Stocard selects Moorwand’s issuing services for European expansion of Stocard Pay

Moorwand has announced that it has been selected by German fintech Stocard for issuing and BIN sponsorship services in the UK, France, Germany, Netherlands and Italy.

Luc Gueriane, Moorwand CCO

Moorwand, which aims to transform compliance into an enabler of innovation, today announced that it has been selected by German fintech Stocard for issuing and BIN sponsorship services in the UK, France, Germany, Netherlands and Italy.  Stocard allows consumers to manage all loyalty cards, coupons and offers from their favorite brands in one app and save money with […]

Open banking has struggled to take off in the UK, but could this change?

Despite growing numbers, Open banking has so far struggled to take off in the UK, but this could all change as investment and collaboration grows, it is discussed more and a longer-term view is taken for usage

Luc Gueriane, Moorwand CCO

It’s been nearly three years since the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) came into force in the UK. Back in September, the country hit two million open banking users among the big nine high street banks, increasing from one million in January. Of the 66.65 million people living in the UK, at least 3% now […]

Why fintech firms must avoid becoming a jack of all trades and master of none

The fintech industry was driven by the financial crisis of 2008 with a view to changing financial services, but have some fintech firms lost sight of their individuality in an attempt to please too many customers?

Luc Gueriane, Moorwand CCO

The fintech industry was driven by the financial crisis of 2008 with a view to changing financial services through new technologies and business models. Billions of dollars of VC money has been channelled into ‘challengers’ seeking to deliver better, more digital services, at competitive price points that gain mass consumer adoption. The pandemic and accelerated […]

How can fintechs build more trust with users after COVID-19?

As some customers have chosen to move back to familiar, ‘trusted’ financial brands during COVID-19, how can relatively new faces in the market keep and boost their credibility after a year like 2020?

Luc Gueriane, Moorwand CCO

It’s been a trying time for fintechs and incumbents alike during the COVID-19 pandemic. Both sets of players have tried to fight off its economic reverberations, though not always successfully. This month, German challenger N26 became the first banking service in Ireland to charge negative interest rates on large savings. And there’s talk, following the […]

How is open banking progressing in the UK?

Open Banking was meant to revolutionise the UK banking sector, but it seems a complete transformation of the industry has yet to materialise. Luc Gueriane, Moorwand CCO, speaks to Raconteur about his views.

Luc Gueriane, Moorwand CCO

Moorwand partners with TradeCore to ignite fintech innovation across Europe

Moorwand and Tradecore come together to accelerate new and innovative fintech use-cases to market across Europe

Luc Gueriane, Moorwand CCO

We’ve recently partnered with fast growing fintech firm, TradeCore, to provide issuing services for its one-stop shop fintech platform, with a view to accelerating new and innovative fintech use-cases to market across Europe. Many of TradeCore’s customers need to launch innovative, digital wallet and card programmes. By partnering with Moorwand  TradeCore can provide best of […]

DeVere Group taps Moorwand to issue its multi-currency card Vault

Moorwand has today announced that it has been selected by deVere Group to provide issuing services and BIN Sponsorship for Vault, its multi-currency Mastercard, across 14 different European markets.

Luc Gueriane, Moorwand CCO

Moorwand, a BIN sponsor and issuer that transforms compliance into an enabler of innovation, today announced that it has been selected by deVere Group to provide issuing services and BIN Sponsorship for Vault, its multi-currency Mastercard, across 14 different European markets. deVere Vault, one of the digital banking products offered by the deVere Group, is […]

The seven payments trends to pay attention to post-Coronavirus

Moorwand asks the question: what should payments firms’ post-coronavirus priority list look like? We put together some of the key trends in the industry to get firms thinking.

Luc Gueriane, Moorwand CCO

During Covid-19, payments giants like Stripe ($36 billion) and Square ($55 billion) have watched their valuations soar to dizzying heights. Smaller payments start-ups like Checkout.com, which almost tripled its valuation to $5.5 billion in June, have experienced burgeoning growth too, riding the wave of a lockdown-induced e-commerce boom.  Whilst global payment revenues are set to […]

How COVID is turning the UK cashless

Luc Gueriane writes about how moving closer to a cashless society is a good thing for the public and fintechs, and how many programmes (with digital banking) are helping to make banking more financially inclusive.

Luc Gueriane, Moorwand CCO

The UK has slowly been moving away from using cash over the last decade. London is also the fintech capital of the world, so it’s not surprising that more and more people are exposed to and becoming comfortable with digital payments. From contactless cards to contactless payment rings, even before the global pandemic having cash […]