Bank of Canada: Digital currencies raise stability questions
Financial stability is a key talking point within central banks as they discuss the possibility of launching digital currencies. “The one thing ... read more
Debit cards leading contactless revolution
The volume of payments by contactless debit cards hit their highest-ever levels in August, accounting for 62 percent of all settlements by ... read more
2020 hailed “year of contactless” by payments study
By Richard Young The coronavirus crisis has caused a surge in mobile and contactless payments, driving consumers to make fewer but larger ... read more
Finance more evolution than revolutionary change
New technologies have burst onto the scene but may take years to mature Over the past few years, new entrances to financial ... read more
Competition grows over US real-time payments
By Richard Young As the Federal Reserve progresses with plans to launch real-time payments (RTP) system FedNow, its main competitor in the ... read more
People’s Bank of China deputy governor: Digital, not crypto currency
Central banks should develop ‘an alliance’ of digital currencies with common standards, according to Fan Yi Fei, deputy governor at the People’s ... read more
SunTec CEO: Bank branches need to become Apple stores
The bank branch of the future must become an experience centre like Apple stores, according to SunTec CEO Nanda Kumar. In August, ... read more
Mastercard VP: Removal of cross-border frictions will improve forecasting
In its latest report, the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) identified key frictions to cross-border payments – including funding costs, ... read more
Open Banking: Going from regulatory mandate to global scale
Building the infrastructure to make open banking possible Open banking means different things to different people, but one thing is sure: it ... read more
Pandemic boosts P2P platform use
By Shari Krikorian, senior vice president, Mastercard
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Fintech boom or bust? Communications concerns for challenger companies
By Amy Boekstein, account manager, Instinctif Partners The ongoing pandemic continues to fundamentally alter all aspects of the economy and society. When ... read more
VDI comes of age in the age of uncertainty
By Sammy Zoghlami, SVP EMEA, Nutanix These strange times call for innovative approaches to productivity. Desktop virtualisation isn’t new, but it’s the ... read more
Redefining remittances: Fintechs during coronavirus
By Daumantas Dvilinskas, CEO and co-founder, TransferGo According to new projections by the World Bank, remittances are set to decline by as ... read more
Payments sector divided over SCA deadline
The European payments industry is at odds over whether the December launch of secure customer authentication (SCA) should be maintained. “Pushing back ... read more
Coronavirus to motivate open banking adoption
The move towards open banking, or the adoption of common application programming interfaces (APIs), may see greater acceleration as a result of ... read more
How payment firms can ensure their websites remain regulatory compliant
By David Clee, CEO and co-founder, MirrorWeb As I write this, the world is of course not only dealing with the health ... read more
Time to embrace digital payments
By Ashwin Shenoy, VP sales, CEMEA, PayMate As you start reading this piece, you are probably thinking ‘what’s a payment article doing ... read more
Banking system at risk amid CBDC bolstering
Bank systems risk impairment as coronavirus spurs plans to experiment with central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), says Gregory Klumov, CEO of STASIS, ... read more
