Performance is set to become the next big battleground within the payments industry, as businesses in all sectors look to enhance customer experience and increase margins in response to market disruption and increased competition.

Research from emerchantpay reveals that as many as 85% of payments leaders predict that a greater focus on payments performance (including tools, analytics, skills and investment) over the next two years will increase their organisation’s revenues by between 1% and 10%.

The deadline hanging over Europe is finally here. No, not Brexit, but PSD2’s September 14 mandate for the implementation of SCA (or, to those unfamiliar, Strong Customer Authentication). The European law and its implementation by banks has stirred a lot of discussion across the continent – especially in the UK.

Already leaders in the open banking game, its unsurprising that the British banking world has raced ahead in implementing – and commenting on – enhancements to their authentication methods.

Wait, what is SCA?

Following a competitive selection process, Caisse des Dépôts (CDC), a long-term public investor addressing the general interests and economic development of French territories, has chosen Murex’s MX.3 platform to support its asset management activities from front to back office.

Group CFO and Head of Group Finance and Treasury Christopher Rees has decided to relocate back to the UK with his family to pursue new opportunities and will leave Nordea in 2020. A search for a successor has been initiated. Christopher Rees will continue in his role and as a member of Group Executive Management until a successor has been appointed and responsibilities orderly transferred.

GoCardless, the leading global fintech for recurring payments, will today launch a new solution on its platform supporting debit payments on the ACH (Automated Clearing House) network.

According to research conducted by PCI Pal®, the secure payments provider to contact centres, 44% of Americans, 38% of Brits, 33% of Australians, and 37% of Canadians have been the victim of a data breach.

IHS Marki, a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced that its client onboarding, entity data management and know your customer (KYC) services achieved the highest, “Best in Class” ranking in a new report on client lifecycle management by Aite Group.

Pico, a leading provider of technology services for the financial markets community globally, today announced the appointment of Francis J. Troise to its Board of Directors supporting the firm’s growth and innovation trajectory. 

Neato Robotics today announced it has appointed Thomas Nedder as global Chief Executive Officer.  Nedder brings with him over 25 years of experience in multi-million dollar tech-based international businesses, most recently serving as Head of Sony Electronics, Germany. With a solid history of realising aggressive growth objectives in highly competitive markets, Nedder will utilise his leadership, sales and marketing background to continue elevating Neato products among a rapidly growing vertical.  

FICO, a leading analytics software firm and provider of financial crime compliance solutions, today announced a partnership with Arachnys, a leader in risk investigation solutions for client onboarding, Know Your Customer (KYC), customer due diligence & enhanced due diligence (CDD/EDD), and anti-money laundering (AML).