02/17/2023
In Vietnam, Rural Adoption Is the Driving Force for Cashless Payments
This was to the detriment of cash usage, where withdrawals processed through the NAPAS system decreased by half.
Retail Banking
02/17/2023
Monzo launches 3% instant access savings option
The digital bank’s new savings option matches JP Morgan Chase’s.
02/16/2023
Citizens Bank selects Paymentus for bill payments and money movement
Citizens will deploy Paymentus Bill CenterSM and Paymentus Loan Payments
02/15/2023
Westpac gives credit cards a BNPL twist
"This new feature provides that flexibility in a fast and convenient way, via a digital card that can be downloaded in the Westpac app."
02/15/2023
Soldo selects Form3 for Sepa payments
The new partnership sees Form3 providing Soldo with direct technical access to the SEPA clearing system via its cloud-based, single payment API account-to-account platform, using a direct non-settling participant model provided in collaboration with Barcl
02/14/2023
Japan’s JCB Becomes Interwoven With India’s Digital Economy Amid One Million RuPay Card Issuance
The issuance allowed cardholders to use their RuPay cards at accepting points in India and JCB cards at accepting points outside India for both point-of-sale (POS) transactions and ATMs.
02/14/2023
UAE to build CBDC and card scheme
The second stage will see work on financial cloud
02/14/2023
How Asian banks are rethinking the payments game
Specialist players are disrupting payments and challenging banks to find a new playbook.
02/13/2023
Credit card fraud hits 10-year high
Fraud levels skyrocketed in the final quarter of 2022 as consumers looked to borrow to cover Christmas costs.
02/13/2023
Wirex becomes global Visa partner
The agreement between Wirex and Visa will support further collaboration in major markets, including APAC, UK, Europe and the USA.
02/10/2023
Standard Chartered and Allinpay partnership enables cross-border QR payments
The move is expected to encourage travel between the countries and will generate revenue for participating Hong Kong businesses.
02/10/2023
Carrefour implements PopID's facial verification for payments in UAE
This solution is based on proprietary facial recognition technology developed by PopID
02/08/2023
Sionic rolls out fraud protection tech for instant payments
The services are designed to help avoid fraud that is prevalent in person-to-person (P2P) payments as is reported regularly.
02/07/2023
BNPL Zilch to “fully integrate” support from debt charity StepChange
The partnership will see Zilch making a financial contribution for StepChange’s work.
02/03/2023
Canada's Vancity adds emission tracking feature to credit cards
Vancity partnered with ecolytiq, one of Europe’s leading climate engagement technology companies, to provide the Visa Carbon Counter in Canada.
02/03/2023
India's biggest retailer trials digital rupee
India began piloting a retail digital rupee last month, following up on an earlier wholesale CBDC trial.
02/02/2023
JPMorgan preps German digital retail bank
The bank launched its UK outpost in 2021, attracting half a million customers and $10 billion of deposits in its first eight months of operation.
02/02/2023
Thailand Embraces Digital Banking with Customer Protection in Mind
In addition to Thailand, other Southeast Asian countries that have approved digital banking include Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
02/02/2023
Why online retailers must beware of policy abuse
Against this backdrop of reduced demand, many retailers are having to work much harder to attract and retain customers.
02/02/2023
Auriga expands into CEE market for digital self-service banking technology
The full team of skilled analysts, developers and testers at F1 Solutions will be joining Auriga.