British consumers continue to invest in experiences over material goods, as new data shows sentimental spending has increased by 11% since 2015, with the number of transactions up by 23% during the Valentine’s Day period.

The annual “Mastercard Love Index”, which analyses credit, debit and prepaid transactions during the Valentine’s period, reveals that dining out represents 25% share of spend in the UK, and 60% share of transactions in 2017.

Leading automated travel and entertainment expense management software provider, Certify, today announced the formation of a new integration collaboration with Western Union. 

Payroc, LLC, a leading merchant services and payment organization, is pleased to announce that it has acquired Integrity Payment Systems, LLC, a full-service processor and acquirer. 

With operations in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Peru, EBANX has now expanded into Ecuador. The fintech that processes Latin American local payments has integrated with cash payment methods in the country and real-time online bank transfers with the nation's most popular banking institutions, connecting international ecommerce merchants of all sizes to Ecuadorian customers.

Openlink, the global leader in trading, treasury and risk management solutions for energy, commodities and financial services organizations, has earned the 2017 Treasury Management International (TMI) Award for Innovation & Excellence.  This year’s award recognizes Openlink for “Best Risk Management Solution” in the Technology Innovation category.

The Bank of England should be cautious about raising interest rates by too much in a short space of time. There’s a high probability that any rises could simply be a way to take advantage of the opportunity, whilst it exists, to hike up interest rates ahead of Brexit in case there is a need to then drop them again.

This article was written by Dr. Richard Peterson, CEO of MarketPsych, and plenary speaker at the upcoming conference in India: “AI, Machine Learning and Sentiment Analysis Applied to (i) Financial Markets (ii) Retail and Consumer Markets”.

RBR and the European Association for Secure Transactions (EAST) are pleased to announce they will be co-locating key security events at the Park Plaza Victoria hotel in London, on 9^th and 10^th October 2018. 

RBR’s ATM & Cyber Security 2018 conference has established itself over the past decade as the world’s leading conference focused on physical and logical ATM security. The 2017 event attracted 400 delegates representing 150 organisations from over 40 countries.

The Nordic payment markets are among the most advanced and well-functioning in the world delivering first-class services to individuals and corporates across the region. At the same time, and despite close ties between the countries, the current payment infrastructures are highly fragmented along national borders. A harmonization of the domestic infrastructures and the products offered would ease cross-border payments and foster further trade between the Nordic countries, stimulating growth and employment.