Nesta, the innovation foundation, has announced the twenty organisations selected to participate in the Open Up Challenge.  The total prize pot is worth £5m and shall be shared amongst those participants

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

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

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

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

USAmeriBank is live on Finastra’s next-generation, hosted payments hub for US domestic and international wire transfers. USAmeriBank selected Finastra’s hosted solution in order to have the flexibility to quickly add

FIS and Equifax have teamed up to improve consumer experiences by bringing new levels of convenience and security to consumers challenged with maintaining multiple usernames and passwords to protect themselves

Three credit unions have selected Fiserv to help drive growth, efficiency and deliver an enhanced digital banking experience. Each credit union was looking for a flexible platform with integrated financial

Fiserv has announced the completion of its acquisition of Monitise plc (LSE:MONI), further expanding its digital technology suite to enable financial institutions worldwide to meet customer expectations for innovative digital

FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. has closed its acquisition of Cambridge Global Payments, a leading B2B international payments provider, for approximately $690 million. The purchase agreement was previously announced on May 1,

Geoswift, Western Union Business Solutions (a subsidiary of The Western Union Company) and UnionPay International have announced the latest joint tuition payment promotion available to Chinese students studying in the

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

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

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

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

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

From staffing costs to increased regulation, investments in digital transformation and changes to the Ogden rate, insurers are feeling the squeeze in 2017. Many are looking for new ways to

MONTREAL, 5 September 2017 – Paysafe, a leading global payments provider, today announced a partnership with Zachary Claman DeMelo who will pilot the No. 16 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Paysafe Honda

As the new term marks the end of the summer holidays, the winter sun forecast looks bright for a quartet of Far Eastern destinations, which have emerged as the biggest

London, September 2017 – Following the announcement of its success in being shortlisted for three categories in the 2017 Payments Association Awards, industry-leading financial utility, Saxo Payments Banking Circle has

PERPIGNAN – Reuters, the world’s largest international multimedia news provider, today announced the launch of a photojournalism grant program which seeks to recruit and develop a diverse new generation of young

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.

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

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

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

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

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

We will be explaining everything payment and e-money institutions need to know about getting re-authorised under PSD2 and the impact of MiFID II on fx forward business in two separate briefings on 12 September.

Tuesday 29th August 2017 – Payment Card Solutions (PCS) is granted Authorised Payment Institute (API) status by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). PCS services over 700 corporate customers, issuing hundreds

Welwyn Garden City, 17 August 2017: A new Amazon Top Up service is now available in PayPoint stores, allowing customers to add credit via cash directly from the Amazon app. Read

We are glad to announce that CB Insights has identified Cybertonica among the top 80+ private companies securing the future with Artificial Intelligence. Building a software that predicts technology trends, the US-based CB Insights provides a

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

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

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

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

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

Interactive map from FICO and Euromonitor International shows UK had highest card fraud losses in 19 countries surveyed. Read more here.

Two new independent directors have been appointed by Bacs Payment Schemes Limited (Bacs) to the Current Account Switch Service Executive Committee, fulfilling a key undertaking set out by the Competition

Cybertonica, a FinTech company using machine learning and AI to reduce basket drop-off and increase conversion for all channels of e-payments and transaction platforms, has become one of the European

LONDON – August 30, 2017 – WEX Inc. (NYSE: WEX), a leading provider of corporate payment solutions, today announced its European office has secured an Electronic Money Institute (EMI) license by

Purchase, NY – August 28, 2017 – Today Mastercard announced that it was bringing Mastercard contactless payments to Fitbit’s (NYSE: FIT) first smartwatch, Fitbit Ionic™. With Fitbit Ionic, health and fitness enthusiasts who

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

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

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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.

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,

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