fintech

FinTech Part 2: Building the FinTech Ecosystem

How are FinTech companies innovating? What's the tech that sits behind the development of their apps and support networks, and…

4 years ago

FinTech Part 1: A New Payments and Banking Landscape

As one of the fastest-growing sectors, FinTech is building technologies and services that will touch every consumer and business. In…

4 years ago

UK’s 2018 Tech Sector Venture Investment Shows Sharp Drop

Venture capital investment in London tech companies was down 29 percent on the previous year, but was still nearly double…

5 years ago

IMF Suggests Governments Set Up Own Cryptocurrencies

Fintech fantasy? Nation states should build their own digital currency to prevent its use by money launders and fraudsters

5 years ago

Microsoft Rolls Out Juggernaut Blockchain Payments System For Gaming Industry

The new blockchain-based offering, backed by services giant EY, is expected to turn into one of the world's biggest enterprise…

6 years ago

AI, Cloud And Blockchain ‘Creating New Risks’ For Banks

Financial organisations must work with authorities to revamp banking regulations, study finds

6 years ago

TSB Banking ‘Back Online’, But Problems Continue

Days of chaos have resulted from a botched systems switchover at the weekend

6 years ago

EU Proposes Cross-Border Crowdfunding Regime In Fintech Push

The plan would create a single regulatory scheme across Europe for crowdfunding platforms, as the EU prepares for Brexit

6 years ago

Fintech Consortium To Tackle Cybersecurity Issues

A new consortium led by the World Economic Forum aims to bolster the financial industry's battle against a growing range…

6 years ago

Banks Trade £22m Using Blockchain Platform

Sign of the future? Two banks have successfully completed a securities lending transaction using blockchain

6 years ago

Google Ads Targeted By Cryptomining Malvertising Attack

Google DoubleClick advertising network serves up ads that mine for cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin

6 years ago

Arrival Of Open Banking To Spearhead ‘Technological Revolution’ In Finance

Open Banking: New rules that require banks to share information with third party providers come into effect. But what does…

6 years ago

Google Pay Unifies Android Pay And Google Wallet

Google unifies its payment services under a single banner - Google Pay - in bid to drive adoption

6 years ago

Fake Cryptocurrency Wallet Tops Apple App Store Charts

Surge in public interest around Bitcoin and other digital currencies has helped propel a dubious wallet app to the top…

6 years ago

NiceHash Admits It Was Hacked Amid Fears It Lost $70m In Bitcoin

Bitcoin mining marketplace NiceHash admits devastating hack, which some estimates say could have cost it nearly $70m

6 years ago

Blockchain Clearing System Adopted By Australian Stock Exchange

Blockchain down under, as Australia becomes first global market to adopt it for stock exchange

6 years ago

PayPal’s TIO Networks Says Data Breach Impacts 1.6m Customers

PayPal only bought bill payment processor TIO Networks For £177m in July but has suspended operations

6 years ago

Visa Uses TfL Experience To Help Other Cities With Contactless Transport Payments

Visa Global Transit Solutions offers guidance, frameworks and standards for transport operators around the world to implement contactless

6 years ago

PyeongChang 2018: Visa Offers Contactless Gloves, Stickers & Pins For Mobile Payments

Visa offers novel wearable payment devices for spectators at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games

6 years ago

JPMorgan Adopts London Startup AI Tech To Power Smarter Trading

The debt dealer will make uses of machine learning technology from Mosaic Smart Data

7 years ago

Brexit Won’t Stop London From Being A Fintech Bastion For Europe

London's fintech sector will likely ride out the Brexit storm in the medium-term

7 years ago

Mastercard Uses AI To Identify At-Risk Bank Cards After Data Breach

Mastercard Early Detection System will help banks see which cards are most at risk from a data breach

7 years ago

HSBC Beta Offers A Platform With A Gateway Into Open Banking

The bank's platform provides customers with a single view of all their bank and savings accounts

7 years ago

Contactless At 10: One Third Of All Card Payments Made With A Tap

Two thirds of Brits have made a contactless card payments since the tech arrived in the UK in September 2007

7 years ago

Mobile Payment Values Rise Threefold As Importance To Retailers Grows

Worldpay figures show 336 percent rise in mobile payment values thanks to wider adoption and wider support

7 years ago

IBM & HSBC Team Up For Cognitive Trading Platform

Bank Tech: IBM and HSBC develop a cognitive and intelligence global trading system

7 years ago

Worldpay To Merge With US Rival Vantiv In £9.3bn Deal

American rival Vantiv to expand beyond its US borders thanks to global reach of WorldPay

7 years ago

Experts Warn Of Rise In ‘Steganography’ Attacks Using Code Hidden In Dodgy Images

Researchers at Kaspersky Labs note rise in steganography techniques, which are difficult to detect, but claim protection will improve

7 years ago

WannaCry Hackers Empty Bitcoin Wallet

It would appear that the cyber criminals cashed in their ransomware campaign

7 years ago

Bitcoin Cash ‘Fork’ Causes Uncertainty For Cryptocurrency Community

A group of Bitcoin infrastructure providers are set to split the cryptocurrency into two incompatible versions on Tuesday

7 years ago