East & Partners
(6 June 2018 – China) Ten Chinese banks have signed on to SWIFT’s global payment initiative (gpi), including three of...
(5 June 2018 – UK) Citibank has become the first corporate bank to join the UK’s Open Banking framework to...
(31 May 2018 – China) Chinese lenders handled $11.1t in mobile payments in the first quarter, as the country accelerates...
(25 May 2018 – Japan) MUFG is partnering with US cloud software company Akamai to develop a blockchain service with...
(16 May 2018 – Asia) Mitsubishi Corporation, MUFG Bank, Bank of Ayudhya and Standard Chartered have jointly launched a cross-border...
(2 May 2018 – Singapore) Standard Chartered is set to extend its cross-border payments network across the Ripple system over...
(26 April 2018 – UK) PayPal has partnered with Barclays to reduce digital payments friction for UK and US customers....
(19 April 2018 – Japan) JCB Co., is set to conduct a pilot trial in Japan of its contactless payment...
(18 April 2018 – UK) Transferwise has become the first non-bank payment service provider (PSP) to join a UK payment...
(12 April 2018 – Europe) Santander has launched a cross-border payments system using blockchain technology, becoming the first international bank...
