by Chris Brown | 28th September 2017 | banking, Challenger Bank, Credit Unions, Fintech, Payment Network, PSD2
Improving lives through better banking Imagine a world where banks are connected. Not just in the fairly tentative way they are now through all the third-party payment networks like card schemes and SWIFT but really connected. So they can pass rich, detailed messages...
by Chris Brown | 28th July 2017 | Fintech, Payment Network, PSD2
Does PSD2 have to be complicated? There has been a huge amount written about PSD2 recently and much of it appears to be, with the greatest respect, over complicating the issue. Very fundamentally, to provide for all of the requirements of PSD2, we have three...
by Steve Hatton | 27th January 2017 | Brexit, Fintech, PSD2
What can the UK Government do to Protect the Fintech Sector? It’s widely documented that Brexit will have a profound affect on the UK’s fintech industry, and on the UK financial services sector too. The negotiations start in a matter of weeks, with the government...
by Steve Hatton | 5th January 2017 | Brexit, Fintech, PSD2
Trends in Fintech for 2017 After an eventful 2016 in the political world, the rollercoaster is set to continue in 2017 as the Brexit issue rolls on. The government plans to invoke Article 50 by the end of March this year, so all eyes in the fintech world will be...
by Steve Hatton | 23rd August 2016 | PSD2
How banks can benefit from the new PSD2 regulation As we’ve seen from a recent report by PwC, more than two thirds of bankers believe that PSD2 will mean they lose control of their client interface. Many bankers have already said they will be adopting a ‘wait-and-see’...
by Steve Hatton | 18th July 2016 | PSD2
Card payments Playing your cards right under PSD2 There are of course plenty of alternatives to paying with a debit or credit card online, including prepaid vouchers and services like PayPal. But whether it is buying from an online retailer like Amazon or unlocking...
