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King's Business School report looks into chargeback fraud

More online sellers are becoming victims of mass fraudulent buying, new research from King’s Business School reveals. The researchers provide vital advice for users of e-commerce platforms like eBay on how to protect themselves.

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UK insurtech investment hits record high despite Brexit jitters

Investment in UK insurtech has surged to record levels in a sign of confidence in the UK as a global hub for insurance technology, according to Accenture analysis of CB Insights data.

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UK hits 10 year contactless payments milestone

Barclaycard, the global payments company, today marks the 10-year anniversary of launching contactless payments to the UK.

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Canada's fintech adoption rate picks up

FinTech adoption in Canada has increased from 8% to 18% since 2015, according to EY's 2017 Fintech Adoption Index. The trend means both traditional banks and FinTechs are feeling the pressure to develop simpler, more transparent, customer-centric financial services products.

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Mastercard and Visa lose share to UnionPay in global card market

The global payment cards market has grown to 14 billion cards, with UnionPay consolidating its position as the largest scheme, according to new research from RBR.

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Indian digital payments jumps post demonetisation - survey

A recent study from financial services technology leader FIS (NYSE: FIS) shows a dramatic increase over the past year in the use of mobile devices and other digital banking channels by consumers in India, demonstrating the extent to which country’s demonetisation efforts are changing consumer banking habits.

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Santiment partners universities on cryptocurrency price research

Santiment, the world's first crypto-market datafeeds platform is making an open database, and expert-curated content streams as the first blockchain-specific data vendor, has formally announced its partnership with researchers at the University of Hamburg, Concordia University Montreal, and the Blockchain Research Lab.

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Mastercard and Western Union explore digital model for refugee camps

On World Refugee Day, Mastercard and Western Union have announced a collaboration to explore the development of a digital model to help refugees more easily access basic human goods, services and finances within refugee settlements. The aim is to enable refugees, their host communities and donors to send and receive funds digitally, allowing for more transparency and long-term empowerment of refugees.

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Canadians ready to drop cheques

Dropping the $1,000 note and penny from our currency pales in comparison to the paperless, digital payment revolution that is underway. According to the Payments Pulse survey conducted by Payments Canada and Leger Marketing, the country seems willing to change with a majority ready to drop cheques altogether and half willing to do the same with cash.

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Banks confident on cybersecurity but lack real-world testing

Many senior bank executives are confident about their cybersecurity strategy, yet a lack of comprehensive, practical testing is leaving gaps in their defense, according to a new report from Accenture (ACN).

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AI and IoT dominate insurtech startup funding

Artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT) now account for almost half of total investment in insurance technology (insurtech) startups globally, new research from Accenture (ACN) shows.

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Bankers look to AI for more 'human' customer experience

In the next stage of artificial intelligence adoption, banks will use AI to help understand the intentions and emotions of customers and enable better interactions, according to a new report from Accenture (ACN).

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GSMA claims 500m registered mobile money accounts

The GSMA today unveiled its sixth ‘State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money’, offering a current snapshot of the mobile money landscape and highlighting the impact of mobile money on lives, economies and innovation over the past 10 years.

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Millennials drive US mobile banking

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today released the results of Expectations & Experiences, its quarterly consumer trends survey.

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Domestic card schemes shift focus to digital payments

The development of new payment services and the evolution of technology are currently the top priority of most domestic schemes. An overwhelming majority of schemes are in favour of cross-border collaboration and the top two rated actions are sharing of technical standards and jointly developing technical solutions.

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Institutional investors shift trading desk spending to tech

Institutional investors in 2016 increased budgets to fixed-income trading desks in preparation for shifts in the interest-rate environment, and continued to ramp up IT budgets to keep pace with the dramatic changes technology is triggering in financial markets around the world.

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Global cash withdrawals jumps 10% in 2015

Research from RBR shows the number of ATM cash withdrawals worldwide grew by 10% in 2015, the fastest rate since 2011.

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Efama talks up automation rates of fund orders

The European Fund and Asset Management Association (Efama), in cooperation with Swift, published a new report about the evolution of automation and standardisation rates of fund orders received by transfer agents (TAs) in the cross-border fund centres of Luxembourg and Ireland during the first half of 2016.

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UK stays top of European e-commerce market - Ken Research

Ken Research declared its latest production on “Online Retailing in Europe, 2015-2020; Market Dynamics, Retail Trends and Competitive Landscape,” which offers vast information on the changing trends and significant issues involved in the Europe Online Retail market.

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Rising risk appetite among UK investors says Syndicate Room survey

SyndicateRoom, the online investment platform which allows individuals to invest alongside the professionals, today launches its study Rise of the Growth Hunters to support UK investors who are looking for faster growth in 2017.

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