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Three quarters of legitimate websites have unpatched vulnerabilities, making it easier for increasingly professional cyber-crooks to gain access and target users with online scams and spam, according to a report from Symantec.
13 April 2016
The fintech gold rush continues, with global investment in the first quarter of 2016 hitting $5.3 billion, a 67% increase over the same period last year, according to figures put together by Accenture.
12 April 2016
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The European ATM Security Team (EAST) has reported that skimming losses relating to the usage of stolen European card data outside Europe have risen to the highest level seen since 2008.
Despite the rise of electronic payments, the volumes of notes and coins in circulation in Europe continues to rise, making it vital to carry out root and branch reform of cash cycles to tackle chronic inefficiencies, says G4S.
The takeover of marketplace lending by the big boys continues, with half of US institutional investors now putting money into what were once known as 'person-to-person' platforms.
11 April 2016
The number of cash machines in the US compromised by criminals rose 546% in 2015 over 2014, according to figures put together by analytic software firm Fico.
08 April 2016
The UK's decision to up the contactless spending limit from £20 to £30 six months ago has proved popular, particularly with pub-goers, new figures from Visa show.
04 April 2016
myPINpad, provider of multi-factor authentication technology for touchscreen devices, has released today a new unique consumer report. PIN: From Brick to Click looks at consumer confidence in PIN as a method of authentication for mobile commerce transactions.
01 April 2016
Results of new research shows that 40% of consumers abandon retail bank on-boarding process when applying for a new product or service.
Almost a third of the money invested in African startups was gobbled up by new fintech firms, according to research from Disrupt Africa
Mobile banking saw its popularity grow in the US last year but more than half of Americans still do not use the channel, and fewer still make payments from their handsets, according to a Federal Reserve Board survey.
31 March 2016
Nearly three quarters of all American businesses were targeted for payments fraud in 2015, according to new research by the Association for Financial Professionals.
30 March 2016
Singletrack, the capital markets CRM and research distribution solution specialists, has announced a new contract with Capital Alpha Partners, a leading US provider of strategic policy research to financial institutions.
29 March 2016
The Netherlands' central bank, De Nederlandsche bank (DNB) could be planning to develop its own digital currency based on blockchain technology.
Move over payments, London's hottest fintech scene is now investment management, according to a report from PwC and Startupbootcamp which claims a host of upstarts are transforming the way money is managed.
24 March 2016
A multi-million pound promotional blitz has boosted awareness of and confidence in the UK's struggling current account switching service (Cass), claims Bacs.
15 March 2016
Today (Friday 11 March 2016), Payments UK publishes a short report which explains how more data linked with a payment would benefit the UK.
11 March 2016
Faster Payments responds to welcome the Payment Systems Regulator’s interim report into the competition in the supply of indirect access to payment systems
Is London's much-lauded fintech scene overhyped? New figures suggest that the value of UK and Ireland financial technology investments grew last year at a far slower rate that the general tech scene.
The rise of electronic payments over the last five years has added nearly $300 billion to GDP across 70 countries and created millions of jobs, claims a new Visa-commissioned study.
10 March 2016
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