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With an increase in regulations and growing involvement from multiple players, the world of payments is undergoing a disruption across the region
Purchasing items on social media is a growing international trend with huge potential. During the COVID-19 crisis, 42% of people in an international Global Web Index survey reported spending a greater...
Why now is the time to move away from legacy payments infrastructure Technology is moving at a remarkable pace – by the time something has been built and launched it already feels outdated. So it may ...
In a time of real-time, instant payments, it is strange to see that companies providing pre-paid gift vouchers are still massively being created and continue to grow. At first sight buying such a gift...
There is much speculation about the extent of the comeback cash will make after the latest pandemic is behind us. To be fair, cash has had a bit of a tough ride. Lockdowns impacting more than half th...
The economic scale of the SME market is substantial, contributing £2.0 trillion (52%) a year to the UK economy alone and growing. But for SMEs wanting to trade internationally, they’re met with highly...
Plenty is unfolding in the global payments arena. There is a stream of new products or partnerships being publicised by financial institutions to improve the user experience across both domestic and i...
There are some big changes in store in 2020, some obvious, some less so. In the payments landscape, it’s all about user convenience and customer experience, whether that’s through increased security f...
The EU's Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (“5AMLD”) will subject certain participants in the crypto-asset sector to regulation for anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CT...
Do you want to know which country has made itself to be the most competitive economy country in Europe? There is a newcomer at the number one position, following up Switzerland and Germany. It is the ...
Strong Customer Authentication Across the European Union (EU) the original revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) final implementation date of 14th September 20...
Since the European Banking Authority (EBA) published its Opinion in June on the strong customer authentication (SCA) requirements of the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), I've been thinking...
Hundreds of blogs and articles have been published about PSD2, all calling it a revolution in the banking and payment landscape. With the deadline of PSD2 roll-out (14th September) just passed, I am s...