Better customer service, cleaner user interfaces, simpler language, spending insights and even gambling blocks…digital banks or ‘challenger banks’ as they are commonly referred to, have taken the UK banking market

Whether you call them cryptocurrencies, cryptoassets or virtual assets, these tokens and their underlying technology, Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), remain at the forefront of regulators thoughts, often operating in an

PYMNTS’ Karen Webster talks with Dewald Nolte, CCO at Entersekt. Listen to the interview here

I remember a conference almost a year ago. Bitcoin (and other cryptocurrencies) had started its major run; everyone was excited. In the panel discussions, the bitcoin proponents were talking about

In the last three or four years, social media (SM) giants such as Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat have harnessed high levels of user trust and engagement to tap into the growing SM

A new generation of bank customers is bypassing physical branches and banking via the web almost entirely in favor of completing transactions and accessing services from their mobile devices. Read

Paysafe, a leading global payments provider, has announced a strategic partnership with Visa, confirming its status as a Principal Member of the card scheme. Through the new partnership Paysafe is

As part of its ongoing commitment to support female entrepreneurs, Visa (NYSE: V) is launching a global initiative – She’s Next, Empowered by Visa – to encourage women small business

Visa (NYSE:V) today announced a new offer from Yelp (NYSE: Yelp) to bring exclusive advertising benefits to U.S. small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that use a Visa Business credit or debit card

Fintech startup Flutterwave has partnered with Visa to launch a consumer payment product for Africa called GetBarter. Read the entire story here

Mobile ordering and hospitality guest engagement technology specialists wi-Q Technologies are pleased to announce that Judopay is the latest payment provider to join its growing global Partner Programme. Read the

UKGCVA Conference 2019 – The Future is Now   UKGCVA Conference 2019 is just six weeks away – the flagship Gift Card Industry event of the year takes place over

UK-based fintech Arro Money has launched a crowdfunding campaign with plans to tackle the issue of financial exclusion in the UK and beyond.  There are currently 1.5 million people in

Contis, the award-winning banking, payments and processing services provider is on a turbocharged growth mission for 2019, launching a new brand design, new website and initiating a hiring push for

Over 5.3 million switches since launch of Current Account Switch Service Switching levels between 1 October 2018 and 31 December 2018 up 22 per cent compared to Q3 2018 Participant

Konsentus today announced that they have been selected by Mastercard to deliver Third Party Provider (TPP) identity and regulatory checking solutions, as part of Mastercard’s new suite of Open Banking

Millionaire American rapper Snoop Dogg, a.k.a. Calvin Broadus, has become a minority shareholder in the Klarna, which offers buy-now-pay-later services at 100,000 retailers in Europe and across the U.S. Read the

TagNitecrest, known today as the “go to” card manufacturers in the challenger banking space, are thrilled to announce that the final stage of their new state-of-the-art banking card and software

Project Inclusion has received a response from Guy Opperman, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Work & Pensions, following on from the letter published in December. The response

The activities of Project Financial Crime were promoted on Consult Hyperion’s podcast series. Championed by project lead Jane Jee, the podcast highlighted where technology can help the payments industry meet

Project International Trade is delighted to announce Scott Abrahams, Senior Vice President at Mastercard and Payments Association Advisory Board member, as the new Project Mentor. Project International Trade encourages the

Project Regulator responded on behalf of the Payments Association and its members to the PSR’s consultation on the general directions of implementing Confirmation of Payee. This response highlights the perspectives

Project Women in PayTech held its largest Women in PayTech event to date. The event, held at the Post Office headquarters in Moorgate, hosted inspirational keynote discussions on how to

The Payments Association is delighted to announce the new Benefactor behind the Payments Association’s Project Banking Access, Galileo Processing. The project, formerly called Project Rome, under its new specification will

The Payments Association is delighted to announce that FICO have renewed their support as a Benefactor behind Project Futures. Project Futures provides thought leadership on new innovations and technological developments,

DIGITAL DISRUPTOR SIGNS UP TO DIRECT DEBIT The UK’s first bank built exclusively for tablet and smartphone users has turned to popular payment method Direct Debit to boost its offering

LONDON, Jan. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Vanilla®, a global open-loop gift card brand offered exclusively by InComm, today announced the launch of a new product line with its partner PrePay Solutions Ltd., Vanilla Go,

ATLANTA, Dec. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — InComm, a leading prepaid product and payments technology company, today announced it has partnered with digital banking alternative Revolut to offer their prepaid cards at wilko stores, the retail chain at

What factors are reshaping the future of global payments? Let us know in this survey Have your voice heard by taking part in this year’s survey: Reshaping the global payments

ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Entersekt, an innovator in mobile-first fintech solutions, today announced the addition of digital identity and business development expert Jennifer Singh to assist in strategic business development. Singh’s appointment comes

Compass Plus, an international provider of retail banking and electronic payments software to processors and financial institutions, has announced that SINNAD, a leading GCC third-party payment service provider based in Bahrain,

At the end of November 2018, one of the largest private banks in Azerbaijan – Unibank completed the migration of its personalisation centre from several third-party solutions to an in-house card personalisation

IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, is very proud to announce that CloudCard+, a Strong Customer Authentication solution, based on mobile and biometrics, has been recognized as a winner

LONDON, 9 January 2019: International payments company Moorwand has announced that it is launching the first pre-paid corporate and consumer cards to be issued in the UK in partnership with

No signature strip and it will degrade in waste. Innovative new card from leading digital bank challenger coming early this year London, 3rd January 2019: Cashplus, the leading digital banking

The UK payments landscape is shifting significantly. Mobile technology, Real Time payments, blockchain, PSD2 and Open Banking are all bringing disruption to the Payments world. This white paper analyses the impact

Find out more about Request to Pay at our Centre of Excellence website, a one stop shop for all things Request to Pay. Learn about Request to Pay by viewing

At this moment of time we are seeing the UK payments landscape shifting significantly. Mobile technology, real time payments, blockchain, PSD2 and Open Banking are all bringing disruption to the Payments

(Get 15% discount on the Forum using code PAY15) The Center for Financial Professionals have interviewed a few speakers ahead of their 2nd Annual Payments Forum 2019. Here is a

The payments industry is a rapidly advancing sector with a range of regulatory changes on the horizon. Given the fundamentals of the payments industry on the banking industry as a

More information on Transactive Systems here.

We’re excited to have launched an Open Banking early adopter programme after receiving permission to operate as an Account Information Services Provider (AISP) from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Read more

TransUnion is continuing its work to tackle the gender pay gap in the technology sector, with our recently-formed ‘Women in leadership’ group now taking their skills to local schools to inspire the

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Jane discusses how AML systems are a powerful tool to help protect against fraud in the system, and help big banks better address issues of potential risk. Read more here.

Cybertonica’s Technical Advisor and Director for Partnerships and Training, Dr. Ekaterina Safonova, wrote an abstract on payment fraud prevention and management for The PayTech Book. Launched by Wiley and FINTECH Circle, The

Job Description – Business Admin & Marketing Intern Who We Are? Cybertonica is a state-of-the-art FinTech business based in London’s Old Street area in the heart of Cisco Innovation Hub, IdeaLondon.