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Quantum Dawn: Financial industry finishes annual ‘doomsday’ cybersecurity exercise
This week, SIFMA (Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association), held the fifth in its series of exercises meant to simulate...
The Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive – Ready or Not?
The 10th of January 2020 marks the date that the banking and payments industry cannot afford to ignore. It is...
97% of merchants are already looking to leverage PSD2
Last month, the European Banking Authority (EBA) announced an 18-month delay to the implementation of Strong Customer Authentication (SCA). However,...
Governance of payments industry a key trend for 2020
The dynamic payments industry continues to expand and evolve, with digital payment vehicles and transaction volumes growing across the globe....
Summary: The World Retail Banking Report 2019
Within today’s connected, digital environment, bank executives realise that customer satisfaction standards must stack up not only to those of...
Major payments players pull plug on Libra
Mastercard, Visa, Stripe and eBay have all followed PayPal by pulling out of Libra, Facebook’s digital currency, following sustained political...
Worldwide trends in increasing payment regulation and 3D Secure 2.0
In 2019, Europe’s Revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) dominated the conversation around payment regulation. However, there are a number of...
PayPal beats off Visa and Mastercard to obtain first Chinese payments licence
PayPal has beaten off competition for payments giants Visa and Mastercard to become the first foreign company to acquire a...