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A quiet revolution is occurring in the methods and composition of the global banking market as tech-savvy lenders in developing countries grab a major share of the pie, according to an Economist Intelligence Unit report.
12 September 2012
Electronic payments have driven almost one quarter - or C$196 billion - of total Canadian GDP growth over the past 25 years, claims a study commissioned by Visa.
More than 90 billion non-cash payments were made in the EU last year, nearly five per cent up on 2010 thanks to rising use of credit and debit cards, according to European Central Bank figures.
10 September 2012
Reloadable pre-paid cards are becoming an increasingly common alternative to current accounts in the US and, as a result, need to be more tightly regulated to protect consumers, warns the Pew Charitable Trusts.
06 September 2012
A UK-government commissioned working paper on the economic impact of MiFID II has hit out at several key computer trading rule proposals, warning that they could damage economic growth.
03 September 2012
With the reputation of high street banks in the gutter, Brits are open to the idea of switching their allegiance to potential rivals, such as John Lewis and Amazon, from outside the industry.
29 August 2012
Tap and go payments technology appears to have successfully established itself in the collective British psyche over the last year, with 84% of people now able to identify the contactless symbol.
23 August 2012
With e-commerce booming, the government and police must take the associated multi-million pound criminal threat more seriously, says the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
22 August 2012
Around three quarters of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the US have fallen victim to online banking fraud and many are ditching their provider as a result, according to research from Guardian Analytics and Ponemon Institute.
06 August 2012
Online and mobile banking may be the future but twenty-something Brits still visit branches, even if the trip is often wasted because of unhelpful opening hours, according to the Young Money report.
01 August 2012
Customers are increasingly willing to use alternative payment methods such as PayPal, claims the British Retail Consortium (BRC) as it tries to scare the financial services establishment into cutting credit and debit card processing charges.
23 July 2012
Project First, the European Union-backed research effort to find a way of extracting and analysing financial services-related sentiment from social media networks, has launched its first running prototype.
05 July 2012
As disgraced former Barclays chief Bob Diamond prepares to face a grilling from MPs over the Libor scandal, a flashmob has descended on one of the bank's London branches, with members withdrawing their money en masse.
04 July 2012
With the RBS systems outage and Barclays Libor scandal fuelling public anger with Britain's big banks, Nationwide Building Society claims to have seen a surge in the number of people opening new accounts.
03 July 2012
Bloomberg has launched a global portal providing interactive, continuously updated industry research and data from a team of more than 100 professionals.
26 June 2012
A new, sophisticated breed of cyber-crooks targeting bank accounts belonging to businesses and high-net worth individuals around the world may have stolen EUR60 million over the last year, according to an investigation from McAfee and Guardian Analytics.
East African countries should work together on establishing financial and telecommunications regulations that cover the region's hugely popular mobile money schemes, says a United Nations report.
22 June 2012
Customers may be happy to carry out simple banking tasks online and through their mobile phones but when they need personal attention and expertise the old fashioned branch still wins out, according to a survey from Cisco.
21 June 2012
The Indian financial services industry will spend Rs377 billion ($6.77 billion) on IT this year, 17% up on 2011, according to Gartner.
11 June 2012
Paying in-store with cash is more common than a year ago as recession-hit customers try to keep track of their spending, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC), which is also calling for action to force down interchange fees.
08 June 2012
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