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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
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Sam Kohli CEO and Founder at Paynt
For many of us, biometric security, which is the use of unique personal characteristics such as fingerprints or facial recognition, has become second nature. Indeed, these technologies are quickly becoming more integrated into everyday activities, from unlocking smartphones to authorising mobile payments. And what's not to like? It’s quick, effici...
14 October 2025 /security /payments
Teymour Farman-Farmaian CEO at Higlobe
The global economy seeks well-managed currencies for international commerce. The U.S. dollar has long dominated, but rising concerns about U.S. fiscal discipline have created demand for an alternative. At the same time, no one wants to hold China’s renminbi. This opens the door for euro stablecoins to shine. Europe has earned the world’s trust due ...
09 October 2025 /payments /crypto
John Bertrand MD at Tec 8 Limited
A stablecoin for currency is a token that can be used alongside the parent currency reflecting the market price at that instant. The historic volatility is known, and the price can be verified publicly. Earlier attempts to use crypto currencies fell afoul of Herstatt Risk . The fait currency had not left the sender’s bank before the amount transf...
29 June 2025 /payments /crypto
Arnaud Crouzet Vice President, Business Consulting at Consult Hyperion
On June 5, 2013, a major step was taken towards the harmonization of card payments in Europe. I had the privilege of executing the very first live transaction based on the protocols and standards that would become nexo standards, in an Auchan store in Faches-Thumesnil, France, for a symbolic amount of €1. This pioneering moment, realized in partner...
18 June 2025 /payments /markets
Pratiksha Pathak Head of Payments Services at RedCompass Labs
When was the last time you paid with cash? If you’re in London, you might struggle to remember. But in parts of Europe, cash is still king—at least for now. Just before Christmas, I was delighted to unwrap an early gift from an unlikely source: the European Central Bank. They had just released a fascinating study about how Europeans pay for things...
27 February 2025 /payments /people
Katherine Maslova CBDO and Founding Member at Bourgeois Bohème
The financial world stands on the verge of a historic transformation. Over the next two decades, Baby Boomers will transfer an estimated $84 trillion to Millennials and Gen Zers, in what is labeled as one of the greatest shifts in economic power of our time. For financial institutions, this represents both a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and ...
06 January 2025 /payments /wealth
The Financial Times last week reported strong industry resistance to the incoming mandatory reimbursement to bank fraud caused by authorised push payment (APP) fraud. This is understandable as banks since 2015 have not refunded 50% of the reported amounts scammed and now are mandated to refunding 100% of the customers money. A serious recurring an...
19 August 2024 /payments /regulation
Robert Kerrigan Chief Operating Officer at TrueLayer
In March 2024, there were 16 million account-to-account (A2A) payments made in the UK, powered by open banking. If the future of payments is A2A, then the future is here now. Adoption is accelerating dramatically as businesses embrace this new and cost-effective way to accept consumer payments without the complex intermediary layers associated wi...
11 June 2024 /payments /regulation
Ross Kolodyazhnyi CEO at DCM
If you seek the trigger to lead the next leg of the crypto "bullish" market, it won't be Ethereum ETF approval or Bitcoin halving. It will be driven by real-world assets. RWA tokenization, without exaggeration, can be called the hottest corner of the digital asset industry. The quarterly report of our partner, Stellar Development Foundati...
09 May 2024 /payments /crypto
Answering the question “what is the next big thing” well it is Global Instant Payments. The importance of this is ‘Elon Musk’s X now has a Money Transmitter License in 25 US States and the goal is a self-contained financial ecosystem within the X platform. Musk was behind PayPal ranked second in a report of 10 Best Online Payment 2024. While more...
01 May 2024 /payments /retail
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