243 Results from 2020, /payments
Roberto Garavaglia Independent Advisor at Innovative Payments & blockchain Strategic Advisor
Since the stroke of midnight on 31 January 2020, United Kingdom 'is out', to use the same wording we have seen appearing in London's squares, to mark the country's exit from the European Union. Beyond an all too lively and often vague narration of the economic consequences that such a step, now taken, could have on the old continent (and not only)...
16 February 2020 /payments Financial Services Regulation
Riaz Mohammed CTO at DiffusionData
Payments are taking a backseat and becoming more and more invisible, leaving us more time to ensure value and enjoy the purchase. Innovation in payments is progressing to the next level, from fast or contactless payments to invisible payments and to allow for multimodal transactions. We already have such offerings in the market, for example, th
07 February 2020 /payments /retail Bigger than Technology
Jeremy Light Co-founder at Fourdotzero
(560 words 2 min 30s read) In November 2019 I blogged about how programmable value is the future of financial services. However, it is evident from reactions I have had that the concept and implications of programmable value can be difficult to grasp. A clearer explanation is needed, so here goes. Digital money is widespread in mobile and online ba...
04 February 2020 /payments Blockchain Observations
Paul Marcantonio Head of UK/Western Europe at Ecommpay
The cashless revolution is here, and it’s happening all over the globe: from Malaysian village market stalls to the London high street. There can be no revolution without controversy, of course. Dominating conversations of financial innovation is the question of financial inclusion. In other words, will going cashless exclude the most vulnerable me...
28 January 2020 /payments Financial Inclusion
Retired Member
Last week, the CMA released a report on the status of open banking after 2 years in place in the UK. This blog will reflect and challenge the comments from the blog “Open Banking year two: Insights from the CMA9” and what the various banks perceive as progress. To set the tone, none of us who were part of the original team under the first trustee a...
24 January 2020 /payments Open Banking
Bernd Richter SVP - FIS Impact Ventures at FIS
Banks are increasingly outsourcing their core payments platform technology and operations. What seemed in past years far fetched even to consider has become a viable option. Is Payments as a Service (PaaS) on the brink of becoming the new normal for banks as technology-focused payments service providers are winning more and larger in scope mandate...
19 January 2020 /payments /cloud Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever
A bit more than 3 months ago, I submitted the blog "PSD2 - 10 questions I would like to see a clear answer on" (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/psd2-10-questions-i-would-like-see-clear-answer-joris-lochy/), raising 10 questions around PSD2, on which I was searching an answer on. Via different channels, I got requests of many people, that ...
16 January 2020 /payments SEPA and European Payments
Sachin Goel Director, Global Marketing (Strategic Insights) at CGI
In last three years, Sibos has been to three different continents with three different time zones. From Toronto to Sydney and now in London, the event is more popular than ever with record number of participants in 2019. And you may ask why, what is so special about Sibos? While a banking conference should focus only on banking, but Sibos is much ...
15 January 2020 /payments /sibos Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
The appearance of open banking created an immediate concern within the banks as they would now have to share customer data, competition from challenger banks, etc. Even though it is a well-known statement these days that “innovation will come with or without the banks” most banks (if not all) are still thinking that innovation will not affect them...
14 January 2020 /payments Open Banking
Chris Holmes Senior Vice President at KAE Consulting
In the not-so-distant future, payments are expected to become more or less invisible as our financial processes become more sophisticated and frictionless. Invisible payments take physical payment methods such as cash, debit and credit cards, and wearables completely out of the equation – creating a convenient and speedy experience. We have alread...
13 January 2020 /payments The Payments Business
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