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PwC India and UFF publish cybersecurity report

PwC India, in collaboration with the Unified Fintech Forum (UFF), has released a comprehensive report titled “FinSec: An Emerging Equation Between FinTech and Cybersecurity.”

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Survey shows gen alpha teens' 'advanced financial habits'

As the UK’s youngest consumer group approaches 16 in 2026 - new research from leading consumer insights platform Attest, finds Gen Alpha teens are already displaying advanced financial habits.

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University of Portsmouth student claims 5G security breakthrough

A framework for building tighter security into 5G wireless communications has been created by a PhD student working with the University of Portsmouth’s Artificial Intelligence and Data Centre.

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Outdated payments systems driving customers away - survey

FreedomPay, a global leader in Next Level Commerce™, and Stripe, the programmable financial services company, today released the "Enterprise Payments Playbook," a new report in partnership with Forbes Insights.

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US Faster Payments Council releases instant payments operational guidelines

The U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC), a membership organization devoted to advancing safe, easy-to-use faster payments in the United States, today announced the release of its latest industry resource, Operational Considerations for Instant Payments Send-Side Guidelines.

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US Faster Payments Council report on ISO 20022 use cases for cross-border real-time payments

The US Faster Payments Council (FPC), a membership organization devoted to advancing safe, easy-to-use faster payments in the United States, today announced the release of a new research report from its Cross-Border Payments Work Group, sponsored by Mastercard, that explores how ISO 20022 messaging is enabling smarter, faster, and more inclusive cross-border payments.

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Survey shows sharp rise in SaaS breaches

AppOmni, the leader in SaaS & AI security, released its third annual The State of SaaS Security 2025 Report, revealing troubling trends: A sharp increase in SaaS security incidents, a rising complexity in application ecosystems, and that new risks from AI-enabled apps exacerbate the disconnect between widespread confidence in current security measures versus actual risks.

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A third of EMEA-based firms are already using AI for compliance

A third of EMEA firms are already using AI in compliance, and 71.4% plan to introduce it in the next year – with EMEA firms also much less likely to ban communications like WhatsApp for business use

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FCA: 1 in 10 Brits have no cash savings

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found that one in ten people have no cash savings at all, and another 21% have less than £1,000 to draw on in an emergency.

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Cyberthreats, fraud, regulatory complexities and financial inefficiencies cost firms £70m annually

Businesses and technology firms in the UK are losing on average £70 million a year due to the cost of disharmony throughout the money lifecycle, according to landmark research by global financial technology leader FIS (NYSE: FIS), in collaboration with Oxford Economics.

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Quarter of Brits wary of real-time payments security

An international survey on the uptake, trust, and future of real-time payments (RTP) from global analytics software leader FICO highlights the need for UK banks to focus on building confidence in the security of the payment method.

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Bank analysts have better job satisfaction because of AI - survey

Alteryx, Inc., an AI platform for enterprise analytics, today reveals that over nine in ten (95%) of data analysts in banks have seen an uplift in their role’s strategic impact in the past year as investments in AI and analytics automation reshaped the industry.

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US Faster Payments Council report on digital assets and financial inclusion

The US Faster Payments Council (FPC), a membership organization devoted to advancing safe, easy-to-use faster payments in the United States, today announced the publication of a new industry report, Digital Assets and Digital Ledger Technology: A Pathway to Financial Inclusiveness.

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UK employees lose £690 million annually in unclaimed and unpaid expenses

New independent research from embedded finance specialist Weavr, conducted via Censuswide, found that employees lose an estimated £690 million annually in unclaimed and unpaid expenses in the UK alone. Surveying over 500 office workers in the UK, Weavr learned that 81% of respondents had been left out of pocket by their employer for longer than a month, leading to financial and mental health concerns.

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Nacha report on potential impact of quantum computing on payments

Nacha’s Payments Innovation Alliance, a membership program bringing together diverse global stakeholders seeking to transform the payments industry, has published Protecting Payments in the Quantum Era: What You Need to Know.

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Survey shows rise in chargeback abuse

As eCommerce sales continue to hit record highs, merchants around the globe are seeing a correlated rise in illegitimate disputes by cardholders through card-not-present (CNP) transactions.

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Banks to use GenAI for shift to instant payments

New research from RedCompass Labs, a world leader in payments modernization, has revealed that over half (54%) of banks are planning to leverage generative artificial intelligence (AI) for the shift to instant payments and other payments modernization projects, while four in ten (42%) are actively considering the possibility.

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Banks believe they're eight month behind criminals

New research from RedCompass Labs, a world leader in payments modernization and financial crime red flags, reveals that US banks believe they are eight months behind criminals, with the largest institutions believing the gap is as wide as 23 months.

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UK data breach costs soar

The average cost of a data breach in the UK rose to £3.58 million between March 2023 and February 2024, marking a 5% increase from the previous year and reversing a previous decline.

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Cboe Clear Europe participates in Eurosystem CBDC trial

Cboe Clear Europe, the largest pan-European clearing house, has successfully participated in the Eurosystem’s recent exploratory work testing the use of new technologies for the settlement of wholesale transactions in central bank money. The experiments specifically aim to explore the potential of distributed ledger technology (DLT).

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