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Our researches and analysis on Payments

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Credit card payment loses ground in more markets

Credit card issuance and usage wane as digital and mobile payments increase in popularity.

     
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Relooking the transaction banking value proposition

The combination of slowing global economic growth, record low interest rates, increasing costs of regulatory compliance, and pace of financial disruption that demands greater investments is making many transaction banks relook their business…

     
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Singles' Day breaks sales record but shows its weakest growth yet

Alibaba's Singles' Day has surpassed global records for e-commerce sales, taking a total of $17.8 billion this year. However, there are concerns whether the one-day event held every 11th November can sustain its large growth in the coming…

     
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Singapore’s fintech journey – where we are, what is next

Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, talks about the general principles guiding the regulator towards the creation of a Smart Financial Centre during the Singapore Fintech Festival - Fintech Conference 2016

     
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Non-bank players vie for customers in the digital payments arena

Increasing adoption of digital payments has resulted in stiff competition within the industry. Non-bank payment players have become more aggressive, aiming to grow into full scale financial service providers.

     
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Building a comprehensive cyber security framework for the digital era

As the financial services industry embraces digital transformation, it faces new cyber security challenges that require banks to adopt a holistic cyber security framework.

     
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Real-time retail payments and ISO 20022 – two sides of the same coin

The advent of new technologies is driving rapid upgrading of national payment systems around the world that are enabled with rich data and real-time capabilities.

     
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Can the digital payment wave weaken Mastercard's empire?

The incumbent outlines its response to an increasingly fragmenting payments landscape offering to support old and new customers alike by helping them de-risk major technology investments with the provision of a gateway service.