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

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.

American Express and InComm have entered into an agreement for InComm to become the exclusive distributor of American Express’s prepaid reloadable and gift card products in the US. InComm will

Education technology is evolving rapidly. If you type ‘EdTech’ into a search engine, it will not take you long to find a plethora of articles describing it as the ‘next

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

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

Barclaycard has marked the 10-year anniversary of launching contactless payments to the UK. Over the past decade, more than £60 billion has been spent using contactless cards and devices and

Anna Tsyupko is the 24-year-old CEO of London-based FinTech company Paybase, and as a young fintech CEO, here lists 5 ways young directors can have a standing chance of winning

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

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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

Over the summer, Barclaycard has been piloting ‘Contactless Cones’ – a refreshing solution to reduce long queues at ice-cream vans. The self-serve ice-cream van pilot aims to dramatically reduce the

Pilatus Bank is one of the most exclusive banks in Europe, and its Chairman, Seyed Ali Sadr Hasheminejad, believes Private Banks finally have the tools and business models to expand their

This finding from our Interconnection: Fueling the Explosion of the Digital Economy infographic makes it clear that every business must understand and leverage Interconnection Bandwidth to compete in the digital

Join The Chargeback Company’s free-to-attend Chargebash event in London, combining comprehensive chargeback education with a casual, evening meet-and-greet. Read more here.

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

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

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

Metro Bank, the revolution in British banking, is set to bring customer-focused banking to Ilford, with the opening of its 49th store on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th September, right in the heart

W2 Global Data is sponsoring Betting on Sports 2017, a must-attend event for members of the sports & betting industries. The event focuses on everything related to sports and betting, including leadership, legislation,

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

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

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

OT-Morpho, a leading global provider of embedded security software products, services and solutions, continues to demonstrate its commitment to enable all the citizens of the European Union to benefit from

Keith Briscoe, Ethoca: There are many cross-channel and multichannel services; we have not actually seen the true promise of the omnichannel product to be delivered to the market yet Could you

Project Regulator strongly recommends that all Payments Association members respond to the Payments Strategy Forum consultation which seeks information on future requirements for the New Payments Architecture. The Consultation is

Project Retail will be launching the next iteration of the Retail PayTech Forum in November. The event, which will be held at a central London location on Tuesday 7th November,

The Payments Association and Project Rome have joined the RTGS Advisory Board. The purpose of this group is to provide a forum for two‐way dialogue and challenge on the RTGS

Project Women in PayTech will be launching a Women in PayTech LinkedIn group to facilitate opportunities for mentorship, collaboration, and promotion of success stories, as well discuss the issues faced

Representatives from Project Inclusion engaged with Toynbee Hall, Money Advice Service, and The Big Issue. Project Inclusion is exploring opportunities to collaborate with these organisations operating within the financial inclusion

This new project will provide educational workshops and papers on emerging technological developments and innovations within the payments space and share insight on future market trends. To find out more

Project International Trade is partnering with the Department for International Trade to bring UK FinTech and PayTech companies over to Mexico as part of a trade mission. This trade mission

The next instalment of the Payments Association’s Payment Heroes is set to be launched. The first video, first showcased to attendees at the Payments Association’s Hot Topic Briefing on GDPR,

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

Alan Smith has been appointed managing director of One4all UK – Smith is to lead the company behind the UK’s leading multi-retailer gift card into the next stage of growth

The European passport for financial services is one of the pillars of London’s status both as the preeminent global financial hub and the flourishing hub of UK FinTech. Passporting in

Thames Card Technology has completed a project with Tesco to launch the UK’s first contactless loyalty card programme. With 66% of global shoppers enrolled in loyalty programmes (Nielsen) and cardholders

Choice Bank Ltd. has announced the launch of its USA based organization, Choice Financial International (CFI), an entity chartered in Puerto Rico, offering financial and payment solutions for corporations. Now

Kompli-Global has developed a tool to help companies deal with the more time-consuming customer due diligence challenges of the 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (4th AMLD). The 4th AMLD, which came

Nick Kennett, Chief Executive, Financial Services & Telecoms, Post Office Ltd, comments on the FCA’s findings regarding the overdraft market as part of its review of the high-cost short-term credit

Bottomline Technologies has launched the 2nd edition of its annual report, the UK Business Payments Barometer: Payments for a new economy, which reveals that fraud and the need for greater

The results of Paybefore.com’s survey of best challenger banks has just been announced with APS’ Cashplus voted best challenger bank. Read more here.

TGI Fridays, Oracle and Mastercard have announced the launch of Bar Tab at their Leicester Square location, with plans to deploy the app to 80 additional TGI Fridays locations in

Winner of an international call for tenders, Edenred has been selected by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) as one of its partners, to develop and manage the new generation

Now live with its first customer, innovative Dublin-based fintech company Cambrist is proceeding with plans to disrupt the way foreign exchange is managed in the card payments industry. Cambrist recently

Mastercard has unveiled the Digital Evolution Index 2017, an in-depth look at technology adoption and the state of digital trust around the world. Read more here.

ACI Worldwide electronic payment and banking solutions, has announced the official opening of its new Timişoara, Romania office. Read more here.