Much of our time is, and seems always to have been, spent trying to interpret exactly what the regulations or, more importantly, the Regulator is expecting. A leading question asked

Drawing on my experience of heading up the Payment Services Authorisations Team at the FCA for many years, I spoke last week (http://blog.fscom.co.uk/psd2-a-glimpse-inside-the-regulator)about the FCA’s expectations for authorisations and re-authorisations,

28th March 2018, London, allpay Limited, the UK’s largest Bill Payment collections provider and leading Prepaid Card specialist is partnering with ClearBank®, the UK’s first new, clearing bank in 250 years, to

B4B Payments has won a place on The Mayor’s International Business Programme that supports London’s brightest high-growth companies in expanding their business outside the UK. Read more here.

Ian Rand, CEO of Business Banking at Barclays, delivered the keynote speech at the UK Business Banking Forum 2018, looking at the challenges and opportunities in his industry. Rand sees

Plug and Play Connectivity Speeds Seamless Integration for Banks and Corporates PORTSMOUTH, NH – March 20, 2018 – Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ:Payments AssociationY), a leading provider of financial technology that helps

LONDON, 27 FEBRUARY 2018—Carta Worldwide and Railsbank have announced a strategic partnership which will enable Railsbank customers to issue their own-branded Mastercard debit cards, that work with Railsbank accounts and

There was a buzz of excitement in the tech community this week as IBM revealed the world’s smallest computer at the company’s flagship conference, Think 2018, in Las Vegas. While being no bigger

Compass Plus, an international provider of retail banking and electronic payments software to processors and financial institutions, has announced the new active-active database clustering feature on its open development payments

The Chancellor has today made a landmark announcement detailing the government’s fintech strategy. Speaking at the International Fintech Conference, Philip Hammond stated the importance of solidifying the UK’s dominance in the world of fintech.

Award-Winning Partners Ensure Faster-Time-to-Revenue for Payment Providers that Support these Merchants, including Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), Independent Sales Organisations (ISOs) & Payment Facilitators (PFs) London, UK – March 28, 2017 – Creditcall,

French bank Crédit Agricole’s is extending its HCE (Host Card Emulation) based mobile payment service to Visa holders. Only available to Mastercard card holders so far, the bank MaCarte application and Paylib, the French interbank payment brand, will now

Riverwoods, IL, April 2, 2018 – A more intuitive and personalized experience awaits cardmembers on the Discover Mobile app. The redesigned homepage, which includes an updated layout and the addition of

Complete lending solution will streamline processes and improve compliance London, UK, and Toronto, Canada, 26 March 2018 – Peoples Trust Company of Saint Albans has selected Finastra to provide a single, end-to-end

BROOKFIELD, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today it is offering Mastercard® Decision Intelligence™, a comprehensive decision and fraud detection service. Financial institutions working with Fiserv will

Companies Launch Uber Freight Fuel Card, Powered by Comdata PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mar. 21, 2018– FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc.(NYSE:FLT), a leading global provider of commercial payment solutions, today announced a partnership with Uber Freight, as

Geoswift, a Hong Kong-based payments company built around China-related cross-border business, will apply for a virtual banking license in Hong Kong, says CEO Raymond Qu. Read more here.

Headcount are pleased to announce that payments industry executive Stanley Skoglund has joined the company’s Advisory Board. Read more here.

Amsterdam, March 27th 2018 – Today Klarna and MyOnlineStore announced a partnership that will enable retailers to deploy Klarna’s online checkout and payment service together with MyOnlineStore’s ecommerce platform. From

In an industry-first, Metro Bank, the revolution in British banking, has today announced the launch of its ‘walk out trading’ service. Powered by long standing payments partner acceptcards®, it will

Payroll software may have revolutionised how payroll managers calculate employee benefits, tax contributions and salaries on a weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis, but there are still a lot of manual

Welwyn Garden City, 5 March 2018: PayPoint have now extended their ATM cashback offer to all retailers who switch to a PayPoint ATM. The offer gives retailers the opportunity to earn

International payments executive, Karim Ahmad, appointed as Chief Product and Transformation Officer; Daniel Kornitzer moves into Chief Business Development role London, UK –  April 3, 2018 – Paysafe, a leading global

TRMI v3.0 also includes one of the broadest fixed income and sovereign debt coverage in the marketplace NEW YORK – Thomson Reuters, through its partnership with MarketPsych Data LLC, has launched a

Qatar Duty Free becomes first Airport Retailer in MEA to introduce Alipay Hamad International Airport ranked the world’s fourth ‘Best Airport for Shopping’ at the Skytrax World Airport Awards 2018,

Data from Saxo Payments Banking Circle reveals that delays in payment settlement times and reconciliation challenges hit cash flow www.bankingcircle.com London, February 2018 – With new data released by FinTech

The clock is ticking! The deadline for the General Data Protection Regulation is fast approaching. In May 2018, companies will be required by law to comply with the new data

Since the launch of the SCT Inst rulebook in November 2017, many more banks are live and offering real-time payments to their customers, with most of the rest committed to

The collaboration has created a full-service bank account that combines banking and accounting for freelancers, self-employed people and small businesses. 7th February 2018, London, UK – PrePay Solutions (PPS), Europe’s leading prepaid and

Ramparts welcomes Karen Griffin to our team. We are delighted to welcome Karen Griffin, who joins our legal and fiduciary teams in Gibraltar as our Head of Risk, Compliance &

Cybertonica, an Artificial Intelligence fraud management technology company which utilises Machine Learning to reduce basket drop-off and increase conversion for all transaction platforms, has appointed Olaf Hofmann as Chief Product Officer. The appointment

If it wants to achieve its long-term goals, the UK’s new Office for Professional Body Anti Money Laundering Supervision has to make both the regulatory bodies and the firms that

Banking Circle supports Payments Association FinTech Regulation Helpline www.bankingcircle.com London, 11th April 2018 – The The Payments Association, with the support of its Benefactor, Saxo Payments Banking Circle, has launched

London, 18th June 2018 – Miranda McLean, VP of Marketing at ground-breaking financial utility, Saxo Payments Banking Circle since its launch, has been appointed to the Executive Board of the

Brussels, 25 June 2018 – The SWIFT Community is to universally adopt the gpi service, in a move which will see all 10,000 banks on SWIFT’s global network use the global payments

Paysafe has completed the acquisition of iPayment Holdings, consolidating their place as one of the top five non-bank payment processors in the US. Read more here.