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Common Scam Tactics: Fake Emails, Websites and Other Communications
Here at Clear Junction, we take the safety and security of all of our clients extremely seriously. However, despite our best efforts, scammers and fraudsters around the world still regularly attempt to communicate with our clients, partners and members of the general...
Money20/20 Europe 2022 Event
The Clear Junction team recently travelled to Amsterdam to attend the Money20/20 Europe 2022 event. It is difficult to overstate just how much we all enjoyed it and the ability to connect with people via the app and schedule meetings made the few days extremely...
The 2022 Digital Currencies 360 Event
The Clear Junction team recently attended The Payments Association’s Digital Currencies 360 event that took place at the Business Design Centre in London on 22 March 2022. By all accounts the event was a huge success and testament to the recent evolution of digital...
The History of Cryptocurrency
In a little over a decade, we have gone from the creation of the first decentralised cryptocurrency to a market that is now worth more than $3 trillion. So, how did we get here? In this blog, we try to answer that very question by tracing the history of...
The History of Paper Money
With the world increasingly moving to cashless and contactless payments, the use of paper money is dwindling fast. But how many of us have thought about how the use of paper money came into being in the first place? Here, we take a look at the history of paper money -...
Overcoming the challenges you’ll face as an acquirer
Clear Junction has developed a range of banking and payments solutions to help acquirers overcome many of the challenges they face. As acquirers operate within a typically neglected sector, the experience, understanding and expertise our team brings helps them receive...
What are CHAPS payments?
The Clearing House Automated Payment System (CHAPS) is one composed of more than 30 direct participants and over 5000 financial institutions. Here, we take a look at the history of CHAPS, who it is designed for and the benefits of one of the most popular high-value...
Digital currency fraud prevention tips
Cryptocurrency trading and investments have become increasingly popular in recent years. With first time investors and crypto enthusiasts lured in by the soaring value of bitcoin, financial institutions are becoming increasingly aware of a rise in fraud victims among...
What is Faster Payments? A Complete Guide
The Faster Payments Service (FPS) is an extremely popular method of making fast, effective and reliable payments in the UK. As the name suggests, payments made through FPS are much quicker than other methods, particularly if both the sending and receiving bank are...