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While Open Banking has been a game-changer for the UK’s financial services sector, the rest of Europe has yet to fully embrace this concept in the same way. This has resulted in a lack of consistency ...
While the rise of mobile devices has streamlined transactions worldwide and made consumers’ lives easier, the dark side of this growth is that mobile payment fraud has only become more sophisticated. ...
The past 12 months have been tough for payment providers across the board, with market volatility and the end of cheap money leading to funding cuts, mass layoffs, and redundancies. Many firms have be...
Back in 2002, the fraud losses related to eCommerce fraud on UK-issued debt and credit cards amounted to 28 million pounds. Decades later, that number continues to skyrocket, with the annual losses
The brutal combination of high energy prices, high inflation, soaring interest rates, and global economic weakness has made the UK economy ripe for a recession until the middle of next year, according...
When financial services and products are readily available to adults of all demographics, people have more power over their cash flows and can invest in their households, skills, or business. Right
Account to Account: The Next Big Thing in Payment Options While contactless payment took years to gain momentum, most people now cannot imagine life without it, and it accounts for over a quarter of a...
When securing large loans for a big purchase like a home or a car, a good credit score is essential for securing the best interest rates. Those with the highest credit scores can generally lock in the...
More than ever before, innovative payment methods are being used as a force for positive social change, especially as charities recover from shortfalls experienced during the pandemic. UK charities su...
Covid ushered new changes that are to stay- and that includes QR codes as a form of payment method. Contact tracing requirements, coupled with worries about viral contamination through the handling o...
It was news that sent shockwaves rippling around the global payments sector while exciting fintech innovators in equal measure. On November 17th, with Black Friday and the Christmas shopping season ju...