The NatWest banking app is now available on Apple's Vision Pro, making the bank among the first global banks to feature its app on VisionOS.
The UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) has announced a £200m loan to support the development of AESC’s gigafactory in the North East of England.
Apple added a new feature for UK Apple Wallet users last month, allowing them to view their current bank account balance and transaction history directly within the app.
Apple is testing out a new feature for UK Apple Wallet users, allowing them to view their current bank account balance and transaction history directly within the app.
Swiss Bank Sygnum is launching a metaverse hub in the virtual equivalent of New York’s Times Square on September 27, 2022.
Swiss crypto bank Sygnum will open a metaverse hub on Decentraland, on 27 September 2022 at 11:00am CET.
Hoping Club has developed a decentralized trading platform and launched a developer program, where developers can focus on liquidity to build applications on the platform.
UK investment bank Standard Chartered has acquired a plot of virtual land at The Sandbox metaverse’s Mega City district.
Huawei AppGallery has launched Snoop in the UK, providing users with access to money management tools across different banks.
The contactless card payment limit has been raised for the fifth time today (15 October). Initially set at £10 in 2007, it has now been raised to £100.
HSBC UK has launched a new voice-driven menu to assist its telephone banking customers, enabling callers to state their intent verbally and be directed to the correct team automatically
sync. is aiming to become the first digital smart open banking app offering an easy-to-use financial service across Europe, promising to manage every aspect of a user's financial life in one place. sync. says it was created out of frustration with traditional banks and the niche offering of new challenger banks that are not responding to all the needs of the end customer.
SberCloud, the cloud platform of Sberbank Group, and Huawei have formed a strategic partnership to provide cloud services for Russian businesses, extending the reach of Russia’s largest bank into the country’s digital economy.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has agreed a plan that gives the payments and e-commerce industry extra time to implement Strong Customer Authentication (SCA).
Monzo has advised almost half a million customers to change their cards pin number after uncovering a potential security flaw. The digital bank said it had incorrectly stored around 480,000 customer pins where they could be accessed by internal engineers.
A new corporate supply chain finance platform launches today, which aims to improve credit management and provide additional transparency, security and flexibility for banks and their corporate customers.
Deutsche Bank AG is the latest company to replace the BlackBerry devices that were issued to its staff with Apple iPhones. A Deutsche Bank spokesman confirmed that the lender is phasing out the devices, without commenting further.
BlackBerry today announced Bank of New Zealand (BNZ), one of the country's largest banks, is one of the latest customers in the region to deploy BlackBerry AtHoc, the company's secure crisis communications software.
Payday loan firm Wonga are warning more than a a quarter of a million customers that personal data may have been stolen in a data breach at the firm. The online lender said it was “urgently investigating illegal and unauthorised access” to personal data of some of its customers in the UK and Poland.
Apple has won a victory in its fight to prevent banks from introducing their own mobile payment services on Apple devices, as an Australian regulator barred lenders from bargaining collectively for access.
Square today announced that it has launched in the UK, making it easier than ever for millions of small and medium-sized businesses across Britain to take card payments and run their business.
Microsoft on Tuesday announced the appointment of Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, to its board of directors effective immediately. Microsoft also announced its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.39 per share. The dividend is payable June 8, 2017.
Samsung today announced its partnership with several leaders in the banking industry as part of its strategic move to launch and expand its Samsung Pay ecosystem in Malaysia.
Investors of Good Technology Corp. are suing J. P. Morgan for breach of fiduciary duty. According to an amended lawsuit filed on Thursday in Delaware Chancery Court, shareholders of Good said J. P. Morgan was deeply conflicted.
Samsung announced today that Brazil will roll out Samsung Pay on July 19, with major financial partners, making it the first market in South America to introduce the company’s mobile payment service.
A veteran Wall Street analyst who covered BlackBerry for more than a decade has come back from a two-year hiatus to warn investors the company's handset unit is dragging down the business and should be shut down.
Atom Bank, the UK’s first bank designed for digital and optimised for mobile, has announced its regulatory restriction has been lifted, and as of today opens its virtual doors.
Nine months after Apple Pay launched in the UK, Barclays and Barclaycard customers are now able to make contactless payments using Apple Pay.
The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board of SAP SE recommend that shareholders approve a dividend of €1.15 per share for the fiscal year 2015 at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
Google has today announced that Android Pay will be coming to the UK "in the next few months". Android Pay will support MasterCard and Visa credit and debit cards from many of the UK’s major financial institutions.
SAP North America is the first technology company in the United States to be awarded the Economic Dividends for Gender Equality (EDGE) certificate in recognition for its commitment to gender equality in the workplace.
Shaw Communications has announced that it has agreed to acquire a 100% interest in Mid-Bowline Group Corp. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, WIND Mobile.
Speaking to shareholders at Microsoft's annual meeting today, chief executive officer Satya Nadella highlighted the company's strategic and cultural transformation that position it for new growth opportunities.
Samsung announced today that Samsung Pay now supports eligible Chase Visa credit, debit and Liquid cards, as well as debit and credit offerings from MasterCard issuers.
TalkTalk is offering all its customers a free upgrade to compensate for the recent cyber attack, in which thousands of people's personal data was leaked online.
Amrote Abdella has been announced as the new regional director for Microsoft's 4Afrika Initiative, effective October 2015.
Experian North America today announced that one of its business units experienced an unauthorized acquisition of information from a server that contained data on T-Mobile USA.
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Samsung has announced that Samsung Pay is off to a successful start in South Korea with more than $30 million in accumulated transaction volume one month since it first launched.
Starting today, users will be able to authorize contactless transactions of up to £30 in the UK.
In the U.S. Samsung has began the roll out of the Samsung Pay beta program for its new mobile payment system. The beta program is open now for applications and will be accepted by special invite only.
HSBC customers will be unable to use the new Apple Pay system as it launches Tuesday in the UK. HSBC had been expected to be amongst the first to offer the system, which allows some iPhone users and to pay by touching their phone or watch on contact pads.
Back in June, Apple announced that Apple Pay would be coming to the UK in July. According to a tweet by HSBC, the service will launch tomorrow (Tuesday 14 July).
Data quality solutions provider Data8 has announced the release of a new bank validation application for the most recent version of Salesforce.
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Barclays launched their bPay payment wristbands last year, and are now expanding the service by launching key fobs, an updated wristband and stickers that can be attached to any flat surface, including a mobile phone.
Firebox has announced 'The World's most expensive Apple Watch', which makes the $10,000 Apple Watch Edition look a little bit cheap.
Calypso Technology has entered into a global reseller agreement with SAP. Through this agreement, SAP will resell the Calypso cross-asset, front-to-back treasury and capital markets platform as two solution extensions.
NIBC Bank, a merchant bank in the Netherlands, wanted to migrate away from BlackBerry to iOS devices. To do this, the bank deployed an enterprise mobility management (EMM) solution from MobileIron to meet strict compliance and security standards.
Royal Bank of Scotland have rolled out updates for their official RBS and NatWest apps on BlackBerry 10 , bringing both offerings up to version 4.0.0.15.
Whatever you need, it seems that nowadays everything is available online. This means that customers also need to pay online. For most people this is not a problem and it seems that online purchases are getting more popular by the day!
The UK Chancellor has confirmed, in his final budget before the election, that 'Google Tax' will come into effect next month, from April 1. Companies that move their profits overseas to avoid tax will be subject to a "diverted profits tax" from April.
Halifax is the first UK bank to test electronic wristbands that use customers heartbeats to verify their identities in an effort to make online banking safer.
Earlier today, we told you how Natwest and RBS mobile apps will use TouchID but Windows Phone users haven't been left out as RBS and NatWest rolled out updates for their official apps on Windows Phone, bringing both offerings up to version 3.4.
Although nearly half of UK consumers (43%) use a smartphone banking app, and more than a third (34%) are using an app at least one a week, new research shows that, of the generation of mobile apps currently available from five leading UK banks, there is considerable room for improvement.
Google has rolled out Gmail support for Google Wallet in the UK. From today, account holders in the U.K. can start sending money "quickly and securely" to one another via Gmail without any charges, even if the receiver doesn't have a Gmail address.
Capital One has acquired San Francisco-based money management app, Level Money, the companies announced this morning.
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