The Fintech Times

APRIL 10, 2025

Utilita , the UK-based pay-as-you-go energy supplier, is rolling out ‘Payit’, the open banking payments solution from NatWest. This means that Utilita customers can link their bank account and experience one-click payments – without the friction caused by the need for card numbers or One Time Passcodes (OTPs). .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2016

15) that Wirecard, the European payment and internet technology company, has joined the payment provider’s backing of the Pay by Bank mobile banking initiative. Wirecard will also incorporate the Pay by Bank app into its U.K. online merchant suite of alternative payment options.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

Chinese technology conglomerate Tencent has invested in Argentinian mobile banking startup Uala, according to a report from Reuters. Point72 Ventures and George Soros have also invested in the mobile payment company. Uala offers users prepaid Mastercards, metro card refills, digital payments and bill payment services.

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Fintech News

JUNE 23, 2025

With mobile wallet adoption expected to reach 63% in 2025 and the prepaid card and e-wallet market projected to grow, the country stands as a digital payments leader in Southeast Asia. Backed by government stimulus, booming e-commerce, and a digitally savvy population, Thailand’s e-wallet ecosystem is maturing rapidly.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Wells Fargo is launching a new, low-cost bank account — with access as well to a new digital payments service — in its latest move to push beyond a series of scandals. bank account, the bank noted in its announcement. The bank said it will also waive the $5 fee for younger account holders ages 13 to 24.

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The Fintech Times

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Investment platform, interactive investor has improved the way its customers can make payments or deposit funds online as it partners with UK bank, NatWest. The option is available to all ii customers with a bank account with access to online banking or a mobile banking app.

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The Fintech Times

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

per cent Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) Armenia’s growth has been driven in part by its young, tech-savvy population. Through its regulatory sandbox, the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) has attracted $90million in investments, propelling the country to 34th place in the Global Fintech Index 2023. per cent holding a credit card.

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The Payments Association

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Payment leaders must focus on fraud prevention, collaboration with tech and telecom sectors, and public education to mitigate future risks. In the world of digital payments, fraud is an ever-present threat that continues to evolve, creating serious risks for both businesses and consumers. What’s next?

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Fintech News

AUGUST 26, 2024

Thailand is moving closer to welcoming its first virtual banks, with the Bank of Thailand (BOT) currently accepting applications for the virtual banking license. With the deadline looming on the 19th of September 2024, speculations are rife for Thailand’s virtual banking license applicants.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The pandemic is reshaping banking. The conversation came against a backdrop where, as noted in a recent PYMNTS Tracker , a majority of Americans did their banking online last year. As more banking has shifted online, an increasing amount of that online activity is occurring across mobile conduits.

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Fintech News

JULY 3, 2024

Vietnam’s digital finance landscape is undergoing a notable shift as new players emerge, established ones fade, and traditional banks rise to prominence, a new report by Decision Lab shows. However, by Q4 2023, Moca had slipped out of the top rankings, replaced by mobile apps from traditional banks.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

PYMNTS’ November 2020 Disbursements Tracker® , done in collaboration with Ingo Money , states that “FIs that support digital and mobile payment tools could help these consumers access financial solutions without using traditional accounts, but many FIs must address age-old challenges before they can roll out such tools.”

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The PSCU company Lumin Digital has signed Bartlett, Tennessee-based First South Financial credit union to a multi-year digital banking and cloud computing agreement, Lumin announced on Tuesday (Feb. We are pleased to partner with Lumin Digital to provide these necessary digital banking services to our members.”.

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Fintech News

MAY 23, 2024

Confronted by shifting factors such as tech advancements, generative AI, high interest rates, increased institutional oversight, and evolving customer expectations — the best banks must adapt their business and operating models in 2024, including in Asia. CHINA #1 China Merchants Bank China Merchants Bank Co.,

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 13, 2024

Fondeadora , the financial service provider in Mexico, has reaffirmed its commitment to delivering secure digital payment services in the region as it partners with MeaWallet , the digital payments enabler specialising in card tokenisation. Push provisioning streamlines the card issuance process to digital wallets.

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Payment Savvy

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Let’s dive into the subtleties of the smoothest payment process and find out everything about NFC mobile payments, including what they are, how they work, and how to use them. What are NFC Mobile Payments? NFC payments add immense convenience for today’s busy customers. How Do NFC Mobile Payments Work?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

The rise of FinTech, the increasing globalization of finance — and even ravages of the coronavirus, which is making us all bank and transact across phones — all have pointed to one simple, urgent question: Just what is a bank, anyway? In a recent PYMNTS study , What is a Bank: What U.S. As many as 36.8

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Women, refugees, the poor and the young had historically had low inclusion in Jordan’s banking system because there’s no good onboarding process for them – but mobile-phone penetration runs deep across Jordanian society, even among critically underbanked segments. Building Better Payments And Banking Services .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2020

To regain some of that ground, Connie Davis, senior vice president at FIS , told PYMNTS in a recent interview, FIs — particularly credit unions (CUs) and community banks — must transform the way they think about digital offerings and connected experiences. That means they can compete more effectively against digital-only competitors.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2016

Small and medium-size enterprises are on their way to adopting some of the newest technology to help run their business, and that includes embracing solutions to enhance their payments and banking capabilities. Today, businesses surveyed said they expect to increase their use of some kind of digital payment method over the next year.

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The Payments Association

MAY 12, 2025

As digital payments outpace plastic, UK banks must modernise card infrastructure or risk losing relevance to faster, cloud-native challengers. billion debit-card payments and logged 9.6 Over 98% of the population held debit cards for daily payments. Four years ago, the UK made 15.8 million in compensation(7).

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

That digital continuity in the face of ruinous physical events changes everything. In PYMNTS’ June edition of The Digital Payments In A Digital World Playbook done in collaboration with Wirecard , we learn that “digital shifts in regions like the EU and the U.S. Server farms didn’t melt. The internet didn’t break.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Scotland-based Tesco Bank has announced that it’s the first financial institution (FI) in the United Kingdom to introduce technology that allows its 2.6 Tesco Bank ’s purpose is to help … shoppers manage their money a little better every day,” said Sigga Sigurdardottir, Tesco’s chief customer officer, in a statement.

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Payments Source

AUGUST 15, 2017

The real lag behind fintech started when banks rested on those online and mobile banking laurels and allowed other players in the mobile space to bypass them in working toward mobile point of sale payment services, writes Jack Jania, senior vice president of strategic payment alliances at Gemalto.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Make consumers feel as though they are in charge, and give them more transparency into their personal payment transactions, and you might not only win their loyalty, but could also encourage them to spend more, or use your payment methods more often. 22) that involves mobile payment services provider Ondot Systems and Citi Ventures.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

South African digital identity firm Entersekt is partnering with African FinTech Cellulant to bring enhanced cybersecurity to mobile banking and digital payments. . Banking app security was especially problematic, according to the statement. The pandemic has accelerated the shift to online banking.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

For years, financial institutions have relied heavily on face-to-face interactions at the bank branch in order to determine the financial needs of their customers. But today, banks are struggling to make these complex decisions because, in many branches, customers are nowhere in sight. How can banks truly do more?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

The new coronavirus had an immediate and profound effect on the financial services industry, as brick-and-mortar bank branches closed to protect public health. Those closures meant that many consumers in countries like the United States were left only with digital platforms to access their bank accounts or to conduct necessary transactions.

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Fintech Review

APRIL 30, 2025

Access to your bank account feels like a guarantee until the lights go out. With what happened in Spain and Portugal , it is normal to wonder what happens to your bank account when the power goes down. During large-scale power outages, people often ask : Can I access my bank account during blackouts? ATM networks may fail.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has consumers around the world turning to digital devices to access banking services. The new surge in demand is putting financial institutions’ (FIs’) online and mobile offerings to the test and allowing FIs to show off their digital investments and know-how to assure customers that they are in good hands.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2020

China’s State Council’s Anti-Monopoly Commission is considering investigating Alipay and WeChat Pay , two of the county’s biggest online payment and money transfer platforms, Reuters reported. COVID-19 and its aftermath moved the country from cash to online payments. The mobile banking market reported 56.2

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

During the pandemic, we have seen continued demand for our offline mobile money agency, and online digital payment, which remain core of our business,” the company said in a statement, according to Bloomberg. OPay was formed a year earlier than that, in 2018, as a way for mobile customers to send and receive money.

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Online and Mobile Banking Central Bank Government Governance 79

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2017

23), Mastercard announced news of the launch of Mastercard Consumer Control, which allows consumers to view where their credit card information is stored online. The program is an API that displays where payment details are kept, allowing cardholders to understand how that information is being used. “As On Monday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

In today’s top news, policymakers at the European Central Bank (ECB) will meet to discuss the pros and cons of launching their own electronic currency. Also, open banking platform Token.io ECB President Touts Benefits of Central Banks Launching Crypto. Token’s M10 Networks Launches ‘Bank-Grade’ Digital Money Rail.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2020

Brick-and-mortar branches shuttered as social distancing measures were enforced, and customers subsequently turned to mobile apps or websites to fulfill their banking needs rather than risking in-person visits. Online account openings have increased 14.5 Confronting Digital Banking Reality.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

Digital banking has become the new normal as social distancing guidelines and stay-at-home orders have drastically curbed financial institutions’ (FIs’) abilities to conduct in-branch services. Online account openings increased by more than 200 percent in April, while all mobile banking traffic rose by 85 percent.

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