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(Due to my travels to various countries advising and speaking on open banking, I will be publishing a series of posts on this subject and how it is being embraced globally.) Background In 2016, I wa...
Since the first anniversary of Open Banking earlier this year, I – along with much of the fintech industry – have been questioning the progress of the new regulations, what more we can do to improve c...
The financial services industry is under continued pressure to create more convenient ways of paying for goods and services. This trend goes beyond common hype: it’s a culture shift from long-standing...
Industry-specific cryptocurrency is a relatively new trend in the crypto world, but it’s gaining popularity fast, and it looks like it might be a viable answer to a large number of problem currently f...
I was very disappointed to see in the recent UK Access to Cash Review the headlined assertion that “cash is expensive”. Even if the figure of £5 Billion quoted in the Review as being the annual cost o...
We're all familiar with QR codes by now. We’ve seen them printed nonchalantly on Car Magazine adverts, event tickets and glossy posters. Across Europe and the US, we recognise them as a way to access ...
Automated accounts payable solutions streamline processes, remove human error, cut down on costs, speed up invoice processing, and more. In part two of our series on automated payments, we break down ...
The payment services world is more competitive than ever. With numerous providers competing to serve thousands of businesses, things can get more than a little hectic as payments companies try to carv...
In the business world, every little advantage helps. One surefire way to improve efficiencies within your business is by switching to automated payments. What is payment automation? Payment automati...
Domestic Payment Interoperability – A Fading Prospect Cross-border interoperability of domestic real-time payments systems was a hot topic a few years ago, but seems to have gone off the boil – possib...
Losses totalling £354m arising from Authorised Push Payment (APP) scams were recorded in 2018. This staggering number of losses represents a total of 83,864 victims, the majority of which were on per...
The last decade has seen an explosion in mobile devices, and it’s changed the face of the eCommerce industry. Innovative mobile technologies are enabling shoppers to make digital purchases across the ...