Industry News

Leading Danish online lender will gain flexibility and control over risk exposure Highlights: Basisbank, an online lender in Denmark, will control credit risk and accelerate its digital transformation using FICO® Blaze

The UK’s leading fuel card provider is encouraging more dialogue among industry stakeholders to drive the future of alternative fuels Exclusive new data from Allstar Business Solutions, a part of

Introduction Event marketing is an expensive component of a go-to-market strategy. Sponsoring industry conferences and setting up exhibition booths eat up tens or even hundreds of thousands of pounds/Euros from

Whether friendly fraud or genuine fraud, for merchants and card issuers, the impact is growing and comes with a host of negative consequences for the entire ecosystem — especially customers.

IDEMIA’s metal cards are the newest addition to HSBC’s credit card offering in the UAE. The new HSBC Black Credit Card is designed for the affluent customer segment and it

Visa Inc. is altering its chargeback-resolution program to condense the reason codes into four categories, amend the time to resolve a disputed transaction, and make other changes. According to data

So, I’m guessing you’ve heard of this thing called Open Banking. Its proponents often paint a vivid picture of financial utopia where lending decisions, mortgage approvals, payments and other financial

As the reach of real-time payments expands, so do value-added capabilities. And when combined with other digital and payment trends such as mobile wallets, open banking, and modern data standards,

Business intelligence solutions company, W2 Global Data has appointed Tom Kahan as Chief Financial Officer, effective from 23rd April 2018. W2 Global data is a multi-award winning Software as a

The Chargeback Company, a provider of chargeback management solutions, has introduced a new service to prevent chargebacks in ecommerce resulting from fraudulent activities. The new offering, called Enriched Alerts Service,

Cost saving is at the heart of all successful enterprises regardless of sector. However, it’s a strategic pillar that is gaining increasing focus for SMEs – particularly for those based

Monica Eaton-Cardone, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Chargebacks911, discusses the Visa Claims Resolution (VCR) and MasterCard Claims Resolution (MCR). These new systems are intended to streamline the timely and

Every day is International Women’s Day in our books. Why should we celebrate women on one day alone? We need to collectively raise each other up each and every day

“Technology is no longer a male domain,” says Monica Eaton-Cardone, CIO and co-founder of the Chargeback Company. As advances in technology requires new thinking that only different backgrounds and experiences can

Today sees the launch of the fire.com business account payment initiation API. It is a key delivery as it now enables the complete integration of the business account with a

You’ve made it through another end of year, your tax returns are complete, and you’ve promised yourself to be more organised next year. Being organised is a key aspect for

Series 2, Episode 1 of Fintech Unplugged featuring Robert Courtneidge of Moorwand and Suresh Vaghjiani of GPS, has now launched. This episode covers plastic cards, schemes and the hairy mic. Listeners can download

FICO today unveiled several solution upgrades that will help banks, lenders, fintechs and other institutions fight fraud and financial crime. These solutions bring unparalleled efficiency and machine learning capabilities to

Cashplus, the UK’s leading digital challenger to banks is celebrating record profits for the 7th year running. Its focus on SME banking services and lending has paid off with over

Nedbank Money users can initiate secure QR payments via Masterpass, Pay@, SnapScan, and Zapper using just one app in a first for South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa – 31 July

Following the news that 12 winning fintechs have been selected to advance the future of small business banking, progressing to the final stage of the Nesta Open Up Challenge, Kemp

We are delighted to announce that Alison Donnelly, Director and Head of Advisory at fscom, has recently been awarded not only one, but two top industry awards. Read more here.

The NPSO has confirmed the representation of its newly-created Participant Advisory Council: Twelve experts and executives from across the payment services landscape have been appointed, to help ensure that views

Earlier this month, I discussed with PYMNTS of the Fintech and payments trends for the rest of 2018. Digital transformation and its impact on payment service providers and acquiring banks.

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London, 24 July 2018: Starling, the mobile-only challenger bank, is introducing a new debit card with a vertical design that puts all customer details, including name, card number and expiry

Nine hires focus on further improving customer service and project delivery across key payment and retail card sectors 24 April 2018 – One year on from the expansion of its

Consumers can use their SWAPX card account to load funds in EUR and GBP and SWAP into the in-country currency at the ATM, or when they spend abroad SWAPX lets

Following a number of judgements by gambling commissions across Europe, anti-money laundering (AML) compliance is now firmly back on the gaming sector agenda. Jane Jee, the CEO of RegTech specialist,

New research looks in-depth at this growing dynamic, including Signicat’s work with Rabobank Trondheim, Norway, 27th April 2018—Signicat, the world’s leading digital identity provider, has been profiled in Lafferty Group’s

“F for fingerprint”: embrace the future of payments with biometrics. F.CODE takes card payments to the next level since your fingerprint replaces the PIN code and so reinforces user’s security and

The clock is ticking. The overall idea behind PSD2 open banking is not new. Yodlee and others have for a while aggregated accounts, and they have done this through a

Flow Prepaid Mastercard© and Echo Prepaid Mastercard© have been developed with Mastercard©, in collaboration with Global Processing Services (GPS), an industry-leading issuer processor Both Flow Prepaid, the consumer payment card,

Anti-money laundering (AML) and Big Data specialist Fortytwo Data has appointed machine learning expert Luca Primerano as Chief AI Officer. The firm, based in the City of London, is the only company

Exclusive research commissioned by Banking Circle reveals how financial institutions are stepping up to the challenges ahead www.bankingcircle.com London, 24th April 2018 – Saxo Payments Banking Circle, the global scale

London, 2nd February – The Emerging Payment Association’s (Payments Association) Project International Trade team will join The Lord Mayor in a trade mission to Australia and New Zealand this month.

Wirecard, the international provider of digital financial solutions, has won Shell Indonesia as a new customer for Fleet Cards. The new Fleet Card solution can be used for all purchases

The traditional banks of bricks and mortar have made way for the invisible bank of the future. Customers no longer revolve their time around banking, they want services that integrate

Access to bank accounts is enabled by new regulations, but this may not be enough to stop banks from preventing Payment System Providers (PSPs) from trading and the most progressive

Before the Christmas break we highlighted the opportunity to join the NPSO at a breakfast briefing on 17 January to hear an update on development and the launch of the

The need to make payments more secure whilst improving customer experience is becoming increasingly important for businesses. Our fire.com business account is used by a diverse range of business customers.

Bitstamp, a leading global digital currency exchange and the largest Bitcoin exchange in the EU in terms of volume, today announces Masterpayment, an independent payment processor, specializing in the requirements of

BROOKFIELD, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today announced that Illinois Educators Credit Union(Springfield, Ill.) and Members Financial Federal Credit Union (Midland, Texas), have selected Fiserv to help them

Hungary is probably not the first country that comes to mind when talking about fintech hotspots and innovation hubs. However, the country is very much at the forefront when it