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Jeremy Light

An alternative RTS for strong customer authentication

The PSD2 regulatory technical standards (RTS) for strong customer authentication and secure communication are proving difficult to finalise. With the EBA rejecting the EC's amendments to its final dra...

31 Jul 2017
Chris Brown

Does PSD2 have to be complicated?

There has been a huge amount written about PSD2 recently and much of it appears to be, with the greatest respect, over complicating the issue. Very fundamentally, to provide for all of the requireme...

28 Jul 2017
Innovation in Financial Services
Anthony Walton

THE REAL COST OF OUTMODED TESTING

That the payments industry is being reshaped by unprecedented waves of change is not news. A constantly evolving regulatory landscape, fast-developing technology, an influx of innovative new entrants ...

24 Jul 2017
Digital Banking Trends
Avik Nandi

Alternate Payments & the Ecosystem

According to a WorldPay report, cards which accounted for over half (57%) of internet payments in 2012, will fall to 41% by 2017. Alternative Payments would rule the online payment markets with a 59% ...

24 Jul 2017
Fintech
A Finextra Member

Open Banking and PSD2: New players need old players to flourish

Richard Ransom, Payments Solution Lead, Bottomline Technologies In recent years, there have been numerous headlines hailing the rise of a new breed of financial technology players and the downfall o...

24 Jul 2017
Fintech
A Finextra Member

PSD2 and the Cost of Using the Staircase When the Elevator Fails

A few years after Bautista closed his business I casually met him in a cafe nearby the Town Hall. After saying hello to him and asking how were things going (not very well, I must say) we started talk...

23 Jul 2017
Online Banking
Milos Dunjic

W3C Web Payment Standardization As A Potential 3D Secure Killer?

The 3D Secure 1.0 framework was originally introduced to address lack of consumer authentication in legacy online environments, mainly in cases where online merchant and consumer were not engaged in f...

23 Jul 2017
Innovation in Financial Services
André Stoorvogel

What does a seamless buying experience look like?

Within the mobile payments industry, the term ‘buying experience’ is becoming increasingly prevalent as the focus moves away from the enabling technologies and the act of paying, towards enriching int...

21 Jul 2017
A Finextra Member

REDUCING FRAUD WITH TOKENIZED PAYMENTS

Among the obvious advantages of chip and PIN and contactless payments via EMV*, major weaknesses have led to the banking industry suffering serious fraud. One of these weaknesses is the insecurity of ...

19 Jul 2017
A Finextra Member

PSD2 and the Secure vs Insecure Staircase Debate

A few years after Bautista closed his business I casually met him in a cafe nearby the Town Hall. After saying hello to him and asking how were things going (not very well, I must say) we started tal

18 Jul 2017
Online Banking
Ketharaman Swaminathan

How To Fight Credit Card Surcharge And Take CashlessIndia To The Next Level

I recently read the following tweet: "After Banks figure this out and do something with eKYC, they will realize that people are not ready to pay MDR, want privacy" (https://twitter.com/logic...

18 Jul 2017
A Finextra Member

PSD2 Regulation Will Bring Down the Walls, Not Build Them

The Payments Services Directive 2 (PSD2) is shaking up the industry, and for good reason. There is sometimes a tendency for the payments ecosystem to expect doom and gloom when it comes to new regulat...

17 Jul 2017
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