Sharing fraud data a must for “jealous” banks
Banks must be more willing to share data and build cross-industry standards to beat fraud, according to Abdeslam Alaoui Smaili, CEO of HPS ... read more read more ..
Payments world overlooking SCA
A senior payment professional has revealed that Open Banking, GDPR and 3D Secure 2.0 dominate client conversations while Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) is not a priority despite the deadline for compliance fast approaching. read more ..
Interconnection key in growing payments ecosystem
Over the past few years, technological advances, regulatory changes and the introduction of a range of new market participants has driven efficiencies ... read more read more ..
Howitt: UK consumer crypto knowledge unessential
UK consumers do not need to discover the full benefits of cryptoassets according to Dan Howitt, managing director and co-founder of cryptocurrency ... read more read more ..
Mastercard’s head of emerging payments: SMEs will look to fintech without bank innovation
Microbusinesses and SMEs are looking at fintechs and new market entrants to provide their financial services as their existing banks have “never ... read more read more ..
Kount: Meeting 3DS 2.0 standards should not replace a fraud prevention strategy
As the new EMVCo’s Three-Domain Secure protocol (3DS 2.0) implementation date nears and merchants work to implement the proper updates, now is ... read more read more ..
Payroll systems redefine in-house efficiencies
Corporates have needed to become much more efficient in recent years. With that, payroll systems have become much more fluid, and far more advanced.
Fraud has evolved but the payments framework needs to follow
By Dave Excell, founder and CTO of Featurespace One of the biggest challenges facing banks, issuers and retailers around card-not-present (CNP) fraud ... read more read more ..
PSD2 and SCA presenting problems for non-payment sectors
Applying Europe’s revised Payment Service Directive (PSD2) and Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) is a challenge for sectors that don’t work exclusively in ... read more read more ..
Crypto paytech plugs SME gap left by slow banks
A sluggish approach by banks to embrace cryptos and serve SMEs has opened the door to fintechs bridging the divide between niche ... read more read more ..
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Banks look to ease SME Brexit concerns
Barclays and Danske look to help navigate difficult Brexit terrain The commercial and business banking arms at two of the UK’s largest ... read more read more ..
On-board POS “going away fast” for airlines
Point-of-Sale terminals (POS) are “going away fast” as the go-to method to collect in-air payments, according to Kristian Gjerding, CEO of CellPoint ... read more read more ..
People moves: PayPoint, Morgan Stanley, Barclays and more
PayPoint’s CEO Dominic Taylor to step down UK-based in-store payment services provider PayPoint has announced the resignation of Dominic Taylor as CEO ... read more read more ..
UK SMEs need to embrace technology revolution
Modulr CEO Myles Stevenson and Seamus Smith, executive vice president of worldwide payments and banking for Sage, on why now is the time to embrace digitisation
Predictions 2019: banking trends, cross-border transfers and flexibility in payments
Is 2019 the year that traditional banks get on board with PSD2 and the open banking opportunities it opens up?
JP Morgan creates crypto for international settlements
US bank JP Morgan announced this week that it would be launching its own cryptocurrency, JPM Coin, claiming to be the first ... read more read more ..
Regulatory “weathervanes” to prove blockchain’s maturity
Small jurisdictions like the Isle of Man are being used as proving grounds for the maturity of blockchain, an opportunity they can ... read more read more ..
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