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Cash usage grow for first time in a decade

7th December 2023

Cash usage in the UK has grown for the first time in a decade as…

Lloyds to close more branches

1st December 2023

Lloyds Banking Group has earmarked another 45 branches for closure in 2024, citing the migration…

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…

HSBC customers hit by mobile banking outage

24th November 2023

Thousands of HSBC customers in the UK have been unable to access online and mobile…

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…

NatWest gives chatbot Cora a human feel with generative AI

10th November 2023

NatWest is adding generative AI capabilities to its chatbot Cora, giving the intelligent digital assistant…

EU agrees game-changing deal for instant payments

10th November 2023

The European Council and European Parliament have struck a provisional agreement on the mandatory provision…

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…

Lloyds draws the blinds on more branches

26th September 2023

Lloyds Banking Group has revealed 35 new branch closures, drawing a line under the provision…

Half of UK payments made using debit cards in 2022 – UK Finance

15th September 2023

UK Finance’s Payments Markets Report shows that during 2022, 50% of all payments in the…

NatWest to shutter 143 branches in 2023

12th July 2023

NatWest Group is to bring the shutters down on a further 36  branches, bringing the…

Majority of countries see ATM recovery post-COVID

29th June 2023

The ATM market has grown in more than half of 180 countries analyzed in RBR’s…