Legislation expected to be introduced in May 2018 will require U.K. clearing houses to complete regular cybersecurity reports, moving regulation closer to current EU directives around critical financial market infrastructure, including the Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
In late July, PayPal and Baidu captured the world’s attention when they inked a strategic partnership that gives Baidu’s 100 million or so mobile wallet users access to PayPal’s 17 million merchants. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Small businesses everywhere struggle to adopt technology due to lack of time, resources and sometimes education about the latest tools that could help their companies succeed. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Reading, writing, rithmatic all come with a price – in the form of tuition payments. Flywire VP of Global Payments, Ryan Frere, tells PYMNTs’ Karen Webster that opportunity is growing in Japan for its payment platform that enables tuition to be paid across borders. That’s...
Tencent, the Chinese mobile games and social media company, is gearing up to increase its investments in online payments, cloud services and artificial intelligence. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Australia’s government has announced new regulations intended at strengthening the nation’s anti-money laundering efforts. The proposed legislation — which the government says will be fully outlined in a coming bill — will put bitcoin providers under the government’s financial intelligence unit. The bill will also increase...
Geoswift, Western Union Business Solutions and UnionPay International have announced the latest joint tuition payment promotion available to Chinese students studying in other countries. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has ordered all online payment companies to channel mobile payments through a new clearing house by next June, which could have an impact on the dominance of Ant Financial and Tencent. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Flywire, a provider of international payments and receivables solutions for businesses, schools and healthcare providers announced news on Tuesday (August 8) that it is seeing strong growth in the Japanese education market. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...