Today Visa Inc., announced that Visa Checkout, the easier way to use a Visa card online, is sustaining tremendous growth, reaching more than 20 million enrolled accounts. Visa Checkout enables millions of consumers to pay in just a few clicks on any device around the web with some of the world’s top merchants.

Standard Chartered Private Banking has introduced ADVICE, a digital wealth advisory tool for its relationship managers (RMs) that integrates the Private Bank’s entire suite of house views and investment recommendations with Thomson Reuters’ real-time market information.

World First, the international FinTech payments and currency experts, today announces the launch of its award-winning service in India as the business accelerates its international growth strategy with the aim of helping to facilitate cross-border trade to and from the country.

The City of London Corporation has today announced a deal that will deliver a free, public access WiFi network, offering internet access anywhere within the Square Mile.

The multi million pound project is one of the largest investments in wireless infrastructure ever seen in London.

PwC yesterday released its report ‘Redrawing the lines: FinTech’s growing influence on Financial Services’ revealing that over 80% of incumbent banks believe business is at risk to innovators such as FinTech startups – prompting the need for a surge of internal innovation in the incumbents, as well as collaboration with the FinTech community.

VASCO® Data Security International, Inc. (VDSI), a global leader in digital solutions including identity, security and business productivity, today announced the appointment of Jeff Cole to the position of Chief Information Officer.

In a move to further expand its efforts towards displacing cash, spurring innovation and driving the growth of cashless payments in the region, Mastercard today announced that Mastercard cardholders from select banks in the UAE* will now be able use the Samsung Pay service to make payments in a quick and secure way.

Kofax^®, a leading provider of software to simplify and transform the First Mile™ of business, today announced the availability of ReadSoft Online^TM R9, a cloud-based capture and invoice processing solution.

A lot has been said about how challenger banks such as Monzo, Atom, Tandem, Zopa and Starling bank are wowing consumers and investors, and giving established banks a run for their money. However, whilst these challenger banks are building cult-like followerships once attributed to brands like Apple; it’s important to highlight some of the key challenges ahead:

I try to generally avoid making political commentary on the blog as it’s not appropriate. This is a blog about technology and finance, not the economy and politics.  Every now and again the two come together such as with Brexit and Donald Trump.  Equally sometimes they cannot be avoided as the politics impacts the financial world on regular occasion.  Just look at the regulatory changes since 2008 to see that change.