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Banks unsure on response to PSD2 upheaval

More than two thirds of bankers fear that PSD2 will cause them to lose control of the client interface and many of them remain unsure how to respond to the new directive, causing them to adopt a defensive, wait-and-see stance, according to research from PwC.

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Blockchain to become 'beating heart' of financial system

Blockchain technology will fundamentally alter the way financial institutions do business, according to a report from the World Economic Forum.

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US debit chips disappoint; mobiles expected to blossom

America's move to EMV is being hampered by slow merchant adoption, with chip cards accounting for just four per cent of all debit transactions, according to research from the Pulse network.

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Bitcoin and blockchain pose little risk to payments giants - Credit Suisse

Visa, MasterCard, WorldPay and others in the payments sector can relax: Bitcoin will remain a niche player and blockchain technology poses little risk, according to a new report from Credit Suisse, which has less comforting news for Swift.

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Call for standards to aid fintech growth

Standards have the potential to strengthen and speed up fintech development in the UK, according to a paper recently published by BSI.

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UK payments regulator calls for structural reform

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has called for an overhaul of the UK's payments infrastructure to generate more competition and meet consumers' needs.

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Thai technologists keen on alternative payments for online shopping - ACI Worldwide

ACI Worldwide (ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, today announced the results of its new Thai Commerce & Payment Study.

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Challenger banks ramp up mobile to challenge big four

Challenger banks and building societies are redoubling their mobile banking efforts in a bid to take market share from the Big Four (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and RBS), according to new research from Aspect Software.

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Indian digital payments market to hit $500bn by 2020 - Google

India is set for a digital payments revolution, with the value of transactions set to hit US$500 billion by 2020, ten times its current level, according to research from Google and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

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EC offers cash for fintech study

The European Commission has issued a call for tender, offering up to EUR350,000 for a study on the continent's fintech sector.

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Most Americans foresee death of cash in their lifetimes

More than half of Americans still like to have cash on them at all times but 62% expect the US to become a cashless society in their lifetimes, according to a Gallup survey.

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UnionPay takes top spot from Visa in $22 trillion global cards market - RBR

Having been the largest scheme worldwide for card numbers since 2010, UnionPay overtook Visa to also become the largest by value of card payments in 2015

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Apps crush internet for UK banking logins

The number of internet banking logins made by Brits each day fell last year, as customers continued to migrate to apps, BBA research shows.

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Thomson Reuters and Imperial College form fintech and regtech research partnership

Thomson Reuters and Imperial College London are pooling their expertise for joint research projects into the big data challenges facing the fintech and regtech industries.

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Central bank digital currency could boost GDP - BofE

The introduction of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) could significantly boost gross domestic product, new research from the Bank of England suggests.

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The best is yet to come for Europe's payments firms - Citi

The profound change underway in the payments industry is good news for some of Europe's biggest fintech firms, including Gemalto and Ingenico, which are set to benefit from years of "secular tailwinds", according to research from Citi.

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Europeans keen to secure payments with biometrics

More than two thirds of Europeans want to use biometrics as a method of payment authentication, with convenience and security the main reason for its popularity, a Visa survey shows.

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E-trading volumes increase among large institutions, but sales traders continue to prove valuable

Large institutions are shifting trading volume to algorithmic avenues of execution as the overall commission pool remains flat, according to a new study from Greenwich Associates.

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Nearly 1 in 3 consumers victimised by card fraud

Thirty percent of consumers globally have experienced card fraud in the past five years, according to new global benchmark data from ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) and Aite Group.

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European mobile banking adoption surges

The prevalence of mobile banking in Europe is soaring, with nearly half of phone owners now managing their finances through their handsets, new research commissioned by ING suggests.