Does regulation pose a threat to buy now, pay later market growth?
The BNPL market has seen a financial boon in recent years, creating market leading behemoths like Klarna, Affirm and Afterpay – who are all recording strong growth on the back of clear market demand. Could a growing call for regulation in the sector change this?
NatWest lets customers set transfer limits to reduce payment scam damage
NatWest is now allowing customers to establish their own daily digital bank transfer limits to reduce the impact caused by authorised push payment (APP) scams.
Stripe eyes bolstered internet firm tax compliance through TaxJar purchase
Payments giant Stripe has entered into an agreement to purchase sales tax software enterprise TaxJar to improve tax compliance rates for internet firms.
Ecommerce fraud losses of $20bn expected in 2021, China to be key fraud market
A new study by Juniper Research has highlighted it expects over $20bn in ecommerce losses this year due to online payment fraud – a rise of 18% compared to 2020.
NatWest to block cryptocurrency payments following earlier FCA warning
UK retail bank NatWest will not accept payments in cryptocurrencies, according to the company’s head of risk Morten Friis.
Saudi Payments teams with IBM, Mastercard to launch instant payment system
Saudi Arabia’s only financial payments company Saudi Payments (SP) has introduced ‘sarie’ – an instant payments system – in collaboration with IBM and Mastercard.
IntellectEU launches AI platform to bolster wealth management personalisation
Belgian IT company IntellectEU has introduced VELMA – an AI platform that allows financial advisors to offer ‘hyper-personalisation’ in the wealth management sector.
FICO survey highlights evolving identity theft challenges in the online age
A survey by data analytics company FICO has found up to 4% of UK consumers believe their identity has been stolen online.
Santander IT infrastructure cloud migration grows as digital move accelerates
Banco Santander claims its digital transformation is ‘ahead of plan’ after it revealed more than 60% of its global IT infrastructure has already migrated to the cloud.
Nexi, Fiskl collaborate to bolster open banking services
FinTech mobile platform Fiskl has partnered with PayTech leader Nexi to bolster the latter’s open banking offering.
