
Surviving Furlough
A personal account of the experience of being furloughed and 7 top tips to help come out the other side in a more positive place.

A personal account of the experience of being furloughed and 7 top tips to help come out the other side in a more positive place.

Tony Craddock, Director General of the The Payments Association, spoke with ARYZE, to talk through some of the biggest payments developments taking place due to COVID-19 and how involved parties

Online crime gangs have used the coronavirus pandemic to scam consumers and businesses across the globe. So, this blog examines 4 key types of Covid19-related fraud to help keep you and your business safe.

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Finicity, a leading North American provider of real-time access to financial data and insights. The purchase price is US$825 million, and Finicity’s existing shareholders have the potential for an earn-out of up to an additional $160 million, if performance targets are met.

The Payments Association and its members strongly urge the FCA to unfreeze Wirecard Card Services accounts, or facilitate a solution to enable safe access to e-money by e-money holders affected, as soon as it can, for the sake of cardholders, companies and their employees, and the UK fintech industry. Without this freezing being removed rapidly, we believe there will be significant and lasting damage to individuals, companies and the UK’s current and future prospects as leaders in fintech.

During RSA Conference 2020, Yubico interview Guido Ronchetti, XTN’s CTO, about the challenges related to PSD2 and open banking.

Banks are shutting down tens of thousands of accounts every year due to suspected fraud; on average, Santander closes down 24,000 accounts each year, and just under half of all those are suspected mule accounts – a huge proportion.

When we’re on the subject of malware and cyber attacks, we usually focus our attention on cybercrime as a totally unknown, uniform entity. Nevertheless, cybersecurity specialists, such as buguroo’s team, are always mindful not only of the codes used to develop computer viruses, but also of the processes adopted to implement campaigns and the targets they were aimed at. It is these three elements that provide a lot of clues as to who may be behind them.

New account fraud, also known as Account Opening Fraud or Online Account Origination Fraud, is when fraudsters use stolen or synthetic identities to open new bank accounts, with a view to maxing out their credit limits before disappearing into thin air, usually within 90 days.

Xwebinar is an on-demand webinar series focused on cyber threats and fraud topics. This episode talks about one of the most common threats: Account Takeover also knows as ATO.

For the second consecutive year, XTN is listed as Representative Vendor in Gartner’s Market Guide for Online Fraud Detection.

The Summer of Payments series brings you everything you’d ever want to know about UK, EU & card payment schemes as well as the latest and greatest in payments technology in five 30 minute entertaining doses.

With the EU predicting a recession of ‘historic proportions’ this year, how will this impact the growth of digital banks in Europe? Where are the opportunities and challenges moving forward?

An insightful webinar session hosted by OpenPayd that focussed on overcoming banking and payments challenges for digital asset businesses. Businesses dealing with digital assets have always been faced with significant

Newport, South Wales – 21st May 2020 – W2, the leading provider of real-time digital solutions for global regulatory compliance, announced today that it has joined forces with neobanking group

Payments Association publishes new guidance on digital identification and authentication to help tackle financial crime New report focuses on how the payments industry can keep safe from financial threats London,

Payments Association publishes collaborative report to debate payments regulation ahead of PSD3 London, United Kingdom – 12th March 2020 – The The Payments Association, which celebrates collaboration and innovation within

Payments Association announces new report on the future global potential of Open Banking New report aims to be a ‘rallying cry’ to the payments industry London, United Kingdom – 28th

This webinar discusses why open banking is the transformation the payments industry has been waiting for, the potential barriers it faces along the way and what we can all do

Banking Circle study of online SME merchants reveals banking gaps that Payments businesses can fill www.bankingcircle.com London, 27th May 2020 – Europe-wide research commissioned by innovative financial infrastructure provider Banking

Prasos Oy., a Finland-based firm offering cryptocurrency brokerage and exchange services in the EU, has selected Lerex Technology as a key partner for payment solutions. Richard Ney, CEO of Lerex

Free contactless payment ring giveaway for NHS staff Payment providers, Moorwand and K Wearables, have today announced a giveaway of 300 K Rings for NHS staff as a show of

Token Payâ„¢ integrated to enable new suite of innovative payment services that enhance user experience (UX) and lower transaction costs 19 May 2020 – Leading open banking infrastructure provider, Token.io,

Welwyn Garden City, 22 May 2020: PayPoint has today announced that more than 250,000 vouchers for disadvantaged people – collectively worth over £8.5 million – have been redeemed through its

Leading payment experts partner with Form3 to offer UK and European customers real-time payment London, January –Â PPS, formerly PrePay Solutions, and subsidiary of Edenred, the global leader in payment solutions

Pilot programme launched for SWIFT gpi API with clients including Penta Currencycloud today announced a pilot programme to provide SWIFT gpi tracking capabilities to their clients through a new API.

Leading digital payment experts partner with Visa to strengthen digital banking services London, January –Â PPS, formerly PrePay Solutions, and subsidiary of Edenred, the global leader in payment solutions for the

Luxury Metal Card is most requested feature and is immediately available for newand existing customers across the European Economic Area (EEA) London, UK, 19th May 2020: Curve, the banking platform

Blogs Is your zoom video conference as private as you think? https://blog.fscom.co.uk/is-your-zoom-video-conference-as-private-as-you-think In this blog, fscom’s Simon Whittaker discusses the cybersecurity challenges we may be facing through the use of

The Payments Association’s panel of digital identity experts discuss project financial crime’s latest whitepaper: ‘The Payments Association’s Guidebook to Digital Identification and Authentication’ View the On Demand version This whitepaper

Businesses in payments are still operating effectively while organising themselves for the new reality. From early April the question becomes, ‘What now?’ as companies in the payments industry and financial

London, UK –  17 April, 2020 – Curve, the banking platform that consolidates multiple cards and accounts into one smart card and app, has appointed Hannah Nixon to advise on the company’s regulatory activities and

A consortium of IT, software and Fintech companies donate medical supplies and money to strengthen the preparedness of the Cyprus medical system to the threats posed by COVID-19. Several

London, UK –Â Â 6th April, 2020 –Â Curve, the banking platform that consolidates multiple cards and accounts into one smart card and app, has become one of the first companies in Europe

Pannovate, UK’s leading payment and digital banking technology company, has partnered up with Salt Edge, leader in offering open banking and secure customer authentication solutions to help organisations launch competitive

London 9 April 2020: PPS, formerly PrePay Solutions, and subsidiary of Edenred, the everyday companion for people at work, has today announced its partnership with koto, the new credit app

Newport, South Wales – 26th March 2020 – W2, the leading provider of real-time digital solutions to simplify global regulatory compliance for mobile and digital transactions via a single platform

Newport, South Wales – 23rd March 2020 – W2, the leading provider of real-time digital solutions for global regulatory compliance, has announced today its help to regulated industries faced with

Letter of intent signed ARYZE has reached an agreement with a Danish interest organization for NGOs and signed a letter of intent. The organization includes a wide range of member

Todd Latham, Chief Growth Officer, Currencycloud comments on Government’s commitment to enhance coordination between regulators and ensure the UK continues to lead the way on financial services innovation and the

The digital revolution is transforming the payment ecosystem. Non-banking actors enter the landscape in the image of Fintechs and neobanks that are becoming new intermediaries in the value chain of
London, United Kingdom – 12th March 2020 – The Payments Association, which celebrates collaboration and innovation within new and existing finance companies, has published its first report to address the

Control of consumer identity is a battleground banks and credit unions must understand. Big tech giants, the card networks and identity leaders are jockeying for dominance. The resulting innovations will

SMEs are poorly served by banks today, certainly in payment services, foreign exchange and hedging. Form3 is helping SMEs, via their Financial Institution providers gain simple access to global payment

London, UK – 11th February, 2020 – Curve, the Over-The-Top banking platform that consolidates multiple cards and accounts into one smart card and even smarter app has today announced it

With Spend.com launching in Europe, Contis announces the first use of its innovative new Buffer service. Contis is a leading provider of banking, payment and processing solutions for the future

22 January 2020 – Madrid, Spain – buguroo, the online fraud prevention specialist for the financial sector, today unveiled further capabilities that make it easier for banks to more accurately

The Great British Entrepreneur Awards is delighted to announce a three year partnership with Starling Bank, the UK’s Best British Bank 2019, as they continue to champion and celebrate entrepreneurs



