In this blog, fscom Senior Manager Colin Sloan outlines the application process for priority cryptoasset registration.
In this blog, fscom’s Alison Donnelly comments on the FCA’s increased focus on winddown plans.
The future is coming at us a lot more quickly than anyone anticipated. In light of the novel coronavirus and the pandemic it caused, keeping up with the technological advancement seems to be a top priority in most industries.
While many market analysts fingered digital banking as the wave of the future, nearly everyone is shocked at how fast these trends have accelerated in the past couple of months.
Opinion blog by Peter Cox, CEO and Founder of Contis Group. Analysis on the impact of Covid-19 and Wirecard on the payments industry, and what it’ll take for companies to survive.
A personal account of the experience of being furloughed and 7 top tips to help come out the other side in a more positive place.
Online crime gangs have used the coronavirus pandemic to scam consumers and businesses across the globe. So, this blog examines 4 key types of Covid19-related fraud to help keep you and your business safe.
The Emerging Payments Association (EPA) and its members strongly urge the FCA to unfreeze Wirecard Card Services accounts, or facilitate a solution to enable safe access to e-money by e-money holders affected, as soon as it can, for the sake of cardholders, companies and their employees, and the UK fintech industry. Without this freezing being removed rapidly, we believe there will be significant and lasting damage to individuals, companies and the UK’s current and future prospects as leaders in fintech.
Businesses in payments are still operating effectively while organising themselves for the new reality. From early April the question becomes, ‘What now?’ as companies in
Seven themes shaping the future of payments in the year ahead By Tony Craddock, Director General, Emerging Payments Association To do your job well, you
On Tuesday 13th August, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) agreed a plan that gives the payments and e-commerce industry extra time to implement Strong Customer
Project Transaction Insights is supported by our Benefactor, The Chargeback Company Fraud exists – has always existed. Whatever the method of payment or the value
By Anne Pieckielon, Project Lead of Women in PayTech Background The EPA AGM gave me an opportunity to reflect on what the Women in PayTech
At the time of writing, Brexit has been postponed until 12 April 2019 and may be postponed again. With a Brexit outcome imminent in one
By Andrea Dunlop, CEO Merchant Acquiring Europe at Paysafe, and EPA Advisory Board Chair In 2018, we celebrated 100 years in the UK since women
By Norah Prida Bay, Member of Project International Trade & Digital Business Deployment Manager at HSBC In a recent speech, our President, Enrique Pena
By Neil Harris (Advisory Board member at Emerging Payments Association & CCO at Global Processing Services) Declining real wages, increased income volatility, the squeeze on
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When asked to think about the main issues affecting the UK right now, it’s likely that slavery isn’t at the top of your list. It
2016 was without a doubt a year full of data breaches. Many organisations, including Yahoo and Volkswagen, made the headlines.1 Additionally, 44% of respondents had
With the help of our trusted EPA Ambassador, Svetlana (Lana) Hoffmann and conversations with many EPA members, we’ve produced 20 predictions for 2017. Take a
Friendly Compliance By Tony Craddock, Director General We enjoyed a warm welcome from Allinpay in Shanghai, starting with a dinner to die for at
Glimpses of the Future By Tony Craddock, Director General Insight 1 – Difficult is not necessarily bad It’s overwhelming sometimes. The regulations are complex
China: A country of Paradox By Tony Craddock, Director General Formed on the ‘now’ and the ‘here and now’. And four hundred years to
Letters from the Eastern Innovation Front By Tony Craddock, Director General I’m sitting in a classroom on the 20th floor of the CKGSB in Beijing.
When the news of Brexit broke, there was understandably concern over its implications on the UK payments market. After all, since 1999 the EU has
I’ve not been backwards in coming forwards about my view that FinTech companies should be granted direct access to payments infrastructure. Earlier in the year
Pennies impact story: The Entertainer Toy store raises £1million with Pennies Making pennies count The Entertainer, the UK’s fastest growing multichannel high street
EPA member DigiSEq was recently accepted onto the Barclay’s Techstars Accelerator and Terrie Smith, CEO of DigiSEq, is giving us a weekly blow by blow
EPA member DigiSEq was recently accepted onto the Barclay’s Techstars Accelerator and Terrie Smith, CEO of DigiSEq, is giving us a weekly blow by blow
There is something amazing happening here. You may have heard about Dan Wagner, the CEO of POWA Technologies, and the recent liquidation of his company,
16 ways to ignite innovation in payments There is plenty happening behind the scenes in payments. To keep you abreast of 16 of the most
EPA member DigiSEq was recently accepted onto the Barclay’s Techstars Accelerator and Terrie Smith, CEO of DigiSEq, is giving us a weekly blow by blow
EPA member DigiSEq was recently accepted onto the Barclay’s Techstars Accelerator and Terrie Smith, CEO of DigiSEq, is giving us a weekly blow by blow
EPA member DigiSEq was recently accepted onto the Barclay’s Accelerator and Terrie Smith, CEO of DigiSEQ, is giving us a weekly blow by blow account
Some things are certain. ‘Death and taxes’, said Benjamin Franklin in 1789. And he might have added, ‘central banks’. Aloof, inaccessible, powerful but secure. Playing
Terrie Smith and Colin Tanner have achieved what many small companies only dream of – DigiSEq has been selected from 700+ applicants to receive one
“The big information void we’ve continually come up against in this space is, is anyone actually using this stuff?” — Imran Gulamhuseinwala, EY. Fintech, or financial
One of EPA’s goals is to help you overcome barriers to your success. We are proud to announce the launch of the EPA Training Week, which
My comments at this time of year are normally upbeat and optimistic. Not this time. There are clouds on the payments horizon. Not relating to
Our Director General, Tony Craddock, in an interview by the Finetics™ Studio, The Bancorp, sitting down with PaymentEye’s Sarah Gill @Money2020. Tony believes that European–specifically UK–regulators
‘Consent is King’ is a line which stuck with us from Stuart from Trunomi’s presentation on November 25 at our Pay360Innovation conference. Trunomi have recognised
We had a chat with Robert Atkin, Founder of Xcordis FinTech to see what he will be talking to us about at Pay360Innovate on November 25th.
In the run-up to Pay360Innovate we spoke to Alistair Gordon, founder and CEO, of ValuAccess, one of the companies pitching to our dragon’s den style
Duena is an independent Digital Banking consultant, FinTech specialist, an entrepreneur and an Angel Investor, a mentor for Startupbootcamp and Techstars, a blogger with cutting
Richard is an expert on UK Domestic, SEPA, and SWIFT based payments and collections. Based in Reading, UK, Richard combines more than 18 years of
You can barely open a newspaper without seeing news of another challenger bank – each with their own vision for how they can serve customers better.
Tom Blomfield is CEO and co-founder of Mondo, a new smartphone bank for the UK. He previously founded GoCardless, the UK’s largest Direct Debit Processor,
Are we getting VFM from the PSR? The Payments Strategy Regulator (PSR) costs the payments industry tens of millions of pounds each year. So what
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