Retailers Must Prioritise SCA Compliance Or Miss Out On Sales, Warns Barclaycard

Failing to comply with the new Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) rules, regarded as the biggest change to payments regulation since the roll out of Chip & Pin in 2006, is hitting retailers hard. Data from Barclaycard Payments shows 664,000 online transactions worth £130million in the UK were declined during the month since SCA became mandatory. […]

Australia-Singapore FinTech Bridge Agreement Deepens Fintech Collaboration

The Australia Treasury and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have signed an Australia-Singapore FinTech Bridge Agreement to strengthen cooperation between the fintech ecosystems of both countries.  The Australian fintech industry is estimated to grow from an AU$250million industry in 2015 to an AU$4billion industry by 2021. Meanwhile, the Singapore fintech ecosystem is now home […]

The Elusive Politics of Elon Musk

The billionaire in pursuit of Twitter has often been described as a libertarian, but he has not shrunk from government help when it has been good for business.Read More