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
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
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
5 ways blockchain can change the cross-border payments landscape
Cross-border payments is a changing sector of the industry, driven by customers demanding little to no friction and encountering multiple steps, intermediaries ... read more
Dark web shakedown indicates cybercrime alert
Weeks after law enforcement agencies shut down three dark web marketplaces, a dark web surveillance firm warns the months ahead will prove ... read more
Bank tech roll-outs shouldn’t just cater for “pioneers”
Banks and financial services providers need to cater to the digital capabilities of all of their customers, rather than force innovation on ... read more
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Link sets out to protect UK cash
Despite ATM withdrawals falling 6% year on year, Link, the UK’s ATM network, is “fighting the retreat” for the 2.2m people solely ... read more
Temenos surprised by emerging market banks’ focus on DevOps
Bank priorities in increasingly disrupted emerging markets are surprising, according to Laurent Bramy, who leads banking software vendor Temenos in developed and ... read more
OBIE’s Michael: Banks at fault for app security failures, not regulation
Faults in mobile banking applications are a result of technology problems on the banks’ side and not down to flaws in new ... read more
Treasurers to give vital insight into frontline pain points
Tech stack build decisions at banks and financial institutions are becoming increasingly more complex, with more vendors providing different types of technological solutions for a variety of processes. Nowhere is this more evident than within the treasury sector.
Supplier payments’ “decades old” culture in desperate need of innovation
Fintech innovation is overhauling the supplier payments sector before another Carillion-style disaster occurs, according to Paul Christensen, CEO and founder of machine ... read more
The SME technology revolution | video
The UK is home to 5.4m micro SMEs that have fewer than nine employees, according to the House of Commons library. They ... read more
UK banks’ GCHQ deal can’t excuse fraud inaction
A data sharing deal between financial services firms in the UK and the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) doesn’t remove the spotlight from ... read more
How airlines can fix flight compensation payments
The words appear on the screen at your gate, along with your new boarding time. But a fifteen-minute delay turns into an hour, then two. What do you do?
