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Global Instant Payments - the next big thing

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 The future of Payments in Europe

Future of Payment Review – who will pay?

Future of Payment review published in 2023 on behalf of the UK Government, reflected the complexity of the current environment in the UK for instant payment. The review is clear that the UK needs to move to the next generation of instant payment with timely and accurate information. However, who will pay for that move? The Future of Payment Review...

26 April 2024 /payments /regulation Digital Bank Transformation

Future of Payment Review – six-months on – APP Fraud

Joe Garner’s Future of Payment review published in 2023 on behalf of the UK Government reflected the complexity of the current instant payment UK environment. The situation has allowed the UK’s early leadership in global instant payments to decline. The UK is starting to fall behind in terms of person-to-person payments made by bank account transf...

18 April 2024 /payments /crime Operational Risk Management

Future of Payment Review: six-months on – Digital Payment Infrastructure

Joe Garner’s Future of Payment review published in 2023 on behalf of the UK Government reflected the complexity of the current instant payment UK environment. The situation has allowed the UK’s early leadership in global instant payments to decline. The UK is starting to fall behind in terms of person-to-person payments made by bank account transf...

17 April 2024 /payments /regulation Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

Future of Payment Review UK – six months on

Joe Garner’s Future of Payment review published in 2023 on behalf of the UK Government reflected the complexity of the current instant payment UK environment. The situation has allowed the UK’s early leadership in global instant payments to decline. The UK is starting to fall behind in terms of person-to-person payments made by bank account transf...

10 April 2024 /payments /regulation Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

By delaying instant payments, if suspicious, be effective?

At UK first Global Fraud Summit, HM Treasury plans to introduce legislation, only to apply to suspicious Authorised Push Payments executed within the UK in sterling. The proposed statutory instrument amends the Payment Services Regulations 2017 and allows PSPs to delay the execution of an outbound payment transaction by up to four business days fr...

15 March 2024 /payments /regulation Innovation in Financial Services

EU mandatory regulation is on the money

EU mandatory regulations for instant credit transfers within the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) are right on the money. The key requirement is verification of payee. Today this is absent in the UK, apart from ten mandated banks plus a few more. IBAN (International Bank Account number) is being supplemented to identify the actual owner of the ac...

21 February 2024 /payments /regulation Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

Will HSBC become the Google of Forex?

Brilliant start to the year with HSBC head of wealth announcing a new Foreign Exchange (Forex) app to take on Wise (1). The app is for existing and new customers wanting to make foreign exchange transactions instantly. This activity fully supports the 695th Lord Mayor of London Lecture on “Harnessing Entrepreneurship to Build a World-Class Economy...

05 January 2024 /payments /markets Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

Reimbursement of APP Scams: Boost for consumers/SMEs

The Payment Systems Regulator issued Specific Requirement 1 on the Faster Payments Scheme Operator (Pay.UK) to insert APP scam reimbursement into Faster Payments. The timetable as follows: Action Financial Service & Market Act 2023 (FSMA) - places statutory on PSR for APP scam payments over Faster Payments by 29-Feb-24 Faster Payments Scheme Op...

21 December 2023 /payments /regulation Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

UK Finance Annual Mortgage Dinner and The New Mortgage Charter

An exhilarating evening was held with the members of the mortgage industry on 12 December with people dressed in black tie. The mood was set by the Director of Mortgages for UK Finance and further extended by the chair of akt Charity by providing safe homes for UK LGBTQ young people. Positivity for 2024 was palpable. The Director opened with givin...

17 December 2023 /regulation /retail Digital Banking, Mortgages and Savings

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Global Instant Payments - the next big thing

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Future of Payment Review – six-months on – APP Fraud

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Future of Payment Review UK – six months on

By delaying instant payments, if suspicious, be effective?

EU mandatory regulation is on the money

Will HSBC become the Google of Forex?

Reimbursement of APP Scams: Boost for consumers/SMEs

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