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Ireland's banking industry has been dogged by scandal and public criticism since the financial and economic crises took hold. A key characteristic...
Fidor Bank, based in Munich, Germany, may just be the new face of German banking. Fidor Bank is part of the wider Fidor Group, which also owns Fidor...
It is remarkable that large institutions, even banks, can to this day fail to recognise the importance of phone manner and interpersonal finesse when...
American Express is to launch a new rewards programme in tandem with Macy's, Exxon Mobil, AT&T and other well-known brands including Nationwide, Rite...
Wirecard has signed an agreement with German mobile virtual network operator Drillisch, which will offer Wirecard's new payment product 'boonpayment'...
On Tuesday 17 March, the Financial Times' Alphaville site published a post referring to an upcoming Lafferty report on fintech disruption in the banking...
Following on from the Bank of England expressing its support for research into central bank-issued digital currencies last month, the UK government has...
For three years in a row, payments provider Ixaris has featured in the FinTech Top 50 list of companies to watch in the European fintech...
Adapting to new API requirements may be an expensive process, calling for a rethink of banking strategy – but these are investments worth making. When...
Following last week's CPMI report about Kenya's Safaricom and Tanzania's Vodacom teaming up to offer mobile wallet-to-wallet cross-border...
As it moves into consumer-facing financial services, Facebook will struggle with the challenge of establishing trust, said John Egan, head of innovation...
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