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www.electronicpaymentsinternational.com Issue 377 / novemBER 2018 WORLD LEADER TRANSFERWISE’S LOW-COST MODEL SCORES A TRANSFER MARKET HIT COUNTRY SURVEYS INSIGHT ANALYSIS Analysis and key payment The ‘good guys’ need to The EWPN’s Miranda market data for Croatia, innovate at the same pace McLean on gender diversity Thailand and New Zealand as the fraudsters in financial services EPI November new 2018 377.indd 1 29/11/2018 16:26:48 contents this month COVER STORY NEWS 10 05 / EDITOR’S LETTER 06 / DIGEST • Google Pay launched for New Zealand online merchants • Visa takes minority stake in payments firm Billdesk • SmartPesa unveils softPOS in South East Asia • Swiss banks probed over alleged Apple and Samsung Pay boycott • Westpay payment terminals introduced on Android • CYBG, Worldpay sign payments partnership • Mastercard opens payments tech hub in Australia • Amazon pumps $30m into payments arm in India • Grab and KBank partner in Thailand • Starling Bank partners with Post TRANSFERWISE Office • TransferWise secures £65m investment Editor: Group Editorial Director: Director of Events: Douglas Blakey Ana Gyorkos Ray Giddings • MoneyGram fined $125m for AML +44 (0)20 7406 6523 +44 (0)20 7406 6707 +44 (0)20 3096 2585 lapses [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Senior Reporter: Sub-editor: Head of Subscriptions: Patrick Brusnahan Nick Midgley Alex Aubrey +44 (0)20 7406 6526 +44 (0)161 359 5829 +44 (0)20 3096 2603 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Junior Reporter: Publishing Assistant: Sales Executive: Briony Richter Mishelle Thurai Jamie Baker +44 (0)20 7406 6701 +44 (0)20 7406 8633 +44 203 096 2622 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Customer Services: +44 (0)20 3096 2603 or +44 (0)20 3096 2636, [email protected] Financial News Publishing, 2012. 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However, card payments are set to increase in popularity in coming years 21 / NEW ZEALAND According to a February 2016 Mastercard survey, New Zealand has the lowest cash use among the OECD countries, and around half of survey participants expected cash payments FEATURE RESEARCH to cease in the following 10 years 10 / TRANSFERWISE 13 / REAL-TIME PAYMENTS 14 Digital remittance firm TransferWise is not With banks pushing to transform the user just a fintech unicorn: it believes it has now experience, customers have more choices than proved that its business model is profitable. ever. Andrew Hewitt, director of payment and Robin Arnfield talks to bank partnerships data solutions at FIS, discusses the new era for technical lead James Ferretti the banking sector with Briony Richter ANALYSIS 16 / FRAUD Cyberfraud and malware attacks are 12 / GENDER DIVERSITY decreasing, but is this just the eye of the The EWPN is a dynamic network for women storm? With heavy shopping periods left in from all EU and EEA member states working the year, cybercriminals are ready to strike in financial services. Executive board member again. Patrick Brusnahan reports Miranda McLean speaks to Briony Richter about diversity in the financial sector TECHNOLOGY 14 / TEMENOS 12 Technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning are having a significant and positive impact on payments. Briony Richter speaks to Prema Varadhan, chief architect at Temenos, about its AI Centre of Excellence SECURITY INDUSTRY INSIGHT 15 / COMPUTOP 22 / RISK IDENT The financial sector may be moving rapidly Fighting fraud is a fast-paced business. The with multiple emerging technologies, but ‘good guys’ need to innovate at the same rate the payments system is being exploited every and, importantly, increase the agility and day. 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