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China bans Bitcoin
China’s central bank has taken the decision to bar financial institutions from handling Bitcoin transactions, moving to regulate the virtual...
Safaricom calls truce in growing M-Pesa unrest
Safaricom has offered to negotiate a settlement with rival Airtel in an abuse of dominance dispute filed before the competition regulator....
ECB outlines new security standards for internet payments
Banks, credit card companies and other payment service providers (PSPs) should put multiple “security measures” in place to ensure that...
Europe’s payment users call for a fair, competitive and transparent payment market
The European Payment Users Alliance is a group of European payment users who have come together to call for more...
Australia creates new industry body – Australian Payments Council
The Reserve Bank of Australia and the Australian Payments Clearing Association have proposed creating a new industry body called the...
Disruption to payments systems as SEPA deadline looms
The European Central Bank has warned companies that are stalling on updating their systems that the SEPA deadline is fast...
Equens starts SEPAklaar.nl SEPA compliance campaign
Payment processor Equens has launched the ‘SEPAklaar.nl’ [translated, ‘SEPA-ready.nl’] campaign. This campaign is aimed at medium-sized businesses and organisations that...
CBK proposals to end M-Pesa dominance
Safaricom’s M-Pesa platform may soon be open for use by other mobile payment services providers if new regulations published by...