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Up to a third of banks' market share in America could be up for grabs by 2020, with new digital-only players and retailer-run enterprises taking on the old guard, according to research from Accenture.
12 November 2013
As European law-makers close in on a deal to tighten rules on high-frequency trading, a new paper from the ECB warns that curbing the practice could make markets less efficient.
06 November 2013
UK shoppers are ditching old-fashioned loyalty cards and storing their reward schemes on their mobile phones, according to a survey from vendor CloudZync.
31 October 2013
The security of contactless payment cards has again been called into question after researchers claimed to be able to pick up NFC data from as far away as 80 centimetres.
Digital methods still lag behind old-fashioned cash and cheques when it comes to person-to-person payments in the US, according to a survey from vendor Fiserv.
15 October 2013
The Securities and Exchange Commission is launching a public Web site packed with reams of the kind of data, research and analysis used by HFT traders in a bid to "transform the debate on market structure".
04 October 2013
Despite prophecies about the imminent death of cash, the number of ATMs installed around the world is set to grow by more than 40% between 2012 and 2018, claims consulting firm RBR.
30 September 2013
HSBC is Britain's most engaged bank on social media, using the likes of Twitter and Facebook to provide prompt customer service, according to research from IMGroup.
27 September 2013
NatWest and RBS have been crowned the UK's most secure online banking providers by consumer group Which?, with Santander ranked bottom of the pile.
26 September 2013
Nearly a quarter of all UK online sales are now carried out on mobile phones and tablets, research from IMRG and Capgemini shows.
25 September 2013
Global non-cash payment volumes continue to surge, with more than 333 billion transactions in 2012 as cards and mobile services grow in popularity, research from Capgemini and RBS suggests.
16 September 2013
Transaction bankers are going back to basics to drive revenue growth, sticking to core business lines before moving into new value-added services, according to research from Misys.
Target2-Securities (T2S) could help eurozone banks plug the Basel III capital shortfall they face to the tune of EUR33 billion, according to a study from Clearstream and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
03 September 2013
More than 40% of Britain's bank and building society branches have disappeared since 1989, although the rate of closures has declined since the turn of the century, according to research.
20 August 2013
Gazing into its crystal ball, the UK's Payments Council predicts that Brits will turn their backs on cash over the next 10 years as plastic cards continue their ascent and mobile money becomes a mainstream player.
19 August 2013
Just over half of American adults now bank online and nearly a third bank using their mobile phones, according to the Pew Research Center.
12 August 2013
Global spending on core banking technology is set for steady, if unspectacular, growth over the next four years, breaking the $10 billion barrier in 2017, according to research from Celent.
08 August 2013
Large North American financial institutions will spend $73.8 billion on IT improvements across software, hardware and professional services next year, a two per cent rise on 2013, according to a Technology Business Research report.
02 August 2013
Chief risk officers at banks and other financial institutions believe their IT systems and infrastructure present a significant problem, according to a Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu survey.
29 July 2013
ATM and POS-based card fraud are on the retreat in Europe, thanks in large part to technological advances such as EMV, but online losses remain stubbornly high, according to figures from the ECB.
17 July 2013
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