UK “still one of the most innovative payments markets in the world”
Despite geopolitical and market uncertainty, the UK is still a leading venue for payments and associated technologies, according to Gregor Dobbie, CEO, ... read more
Fintech
Nissan joins in-car payments race
Payments services providers and fintechs have unleashed a flurry of collaborative innovations over the course of the past decade in order to ... read more
SWIFT moves to consolidate role as gatekeeper of API standards
By Nash Riggins The EU’s sweeping Payments Services Directive and the meteoric rise of open banking have created enormous potential for enterprising ... read more
For issuers and acquirers, PSD2’s impact will be felt differently
By Roger Lester, fraud market expert, Featurespace
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
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
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?
Banks leaving it late for SCA testing environment deadline
The UK’s deadline for banks and payments providers to offer full test environments of the live infrastructure under the Strong Consumer Authentication ... 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
Mastercard’s Wadsworth: Who will end up holding the Open Banking baby?
Questions around accountability should problems occur around Open Banking relationships were raised by Jim Wadsworth, UK product director at Mastercard, at a ... read more
