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Business

Friction-free payment boosts efficiency for consumers and businesses alike

By Ralf Gladis, CEO, Computop When the spending limit of a contactless card was raised last autumn f...

11th March, 2022

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Exclusive-Russia’s Surgut works with China to allow oil sales to go on

By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Russian producer Surgutneftegaz has allowed Chinese buyers to r...

11th March, 2022

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Banking

Contactless payment rates surge in the UK: But what comes next?

Kriya Patel, CEO, Transact Payments Ltd Contactless payments have changed the way that Britons pay f...

9th March, 2022

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Finance

Top tips to drive financial inclusion and better cash management for SMEs

From the basics, to tops tips on how you can improve, here is everything you need to know about cash...

9th March, 2022

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Banking

How a Regulated Liabilities Network Could Solve the Cashless Dilemma

By Marten Nelson, CEO, M10 Networks Central bank digital currencies (CBDC) are often mentioned as a...

9th March, 2022

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Banking

Traditional banks and closing the digital divide.

By Rowan Brewer, Paymentology’s new CEO Traditional banks find themselves at a crossroads. One which...

8th March, 2022

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Technology

Challenges of digitalisation in the developing world – and how to overcome them

By Frank Molla, MD Sub Saharan Africa for BPC The more the world becomes increasingly reliant on dig...

8th March, 2022

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Finance

With SCA deadline looming – what happens next?

By Rob Crutchington, Managing Director of Encoded Organisations with an online presence need to be s...

8th March, 2022

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Banking

Request to Pay – Where is the Industry Heading?

By Andrew Ducker, Senior Payments Consultant at Icon Solutions Request to Pay services – which allow...

3rd March, 2022

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Business

Open for business: Harmonising Africa’s Payments Landscape

Hampered by a highly fragmented and competitive payments ecosystem, many businesses are struggling t...

2nd March, 2022

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EU excludes seven Russian banks from SWIFT – official journal

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is excluding seven Russian banks from the SWIFT messaging sy...

2nd March, 2022

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Visa, Mastercard block Russian financial institutions after sanctions

By Maria Ponnezhath (Reuters) -U.S. payment card firms Visa Inc and Mastercard Inc have blocked mult...

2nd March, 2022