May 06, 2024
Vodafone is Bringing Crypto Payments to SIM Card-Based Mobile Wallets
Phone, keys, wallet. That’s the daily routine that tens of millions if not billions — of people undergo each morning when checking their pockets or purses before they leave their...
May 06, 2024
Banking Regulators’ Guide to Third-Party Risk Management Spotlights Community Banks’...
The rise of open banking and FinTechs is changing the fabric of financial services. Data sharing and pacts between traditional financial institutions and digital-only innovators promise to bring innovation to...
May 06, 2024
Citi’s Chief Digital Officer Connects Data to Customer Experience
The amount of data now being generated by consumers is testing the constraints of the dictionary. Only 10 years ago it was measured in terabytes, which is a trillion bytes. But now those 329 million terabytes of...
May 05, 2024
Report: Private Equity Pushing Onto Bank’s Low-Risk Loan Turf
Private equity companies are reportedly stepping up efforts to compete with banks on low-interest loans. For example, the Financial Times (FT) reported last week, Apollo Global has increased its long-term forecasts for...
May 03, 2024
Google Asks Judge to Reject Proposed Changes to App Store
Google reportedly asked a judge to reject an Epic Games proposal that would reform how the Google Play store operates. Google said in a Thursday (May 2) court filing that the proposal “would make it...
May 02, 2024
Apple’s Quarter Beat Muted Expectations, but China and AI Battlefields...
The bar was, arguably, low coming into Apple’s latest earnings report. And the tech giant stepped over that bar, spurring investors to breathe a sigh of relief, sending shares up...
May 02, 2024
Worldpay Launches Tap-to-Pay Offering for Merchants
Payment facilitators (PayFacs) using Worldpay’s services can now offer their merchants tap-to-pay on iPhone. The payments technology firm said in a Thursday (May 2) press release that two of its PayFac...
May 02, 2024
55% of High-Earning Consumers and 79% of Gen Z Use...
Whether shopping online or in person, an increasing number of consumers are embracing digital wallets. But the appeal of digital wallets — which include Apple Pay, Google Wallet, PayPal and others — doesn’t end with...
May 01, 2024
EU Antitrust Regulators Investigate Apple’s Mobile Payment System
The European Commission has intensified its scrutiny of the company’s mobile payment system. EU antitrust regulators are now seeking further information on Apple’s practices, indicating a concerted effort to close...
