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5 reasons why e-commerce sites need a token gateway

5 reasons why e-commerce sites need a token gateway

André Stoorvogel, Director, Product Marketing, Payments at Rambus Card-on-file (the process of collecting and storing payment card cre..

What is card-on-file EMV payment tokenization?

What is card-on-file EMV payment tokenization?

André Stoorvogel, Director, Product Marketing, Payments at Rambus The way we pay is changing. Consumers are now using their PC, smartp..

“To be a young person and own your own home should be a dream that everyone has the right to fulfil.”

“To be a young person and own your own home should be a dream that everyone has the right to fulfil.”

Shared Ownership Week ambassador, Reggie Yates For many of the UK’s would-be home buyers, getting a foot on the property ladder feels ..

Hungarian instant payments project progressing as planned

Hungarian instant payments project progressing as planned

GIRO and Nets confirm project to deliver instant payments nationwide in under a year In less than a year from now, on 1st July 2019, t..

Notting Hill Genesis cuts commuting costs for Wembley homebuyers

Notting Hill Genesis cuts commuting costs for Wembley homebuyers

The number of first-time buyers purchasing a home has reached its highest levels in a decade, despite the average property price in th..

Losing these household documents could cost you up to £800!

Losing these household documents could cost you up to £800!

We are all guilty of leaving paperwork around our homes and not remembering where we put it, and despite us living in a digital age, p..

eUICC eSIMs perception Vs Reality: Mind the GAP!

eUICC eSIMs perception Vs Reality: Mind the GAP!

Ian Marsden, CTO at Eseye Anyone connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) and M2M communications industries will be acutely aware of ..

MyFirmsApp Publishes GDPR Guide for Accountants in Practice

MyFirmsApp Publishes GDPR Guide for Accountants in Practice

Guide outlines what accountancy practices need to do to comply with new GDPR rules Darlington – MyFirmsApp, providers of the largest g..

Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal Goes Contactless with Creditcall and Payter

Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal Goes Contactless with Creditcall and Payter

Gromit Unleashed 2, The Grand Appeal’s charity arts trail, given fundraising boost with contactless ‘tap and go’ donation points at Wa..

Nets acquires Polish online payment service providers Dotpay/eCard from MCI Capital

Nets acquires Polish online payment service providers Dotpay/eCard from MCI Capital

Nets expands into Poland through a EUR 73 million acquisition of the Polish online payment service providers Dotpay/eCard. With this ..

Introducing the UK’s first entirely online used car buying service with competitive finance option

Introducing the UK’s first entirely online used car buying service with competitive finance option

87% of current car owners would consider buying their next vehicle entirely online and funded by finance, with convenience and time-s..

How can real-time payments be secured?

How can real-time payments be secured?

David Worthington, VP, Payments at Rambus In today’s on-demand world, we expect to be able to spend, move and receive money instantly..

TrustToken, Creator of Stablecoin TrueUSD, Raises $20 Million USD in Strategic Round

TrustToken, Creator of Stablecoin TrueUSD, Raises $20 Million USD in Strategic Round

Token sale backed by Andreessen Horowitz, BlockTower Capital, Danhua Capital, and GGV Capital to build platform for asset-backed token..

How finance leaders can strike the balance between human and artificial intelligence

How finance leaders can strike the balance between human and artificial intelligence

Tim Wakeford, VP for Financial Product Strategy, EMEA at Workday There are a lot of scary statistics highlighting the potential risks ..

The Financial Services Community Just Got Serious About Identity

The Financial Services Community Just Got Serious About Identity

By Lina Andolf-Orup, Fingerprints I find myself sitting in Schiphol Airport, trying to switch off. But I can’t. As with everyone that ..

ALPHERA launches new IMI-backed quality programmes for selling car finance

ALPHERA launches new IMI-backed quality programmes for selling car finance

Three new Quality Assured Programmes for F&I sales: ‘Funding Essential Skills’, ‘Selling to the Business User’ and ‘Developing th..

How automation can help the financial sector meet GDPR requirements

How automation can help the financial sector meet GDPR requirements

By Venu Kannan, Chief Solutions Officer, UiPath What a huge advance it is that the financial sector now has robots to relieve the ever..

Responding to fresh competition in the financial industry

Responding to fresh competition in the financial industry

By Karen Wheeler, Vice President and Country Manager UK, Affinion Digital transformation has been at the forefront of discussion in th..

Nationwide Building Society: The Most Compelling UK Banking Brand

Nationwide Building Society: The Most Compelling UK Banking Brand

Nationwide Building Society outperforming big high street banks with highest reputation rating (7.3) Retail-connected banks M&S, ..

ZenCash Partners With Software Developer Infopulse to Build Treasury Voting System

ZenCash Partners With Software Developer Infopulse to Build Treasury Voting System

Companies to collaborate on future research projects to scale Zen platform  New York, NY — June 5, 2018 — ZenCash, the privacy coin fo..

Virtual Accounts: leading payment expert calls for major changes in Wolfsberg Group guidance around “On behalf of” payments

Virtual Accounts: leading payment expert calls for major changes in Wolfsberg Group guidance around “On behalf of” payments

Robert Lyddon is the current Director of Lyddon Consulting and former General Secretary of the IBOS Association secretariat in London...

Savers need more education on how to use the IFISA

Savers need more education on how to use the IFISA

Angus Dent, CEO, ArchOver UK savers are under a lot of pressure. Consumer interest rates remain low following the Bank of England’s re..

CoinDesk Expands With Launch of CoinDesk Productions

CoinDesk Expands With Launch of CoinDesk Productions

The launch coincides with the addition of two Bloomberg veterans to the CoinDesk Business Development Team CoinDesk Inc., the leading ..

New figures show 31% increase in loan applications, as economists look for growth in consumer confidence

New figures show 31% increase in loan applications, as economists look for growth in consumer confidence

Hitachi Personal Finance has reported a 31% increase in the number of motoring, leisure and home improvement loans between 2015/16 an..

Employers and the Government should support employees’ dependency on high-cost credit, says Neyber

Employers and the Government should support employees’ dependency on high-cost credit, says Neyber

According to Neyber, the Financial Conduct Authority’s announcement that it will crack down on high-cost credit can’t come soon enough..

UK Finance Responds To FCA’s Outcome Of High-Cost Credit Review

UK Finance Responds To FCA’s Outcome Of High-Cost Credit Review

Responding to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s publication of the outcome of its high-cost credit review, Eric Leenders, ..

Why so critical?: Making crypto credible

Why so critical?: Making crypto credible

By Erik Wilgenhof Plante, CCO at Sequant Capital Cryptocurrency, whether it is Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple or the others on the market, ..

CryptoIndustry Heavyweights Back Platform for Social Good, Social Alpha Foundation

CryptoIndustry Heavyweights Back Platform for Social Good, Social Alpha Foundation

The Hong Kong-based not-for-profit is the world’s first blockchain for social impact grant-making platform Hong Kong — May 31, 2018 — ..

3 ways financial institutions can leverage Live Engagement on social media

3 ways financial institutions can leverage Live Engagement on social media

By Priya Iyer, Chairman & CEO, Vee24  With nearly 2.62 billion people having active social media accounts[1],the finance industry ..

Santander Scam Avoidance School (Sas)1 Graduate Turns Ethical Hacker To Help The Fight Against Fraud

Santander Scam Avoidance School (Sas)1 Graduate Turns Ethical Hacker To Help The Fight Against Fraud

Alec Daniels, 86, successfully sent a ‘controlled’ phishing email and breached a public WiFi hotspot in only 16 minutes 40 seconds  4..

UK200Group Corporate Finance – 2022 M&A deal volumes flatline but average deal size decreases £800,000

UK200Group Corporate Finance – 2022 M&A deal volumes flatline but average deal size decreases £800,000

Nick Hammond, Lead Adviser for Financial Services at World Wide Technology, highlights the need for Financial Services to take a futur..

Machine learning critical for better SME credit scoring in trade finance

Machine learning critical for better SME credit scoring in trade finance

AI and broader data collection can overcome the “trade finance gap” by improving credit scoring for SMEs in trade finance, says Michae..

Fintech’s dynamic potential

Fintech’s dynamic potential

By Dan Read, partner at law firm TLT The rise of fintech companies and their disruptive propositions has been an interesting developme..

UK expenditure sees its biggest increase in a decade, while income remains stagnant  

UK expenditure sees its biggest increase in a decade, while income remains stagnant  

Hitachi Personal Finance analyses new data that shows that household expenditure at its highest in a decade The UK’s average weekly i..

Natixis acts as Equity Financial Advisor to EllaLink

Natixis acts as Equity Financial Advisor to EllaLink

EllaLink and Natixis are pleased to announce that Natixis has acted as Equity Financial Advisor to EllaLink during its negotiations wi..

Murphy Wealth poised for further growth following successful year

Murphy Wealth poised for further growth following successful year

The Glasgow-based wealth advisory is preparing to expand  Murphy Wealth, the Glasgow-based wealth advisors, is set for a period of pro..

4 reasons your finance employees are showing signs of stress

4 reasons your finance employees are showing signs of stress

By Matt Weston, UK Managing Director at Robert Half There’s no denying that working in finance can be stressful. With mental health aw..