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Domenico Scaffidi

Domenico Scaffidi Payments Industry Expert -CEO & Founder at DS Payments Ltd

Behind the scenes of the Migration of the SEPA payment schemes to the 2019 version of ISO 20022 post

Let’s start saying veterans like me haven’t been surprised that much reading the EPC bulletin on SEPA Migration to the 2019 version of ISO 20022, announcing the decision to postpone the go live. People like me with grey hair can’t forget the time when SEPA went live, where for almost one week no one of us left our desk in the office, trying to fix...

/payments /regulation Financial Services Regulation

Domenico Scaffidi

Domenico Scaffidi Payments Industry Expert -CEO & Founder at DS Payments Ltd

ISO 20022 Migration: Why Banks Need To Move Fast

SWIFT’s decision to delay migration of cross-border payments to ISO 20022 by 12 months has important strategic implications for the industry. With multiple market infrastructures moving to ISO 20022 on different schedules, and varying approaches to co-existence, financial institutions will need to redouble their focus on modernising their infrastr...

/payments /wholesale Standards Forum

Domenico Scaffidi

Domenico Scaffidi Payments Industry Expert -CEO & Founder at DS Payments Ltd

SWIFT gpi: the build vs buy debate

As the world moves towards a more global way of doing business, banks and financial institutions need the capability to move money around efficiently, transparently and in a cost effective manner and in doing so, ensuring that liquidity doesn’t get locked away. Cross-border payments however have historically been the opposite of this - with single...

/payments SWIFT Matters

Domenico Scaffidi

Domenico Scaffidi Payments Industry Expert -CEO & Founder at DS Payments Ltd

What we heard at EBAday 2019

As one of the leading payments conferences in Europe, EBAday is a great forum to gauge industry sentiment on a number of challenges and opportunities taking place in the rapidly changing payments landscape. Through some very interesting conversations with clients and delegates, we were able to identify a few key themes from the event. These includ...

/payments Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030

Domenico Scaffidi

Domenico Scaffidi Payments Industry Expert -CEO & Founder at DS Payments Ltd

Liquidity fragmentation: enemy of global treasuries

There is a lot of change going on in the cash management industry. Payment modernization, increased regulation and market and consumer 24/7 expectations are seen as four catalysts causing a distinct structural shift. Dynamism and forecasting of cash management are key to staying ahead of these changes, and yet there is little appetite for risk wit...

/payments Treasury Management

Domenico Scaffidi

Domenico Scaffidi Payments Industry Expert -CEO & Founder at DS Payments Ltd

The Next Stage Real-Time Evolution is Here

Fragmentation resulting from multiple Pan European Immediate Payments schemes is a challenge but solutions exist We are facing a proliferation of Pan EU Instant Payment Services in Europe. Most industry players and experts are aware of the dangers of fragmentation and the reasons why this issue needs to be addressed. Even though the new schemes ...

/payments Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030

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