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With an increase in regulations and growing involvement from multiple players, the world of payments is undergoing a disruption across the region
We are on the threshold of massive financial changes, and I'm not talking about the distant future but about something happening now. In 2023, real world asset tokenization again emerged on the radars...
The introduction of stablecoins has highlighted a decades-old problem: despite all the tech innovations and dynamics, the payment sector remains slow, unfair, and opaque. They pointed up the need to f...
Earlier this month, members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted to adopt a new set of rules that will ensure transferred funds arrive immediately in the bank accounts of retail customers and busi...
Supercharged by new payment technology and shifting digital behaviours amidst the pandemic lockdowns, the European e-commerce industry is now expected to hit nearly $900 billion by 2027. For any merch...
Something has to be done to reduce the gargantuan amount of time it takes European consumers on average to get through checkout on an eCommerce website. That was our main takeaway from the PhocusWrigh...
International money transfers are rapidly developing, and every year brings new challenges to the industry. What are the 2023 cross-border remittance trends? Embedded finance Obviously, analytics and...
The Nordic countries and past vikings, are virtually cashless societies in 2023. There's no need to bring cash to come visit. The Nordics (i.e., Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and...
Innovation in payments has long dominated the fintech industry. However, when it comes to clearing houses and large payment infrastructures, progress has been slow. Facilitating instant payments at sc...
Over the last three months, The House of Lords, European Commission and the Payment System Regulator (PSR) published detailed reports and proposals on how to prevent instant payment fraud. It is not e...
There is a very good expression: “Money never sleeps”. Definitely, money is on a constant move, so are our lives. Moreover, the Covid-19 pandemic has turned us into digital beings with an intense need...
Digital is completely transforming the way people work across the globe and allowing people to become more interconnected. Machine automation takes away the stresses attached to manual labour and boos...
CRYPTO to CBDC - Payments have gone through significant innovation in recent history. Each time innovation has improved the convenience, speed, and security of money. Let’s review these money mileston...