MEP Ferber: ECB digital currency should not lead to cashless future
Digital currency taking over cash’s place “is a very dangerous notion and should be abandoned,” according to European Parliament member Markus Ferber. ... read more
Cross-border payments
ECB suggests digital currency developments
Benoît Coeuré, member of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB), has suggested that the central bank is considering launching ... read more
Travel industry must keep up with consumers’ payments demands
Payments providers must keep up with the fast-paced change of consumer demands in the travel sector, according to Kevin White, Mastercard’s director ... 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
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?
People moves: Barclays shuffles top brass, Wells Fargo CEO steps down, and more
Bob Dowd becomes North America CEO of Moneycorp London-based global payment services Moneycorp has announced the appointment of Bob Dowd as CEO ... read more
SWIFT lifts lid on the evolution of international cyber heists
International payments network SWIFT has suggested bilateral data sharing among antivirus vendors and customer banks is crucial to tackling hackers and cyber ... read more
