Less than half of UK firms will increase their investment in cybersecurity protection to match an expected rise in data breaches, according to a new survey conducted by research and

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have entered into a co-operation agreement with the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in Hong Kong to foster collaboration in support of financial technology (Fintech)

FIS and The Venture Center have announced the 10 startup companies selected to participate in the 2017 VC FinTech Accelerator. Alpharank, Alto IRA, Bond.ai, eGiftify, Hedge Hog, Plinqit, Omnetrium, Quotanda,

The First National Bank of Pandora, headquartered in Pandora, Ohio, has selected Fiserv as its new technology partner, consolidating 10 vendor relationships and moving to one, through the Premier® core

FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc., a global provider of fuel cards and workforce payment products to businesses, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cambridge Global Payments (“Cambridge”), a leading B2B international

The FCA’s proposed interpretation of the safeguarding obligation is causing serious concern in the industry. Under the new guidance, payment and e-money institutions will be expected to match the value

The Isle of Man has won the award for International Finance Centre of the Year at the International Adviser Product and Service Awards, alongside strong competition including Dublin and Dubai.

LINK has announced the launch of its new free ATM locator app, , the most comprehensive mobile application of its type for finding ATMs in the UK. Connected to LINK’s

Metro Bank, the revolution in British banking, has today revealed that it has surpassed one million customer accounts, less than seven years since launch. The milestone was hit on Early

Craig Donaldson, CEO of Metro Bank, the revolution in British banking, was awarded ‘Retail Banker of the Year’ at the Retail Banker International Annual Global Awards 2017. Read more here.

Park Group plc, the UK’s leading multi-retailer gift voucher and prepaid gift card business focused on the corporate and consumer markets, has announced that its award-winning corporate incentives and rewards

Disruption in the financial industry has been slowly creeping in for years, and banks are beginning to wake up to the reality of how digitisation, which boosts competition and compresses

The Just Loans Group PLC has achieved ISO 9001:2015 global certification – the internationally recognised Quality Management System standard which underpins the next stage of its development. Read more here.

New Zealand’s leading electronic payment network, Paymark, is partnering with Transaction Network Services (TNS) to reinforce its EFTPOS services with a new range of alternative, feature rich and highly reliable

Travelport, a leading Travel Commerce Platform and XL Travel are delighted to announce the launch of the new app for the XL Travel Group, one of the largest and most

Mastercard has completed its acquisition of Vocalink. This acquisition will allow Mastercard to expand beyond card-based payments to drive the major types of electronic payment transactions. Vocalink’s technology will enable

Wirecard is now bringing Apple Pay to boon customers in Italy.boon is the first fully digitised mobile payment solution to offer Apple Pay independently from any bank or telecom operator,

Cashplus and Sage have joined forces to help small businesses get ahead of the Making Tax Digital legislation by integrating their bank account information and transactions into a new service

Payments Association’s Women in PayTech now collaborating with Virgin Money’s Women in Finance initiative The Payments Association’s Women in PayTech has developed strategic ties with the Women in Finance initiative

The results of Project Europe’s survey on where payments companies are looking to gain access to the EU were published at PAY360 Digital Payments. This data brought to light the

Project International Trade hosted the first xCEEd conference in Belgrade. The three day conference, funded by the Department for International Trade, hosted 180 delegates and held keynote sessions from leading

Project Media hosted a workshop, titled ‘Combating Fake News – Storyselling: Telling Authentic Business Stories To Build Trust’ at PAY360 Digital Payments. This session looked at the top storytelling tech

Project Rome launched a survey on access to banking services and termination of banking services. The survey aims to highlight the frequency that PayTech companies removal of bank account services

Project Regulator launched a survey to determine which issues are most important to Payments Association members in the implementation of PSD2. This survey follows the release of the FCA’s call

Representatives from the Project Inclusion team penned a letter to several Lords, Ladies, and Ministers calling for the appointment of a Minister for Inclusion. The letter detailed the activities of

Global corporate payment solutions provider Optal will be helping to expedite B2B insurance payments for RightIndem, a company that prides itself on improving the claims experience for customers. RightIndem offers

One in four millennials believing that tech companies would do a better job of delivering financial services products than banks. FinTech has the potential to deliver agile, customer-centric banking products

The new whitepaper from Chargebacks 911 takes a close look at eCommerce practices around the world. We carefully examined data on markets from Africa to Asia and beyond, all to

Creditcall, the omni-channel Payment Gateway and EMV Kernel provider, and Credorax, one of the first Fintech companies to evolve into a licensed European Merchant Acquiring Bank, have partnered to launch

Russia’s Sovcombank is using survey-based credit scoring from EFL and FICO to attract young people looking for their first credit card. The EFL score uses psychometrics and behavioural data to

For years, the UK charted a lonely but pragmatic course with its interpretation that deliverable FX forwards are not investment instruments. Alison Donnelly of FSCom explores this further. Read more

Wirecard Card Solutions has partnered with Payment Card Solutions (PCS), AFEX, and Global Processing Services (GPS) to deliver a full end-to-end payment programme for corporates. The PayFEX prepaid Mastercard programme,

The Just Loans Group PLC, parent company of Just Cash Flow PLC and Just Bridging Loans PLC, has triumphed in the annual Corporate LiveWire Finance Awards for the second year

Project Women in PayTech  The Payments Association’s Women in PayTech has developed a collaborative partnership with the European Payments Women Network. The two groups will work together to spread awareness of

Leading technology and sourcing specialist law firm Kemp Little announces expansion of its sourcing and procurement services, with 9 new consultants to incorporate cutting edge specialist skills in areas that

Mastercard has unveiled the next generation biometric card, combining chip technology with fingerprints to conveniently and safely cardholder’s identity for in-store purchases. South Africa is the first market to test

Metro Bank, the high street lender challenging the big five retail banks in the UK, reported a 33 per cent growth in underlying profits in the most recent quarter, thanks

SalaryFinance helps middle-to-low income workers pay off their debt faster and start saving toward their financial goals. Find out how Modulr helped them to overcome the challenge of identifying, tracking

Global B2B payment solutions provider and virtual card specialist Optal is delighted to announce it has been placed seventh on the inaugural FT1000 list of Europe’s 1,000 fastest growing companies.

E opts for PayPoint’s multi-channel payments platform PayPoint has announced a partnership with E, a British owned supplier of gas and electricity to prepayment energy customers. E has implemented PayPoint’s

Spain’s state-owned postal company Correos has chosen Paysafe as a recommended payment provider for businesses using Comandia, its e-commerce platform with Paysafe’s NETELLER, Skrill and Rapid Transfer added as payment

In response to increasing customer demand for its payments, gift, loyalty and membership card services, Thames Card Technology has invested £2m+ in state of the art personalisation equipment. The equipment

New suite of services aims to simplify regulatory compliance for financial markets participants in 2018 as Thomson Reuters releases new MiFID II test data to clients. Read more about it.

Tola Mobile has announced their collaboration with Touchtechmedia to provide mobile payment processing for Touchtechmedia for their online digital magazine service www.buymymag.co.uk, an E-Money service. Read more about it here.