With the world’s largest public transport gathering, Transport Ticketing Global, over for another year and our feet firmly in 2019, it seems apt to reflect on the changing global vision set at this year’s event for the future of public transport. Or perhaps more accurately, its evolution into the world of mobility services. 

Nearly one in five institutional investors (19%) anticipates that digital assets will be regularly traded and invested in by 2021, according to findings from the Global Blockchain Business Council - the leading association for the blockchain ecosystem.  

A further 28% believe this will happen in four or five years’ time, and 21% anticipate it happening between six and ten years’ time.

Mphasis (BSE: 526299; NSE: MPHASIS), an Information Technology (IT) solutions provider specializing in cloud and cognitive services, today announced the appointment of Andres Ricaurte as Senior Vice President and Global Head of Payments.

The SME market, for the majority of banks, is becoming a key target sector. In the UK, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), small businesses accounted for 99.3% of all private sector businesses at the start of 2017 and 99.9% were small or medium-sized (SMEs), while the combined annual turnover of SMEs was £1.9 trillion, 51% of all private sector turnover in the UK. SMEs act as a crucible of innovative new ideas and a cradle of entrepreneurship.

We are pleased to share with you the exciting news that football fans are now able to pay for their UEFA match tickets via Alipay on UEFA.com, the official website of the governing body of football in Europe. 

Maistro Plc, the AI-powered procurement marketplace for services, today announces the appointment of Neale Pritchard as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO).

Building on Maistro’s success of 2018, Neale will roll out the commercial strategy across sales and marketing to amplify Maistro’s position as a modern procurement technology provider. 

According to the World Payments Report, compiled by Capgemini and BNP Paribas, the global volumes of non-cash transaction volumes grew by 10.1%, reaching 482.6 billion between 2015 and 2016. In addition, McKinsey’s recent Global Payments 2018 report highlighted an 11% growth generated by payments, which topped $1.9 trillion in global revenue. 

Research conducted by digital cross-border payment provider InstaReM reveals that 44% of UK migrants are now sending less money ‘home’ as a result of Brexit chaos and a drop in value of sterling. This announcement comes after InstaReM took to the streets to speak with migrants in the UK about Brexit and the impact it’s having on their finances.

Today Instantor, the 3rd. fastest growing Swedish FinTech who makes tough calls easy within credit risk management presents “Credit Risk Management 2019 - How Do You Stack Up?”, a report based on a survey conducted by Instantor across Europe among top executives within leading financial organisations. The report reveals that two-thirds of these players are well underway to implementing machine learning (ML) and the majority benefits from its implementation within credit risk management.

Monobank, a cloud-based bank focused on consumer finance in the Nordics, showcased its new white label credit card app Mono Pay for Europe's finance and fintech industry in London.