Industry News

After many years of promise, mobile payments are finally starting to gain traction in the mass market. In July 2016 it was reported that a study had found that smartphones

The digital payment and banking partners have completed a tour of Europe in a repurposed Leave Campaign bus 2nd October 2017, London, UK: PrePay Solutions (PPS), Europe’s leading prepaid and

Wirecard, the leading supplier of digital payment solutions and internet technology, has entered into a new cooperation to expand the portfolio of value-added services for Alipay and WeChat Pay customers.

W2 continues to improve the range and features of its products. As part of this ongoing improvement program, W2 can now offer Australian eKYC data.  For more information, please contact

The payment expert Wirecard supports payment processing for the new online shop of Webasto, a global systems partner for virtually all automotive manufacturers. Electric vehicle charging solutions have recently been

London, 28th September 2017 – Industry-leading financial utility, Saxo Payments Banking Circle, has become the Benefactor of a major new project being spearheaded by the The Payments Association.  Designed to

Project Inclusion will be launching financial inclusion standards to identify best practice for financial inclusion within our industry. This kitemark will set a market standard to ensure all stakeholders across

This new project will provide informative, future-gazing workshops and papers on emerging technological developments and innovations within the payments space and share insight on future market trends. Project Futures is

We are delighted to announce our new Benefactor for Project International Trade, Saxo Payments Banking Circle. Project International Trade is collaborating with FinTech associations across Latin America, Far East Asia,

Project Media has raised the profile of the Payments Association this month with activities and insights from the The Payments Association being publicised in The FinTech Times, Payments Journal, FinTech

Project Regulator commends the FCA have taken on-board the projects consultation response to CP17/11 in a recent policy statement on the Implementation of the revised PSD2 in allowing the use

Project Retail’s Retail PayTech Forum has announced that Richard Burchill, Head of Treasury and Card Services at Arcadia Group, will be delivering a keynote presentation on payments innovation within the

Project Rome released a thought leadership piece on banking access and the termination of services to FinTechs. Written by Andrea Dunlop, CEO of Card Acquiring & Solutions at Paysafe Group

Anne Pieckielon, Director of Product & Strategy at Bacs and project lead of Project Women in PayTech, spoke about Women in PayTech and how we can best provide support and

The money transfer market has become crowded, with innovative new entrants, higher end user expectations, and advances in technologies putting pressure on businesses providing remittance services. Read the full article in

bobsguide sat down with Global Kompli CEO Jane Jee to discuss the burden the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive places financial services under, how prepared they currently are to comply with

Nesta, the innovation foundation, has announced the twenty organisations selected to participate in the Open Up Challenge.  The total prize pot is worth £5m and shall be shared amongst those participants

Following the Bank of England’s announcement to widen access to sterling payment systems for electronic money institutions known as non-bank payment service providers, Bottomline Technologies is at the forefront of

London, September 2017 – Following the announcement of its success in being shortlisted for three categories in the 2017 Payments Association Awards, industry-leading financial utility, Saxo Payments Banking Circle has

Guangfa Bank Credit Card Center wins prestigious “Best Self-Service Banking Project in China” award from The Asian Banker. Read more here.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the FCA Practitioner Panel have published the findings from their 2017 survey of FCA-regulated firms. The survey gives a view across the financial services

PERPIGNAN – Reuters, the world’s largest international multimedia news provider, today announced the launch of a photojournalism grant program which seeks to recruit and develop a diverse new generation of young

The number of compromises is on target to set a new high for the FICO® Card Alert Service, which monitors hundreds of thousands of ATMs and other readers in the U.S. “The

USAmeriBank is live on Finastra’s next-generation, hosted payments hub for US domestic and international wire transfers. USAmeriBank selected Finastra’s hosted solution in order to have the flexibility to quickly add

This research into South East Asian millennials’ payments behaviour completes our examination, for now at least, of the opinions of perhaps the most studied of all generations in recent times.

Interactive map from FICO and Euromonitor International shows UK had highest card fraud losses in 19 countries surveyed. Read more here.

FIS and Equifax have teamed up to improve consumer experiences by bringing new levels of convenience and security to consumers challenged with maintaining multiple usernames and passwords to protect themselves

Following a successful start of the collaboration between Wirecard and Austrian Federal Railways (Österreichische Bundesbahnen, ÖBB) last year in the field of payment processing, both companies are expanding their cooperation

Two new independent directors have been appointed by Bacs Payment Schemes Limited (Bacs) to the Current Account Switch Service Executive Committee, fulfilling a key undertaking set out by the Competition

Three credit unions have selected Fiserv to help drive growth, efficiency and deliver an enhanced digital banking experience. Each credit union was looking for a flexible platform with integrated financial

Worldcore is happy to announce it’s Initial Coin Offering campaign. The ICO is one of the major events in Worldcore’s history, it’s mission is to accelerate corporate growth, blockchain integration

Cybertonica, a FinTech company using machine learning and AI to reduce basket drop-off and increase conversion for all channels of e-payments and transaction platforms, has become one of the European

Fiserv has announced the completion of its acquisition of Monitise plc (LSE:MONI), further expanding its digital technology suite to enable financial institutions worldwide to meet customer expectations for innovative digital

Payment card fraud accounted for losses of £618 million in 2016. It’s never been more critical for merchants to tackle fraud head-on, and work with their PSP to ensure a robust fraud defence strategy

LONDON – August 30, 2017 – WEX Inc. (NYSE: WEX), a leading provider of corporate payment solutions, today announced its European office has secured an Electronic Money Institute (EMI) license by

FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. has closed its acquisition of Cambridge Global Payments, a leading B2B international payments provider, for approximately $690 million. The purchase agreement was previously announced on May 1,

On August 1, 2017, Bitcoin, the world’s most capitalized and popular digital currency, was split into two separate blockchains, “Bitcoin”[classic] and “Bitcoin Cash.” The controversial decision to “Hard Fork” Bitcoin’s

Purchase, NY – August 28, 2017 – Today Mastercard announced that it was bringing Mastercard contactless payments to Fitbit’s (NYSE: FIT) first smartwatch, Fitbit Ionic™. With Fitbit Ionic, health and fitness enthusiasts who

Geoswift, Western Union Business Solutions (a subsidiary of The Western Union Company) and UnionPay International have announced the latest joint tuition payment promotion available to Chinese students studying in the

It is staggering to write this down, but contactless in the UK is nearly ten! And it’s exciting that ‘tap and go’ payments are going from strength to strength. Since

Mobile Commerce & Other Media Ltd has been shortlisted for the Best Mobile Payments Solution at the prestigious Payments Awards. Their product brand MCOM Payout Service has been shortlisted to

The Isle of Man has been shortlisted for ‘Best International Finance Centre’ at the International Investment Fund and Product Awards and ‘IFC of the Year’ at the annual Citywealth International

By Shane Leahy, CEO, Tola Mobile A shift in time From checking the weather to booking a personal training session at the gym, the phone in our pockets is increasingly

Klarna Bank AB is delighted to announce the release of their new free of charge peer-to-peer (P2P) payment service ‘Wavy’, which enables people to send and request money in a

We will be explaining everything payment and e-money institutions need to know about getting re-authorised under PSD2 and the impact of MiFID II on fx forward business in two separate briefings on 12 September.

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