Hungary is probably not the first country that comes to mind when talking about fintech hotspots and innovation hubs. However, the country is very much at the forefront when it

Arkea Banking Services is proud to be the sponsor of a team of the “4L Trophy”. It is a race of 6 000 km for students in which the iconic Renault

Faster and real-time payment initiatives broke new ground in 2017, but so far, B2B payments has yet to really find its place in an accelerated world. In December’s PYMNTS Faster Payments

What do card issuing banks and eCommerce merchants share in common? The ever-growing burden of card-not-present fraud. Both sides respond with sophisticated arsenals of multi-layered fraud tools that aim to

Season ticket holders can use the contactless technology to enter stadium and make fast and easy payments at the POS or online As one of the leading providers of digital

December 22, 2017, London/Tokyo: JCB International Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “JCB”), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co. Ltd, has partnered with iZettle, the award-winning Swedish fintech company,

LONDON, Jan. 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Antoniella Gauci, Risk Manager at Pilatus Bank, compares the continued investment in fintech to a life insurance policy for banks. Gauci argues that banks

LONDON, Jan. 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — It is an undeniable fact that most Millennials carry some sort of instinctive ability to understand and utilize digital technology simply because they

(LONDON) January 4, 2018 – Locke Lord’s Siobhan Moore, an experienced cards and payments lawyer with a strong profile in the payments industry, has been named Global Head of the Firm’s

NEW YORK, December 11, 2017 — American Express today announced it is eliminating the requirement for merchants to collect Card Members’ signatures for all purchase transactions at the point of

The tech industry is booming, with innovations such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, cloud computing and big data disrupting everything from financial services and manufacturing to the way we communicate

At Coinify, we play an active role in mainstreaming the use of blockchain currencies. Partnering up  with the leading global bitcoin wallet provider Blockchain was a very important milestone in this regard. In

Contis, a leading provider of end-to-end banking, payments and processing solutions in the UK and Europe, has today accelerated the revolution within business banking market with the launch of its

RIVERWOODS, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Discover announced today that cardmembers and Discover Bankcustomers who own an iPhone X can take advantage of Face ID to sign in to the Discover Mobile app. The

The need to make payments more secure whilst improving customer experience is becoming increasingly important for businesses. Our fire.com business account is used by a diverse range of business customers.

BROOKFIELD, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today announced that Illinois Educators Credit Union(Springfield, Ill.) and Members Financial Federal Credit Union (Midland, Texas), have selected Fiserv to help them

When does a great deal turn out to be not such a great deal? When a credit card surcharge is added right at the end. Such hidden surcharges will be

6th December 2017 – London — Worldpay, a global leader in payments, has announced that it will partner with Klarna, a leader in invoice and credit based payments, to further enhance its

The economic impact of crimes like money laundering and terrorist financing cannot be overstated. They drain resources from a country’s productive economic activity – potentially destabilising its financial sector and

The Rt Hon. Nicky Morgan MP chair of the Treasury Committee wrote to LINK Chairman Sir Mark Boleat, on 27th November. Read more here.

Aschheim (Munich)/London:  Today, Wirecard and Mastercard made Pay by Bank app, a fully digital payment solution, available to all Wirecard merchants in the UK. Pay by Bank app was created by

Metro Bank, the revolution in British banking, is now offering customers the option to set up a new payee on its mobile banking app. The new functionality is designed to

Discover how to rapidly implement a real-time, Open API solution to meet the regulatory deadline, and be first to market with new customer propositions. Read more here.

The company responsible for billions of UK payments worth trillions of pounds has appointed experienced executive Andy Hollingdale as its first general manager. Read more here.

The European Banking Authority have just published their final report and guidelines on fraud reporting under PSD2. There’s much to digest and understand, but one thing that stands out for me

In a recent blog post we explored the underlying concepts behind machine learning and its tremendous benefits in fighting application fraud. Since then, I had the opportunity to speak with one of

Which works better for modeling credit risk: traditional scorecards or artificial intelligence and machine learning? Given the excitement around AI today, this question is inevitable. It’s also a bit silly.

Information security teams around the world are working hard to protect their businesses from data breaches and other threats. But do those businesses truly understand how good a job they’re

In the past year, three major economies — the Eurozone, the USA and Australia — have gone live with real-time payments schemes, Canada will follow in 2019 and many other

One of the largest payment solution providers in the Philippines redeploys staff to more strategic work using FICO® Customer Communication Services Read more here.

FICO® Enterprise Security Score aims to raise global cybersecurity effectiveness SAN JOSE, CA — June 27, 2018 Highlights: FICO is offering free subscriptions that allow users to access their FICO Enterprise Security

SAN JOSE, Calif. – June 12, 2018 Highlights: FICO has been awarded seven new patents for fraud detection, AI and analytics Three of the patents granted are related to the

NEW YORK/LONDON – 27 July 2018 – Thomson Reuters Financial & Risk business today announced that following the closing of the strategic partnership transaction between Thomson Reuters and private equity funds

We’re incredibly pleased to announce that we have been recognised once again for two honours at the Payments Association Awards! Despite seeing more entries than ever before, our innovative tools

A new study reveals that eCommerce merchants have been slow to adopt new fraud mitigation technologies; while 55% currently use card PIN authentication, 33% or less use other emerging tools—even

More information about the event here.

Ray Brash, CEO, PrePay Solutions, spoke to Fintech Finance about how PrePay Solutions is achieving a 60-70% growth rate through international expansion and continual investment in its technology. Watch the

Alan King, President of FLEETCOR UK and Australasia, talked to Fintech Finance about how FLEETCOR’s subsidiary brand, Allstar Business Solutions, turned regulation to its advantage by launching the Allstar Plus

Welwyn Garden City, 26 July 2018: PayPoint and eBay have signed a strategic partnership that will enable eBay sellers and buyers to access the Collect+ network for convenient click and collect parcel services.

17 July 2018 – Today, leading European payments provider Klarna has announced a partnership with UK-based online furniture brand, Swoon. When checking out online, shoppers will now be able to

Signicat is pleased to announce we have formally become a member of ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) joining their technical committee on Electronic Signatures and Infrastructure (ESI). ESI is the

Konsentus was proud this month to have been a Finalist at the BBVA Fintech Awards.  From 100’s of Global entries we were selected as one of the Finalists with the

The cards and Payments team are delighted to have been shortlisted for the Payments Association Award in the category of Professional Service Organisation. The team strive to provide legal support

Marqeta is delighted to have moved into our new Shoreditch office in July and to have Dean King, formerly of Tuxedo and Paysafe joining the team as Business Development Manager.

IDEMIA, the world leader in Augmented Identity, has been awarded a five year contract by the United Kingdom Home Office Biometrics (HOB) Programme to deliver a new Fingerprint Matcher Service.

Keith Briscoe, CMO of Ethoca, shares with us their success story: how the company helped easyJet in preventing fraud, minimizing losses and ensure fraudsters are kept off their planes. Read more