All articles by Verdict Staff
Verdict Staff
Digital Darwinism beginning to appear
The next few years in the financial services sector are going to be transformative from a marketing perspective partly driven by a new generation of marketing technologies but also by changes in consumer behaviour, which will lead to Digital Darwinism, so says senior financial marketer Stephen Ingledew
Deloitte launches blockchain technology lab in Dublin
Professional services and consulting firm Deloitte has opened its new EMEA blockchain lab at Whitaker Court in Dublins Silicon Docks district.
OnePlus taps CyberSource for payment management platforms
Chinese mobile technology start-up OnePlus has selected CyberSources suite of payment management solutions to be able to securely accept digital payment methods through both web and mobile channels.
FairFX snaps up Q Money and e-money licence
Multicurrency payments service FairFX has agreed to acquire digital business banking firm Q Money and its associated e-money licence.
Blockchain launches Digital Asset Research Lab
Blockchain, a provider of digital currency and distributed ledger software, has launched Digital Asset Research Lab in collaboration with Imperial College London.
How to attract Spanish credit card holders
Credit cards in Spain account for 26% of the total number of cards in circulation, but only for 8% of the total payment card spend. Nicolae Bacila, consumer payments analyst at Verdict Financial, looks at the markets recent performance and what Spanish issuers can do to increase card use
VTEX, PCI Security Standards Council to enhance payment data security
VTEX, a digital commerce platform, has joined the PCI Security Standards Council as a new participating organisation.
Al Rajhi Bank taps Diebold Nixdorfs biometric technology for debit card issuance
Saudi Arabia-based Al Rajhi Bank has forged a partnership with Diebold Nixdorf to develop a biometric-enabled self-service solution, enabling debit card printing through biometric authentication at self-service terminals.
iZettle, UnionPay to boost card acceptance for European SMEs
Swedish mobile point-of-sale start-up iZettle has partnered with UnionPay International, a global subsidiary of China’s only domestic bank card organisation UnionPay, to boost its card acceptance for SMEs in European market.
Western Union to pay $586m for violating US money-laundering laws
Western Union has agreed to pay $586m and admitted to criminal violations including willfully failing to maintain an effective anti-money laundering (AML) program and aiding and abetting wire fraud.