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February 14th 2020

Payoneer authorised as Electronic Money Institution by Central Bank of Ireland

New York-based financial services company Payoneer has been authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland...

January 13th 2020

American Express given permission to operate in China

China’s central bank announced that the application of American Express (AmEx) to operate in China...

January 6th 2020

EBA Clearing provides specs for a pan-European request to pay infrastructure solution

As the infrastructure to enable instant B2B payments continues to develop, Europe's payment infrastructure...

December 3rd 2019

Thunes approved for payments licence in Singapore

Thunes, a global cross-border payments network has secured regulatory approval, conditional on fulfilling...

November 4th 2019

EBA calls on the European Commission to facilitate the scaling up of cross-border payments services

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a report identifying potential impediments to...

October 7th 2019

IRAS and DBS target a cheque-free Singapore by 2025

In line with Singapore’s Smart Nation agenda, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS)...

August 27th 2019

Mastercard and Artajasa to support Indonesia’s National Payment Gateway

Mastercard and PT Artajasa Pembayaran Elektronis (Artajasa) have announced a cooperation agreement...

August 12th 2019

Federal Reserve working on real-time payment and settlement alternative to The Clearing House

The Federal Reserve Board has announced the development of a round-the-clock real-time payment and...

August 12th 2019

UK Payment Systems Regulator sets implementation date for Confirmation of Payee

The UK's Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has moved to ensure that the country's six largest banking...

August 6th 2019

First ISO 20022 usage guidelines for cross-border payments released

With payment market infrastructures of all major currencies either live, or in the process of adopting...