Bobsguide Payments Rankings 2019 open for voting
Over the past few years, the payments ecosystem has changed seismically, with regulations driving competition and new market structures blossoming across the ... read more
SCA extension divides market
Calls for an extension to the revised Payments Services Directive (PSD2)’s strong customer authentication (SCA) deadline have met mixed receptions from the ... read more
Regulators’ Libra scrutiny shows continued distrust in cryptocurrency
Calls from the US House Committee on Financial Services for Facebook to halt all development on its Libra virtual currency demonstrates that ... read more
Late payments starting to take toll
Despite UK government efforts to increase penalties on firms who fail to pay suppliers on time, the impact on small businesses is ... read more
Manual AML processes lead to poor quality SARs
Anti-money laundering (AML) Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) are of poor quality due to the reliance on manual processes, according to Martina King, ... read more
People moves: Paysafe, Coinbase, Yoyo and more
Paysafe Group appoints Philip McHugh as CEO London-headquartered end-to-end payment solutions provider Paysafe Group has appointed Philip McHugh as its new chief ... read more
Confusion underlies SCA rollout
Participants across the payments supply chain are overwhelmed with Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) provisions under Europe’s second Payment Services Directive (PSD2), according ... read more
Lack of SCA readiness is ‘poison in the water’
Organizations who have failed to prepare for the Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) requirement under Europe’s second payment Services directive (PSD2) face losing ... read more
For issuers and acquirers, PSD2’s impact will be felt differently
By Roger Lester, fraud market expert, Featurespace
BNP Paribas’ Laborde: ApplePay the next step for cash reliant Germany
Germany’s dependence on cash might be coming to an end, according to Thierry Laborde, deputy COO and head of domestic markets at ... read more
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Simplified IBAN management crucial to banks and payment institutions
Banks, payments providers and those looking to move money across territories are looking to simplify their processes through clearer and integrated IBAN ... read more
JPMorgan’s Finn venture shows banks are probing capabilities
JPMorgan Chase announced plans to sunset its year-old digital banking subsidiary Finn last week, in a decision which Sam Maule, North America ... read more
PSD2 and SCA box-ticking could erode customer experience
The second Payments Directive (PSD2)’s Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) protocol could be damaging customer experience, according to market participants speaking on the ... read more
Vendorcom’s Rodgers: SCA will damage European economy
Strong customer authentication (SCA) under the second payment services directive (PSD2) have the potential to create an anticompetitive market in Europe and ... read more
Regulations drive payments growth
The EU’s second payments directive (PSD2) and the UK’s Open Banking initiative are encouraging competition and opening access to payments services, according ... read more
Banks continue to feel PSD2 and Open Banking discomfort
Banks need to overcome trepidation toward Open Banking and the EU’s second payments directive (PSD2), say fintechs, while the UK’s implementation entity ... read more
Ripple courting banks, paytech and big fintech to beat Swift to emerging markets
Midway into 2019, Ripple is broadening its clientbase in order to boost growth and capture emerging market volumes, according to Marcus Treacher, ... read more
People moves: Deutsche, Bitpay, BNY Mellon and more
By Jenita Gandhi BitPay appoints Glen Braganza CFO Atlanta-headquartered blockchain payments provider BitPay announced that it has appointed Glen Braganza as chief financial ... read more
