, the disruptive FX and payment platform for SMEs, has joined Saxo Payments Banking

Saxo Payments Banking Circle White Paper launched at Money20/20 Asia identifies opportunities and challenges facing Asian businesses www.bankingcircle.com Saxo Payments Banking Circle, the global scale financial utility, has today launched

Or maybe the headline should really read EU PSD2, open access APIs are not just for banks and the first thing we all need to be clear on is that