Payments

Swift connects instant payment systems to bring 24/7 processing across borders

30th November 2023

Swift has connected domestic payment schemes across Europe to provide full transparency and end-to-end tracking…

PaymentSense eyes Irish money licence

23rd November 2023

Ireland’s payments sector looks set for increased competition following reports that UK-based PaymentSense plans to…

Banks look to fintechs to stave off threat from Big Tech

10th November 2023

Nearly half of all banks are looking to buy majority stakes in fintechs to fend…

Klarna introduces Spotify-style ‘Money Story’ overview

26th January 2023

Klarna has taken a leaf out of Spotify’s playbook with the launch of Money Story,…

Adyen partners Tink for open banking payments

6th October 2022

Dutch fintech giant Adyen is embedding technology from Tink to enable its customers to offer…

Mastercard to bring new level of trust to crypto purchases

6th October 2022

Mastercard has launched a platform to help card issuers assess the security risks of cyrpto…

TrueLayer and PayPal invest in South African startup Stitch

14th February 2022

South African-based fintech API startup Stitch has sealed a $21 million Series A funding round…

COP26: UK to force financial firms to publish plans for achieving Net Zero

5th November 2021

Speaking at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, chancellor Rishi Sunak says the UK Government…

How much are European merchants paying to accept card payments?

28th May 2021

In 2020, a study by CMSPI and Zephyre found that, on average, European merchants were paying…

Retail-FCL launches robotic services

14th December 2020

Retail-FCL has announced the introduction of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with its first Robot designed…

ATM report: How will the ATM survive the digitisation of payments

13th October 2020

2020 marks the 13th edition of the ATM and Self-Service Software Trends report. And for…

Foreign Currency Direct buys Earthport’s corporate FX biz

5th February 2020

Foreign Currency Direct has bought the corporate FX unit of Earthport, the cross-border payments firm…