20 Feb 26 @ 19:10

The UK’s payments watchdog has imposed a £3.78m penalty on Bank of Ireland UK after the lender failed to meet the regulatory deadline for implementing Confirmation of Payee (CoP), a... read more

11 Apr 24 @ 15:32

Yesterday we reported on the efficacy of the UKs Confirmation of Payee (CoP) program reaching 2 billion check. Now EBA CLEARING has announced it will provide its CoP service at... read more

10 Apr 24 @ 15:57

Pay.UK, the operator of the UK’s national retail payments system, announced that Confirmation of Payee (CoP), has reached 2 billion checks. This is a significant milestone and the volume of... read more

16 Jan 26 @ 13:37

As global scam losses climb beyond $400bn annually, payment fraud is evolving faster than the controls designed to stop it. Against this backdrop, Scamnetic is repositioning its patented IDeveryone technology... read more

12 Sep 25 @ 14:19

Real-time payments have long been heralded as the future of money movement in the US and many other global markets. With the RTP network from The Clearing House and the... read more

13 Aug 25 @ 09:00

By the end of this decade, the global payments ecosystem will look markedly different. Real-time processing, cross-border interoperability, and blockchain-enabled innovations are set to reshape the way money moves around... read more

26 Nov 24 @ 12:00

The digital payments landscape in Europe is undergoing a seismic shift as banks prepare to implement SEPA Instant, the regulation mandating instant payments in euros across the Single European Payments... read more

23 Oct 24 @ 10:00

Explosive growth over the next five years will see instant payments constitute more than 30% of all transactions by 2030. While this creates risks and challenges for banks, there are also exciting... read more

12 Sep 24 @ 12:49

The Capgemini World Payments Report 2025, reveals an industry set to be reimagined with account-to-account and instant payments, predicting instant payments will account for 22% of all non-cash transaction volumes by 2028... read more

17 Jul 24 @ 11:15

In a recent feature, we questioned Europe’s current approach to cross-border real-time payments. Now the P20 consortium has published a white paper that confirms and amplifies our editorial position: as... read more

31 May 24 @ 14:09

Recently, we reported on the efficacy of the UKs Confirmation of Payee (CoP) programme reaching two billion checks. Now EBA CLEARING has announced it will provide its CoP service at... read more

10 May 24 @ 15:43

Fans of embedded payments say they’re the future: financial services working in the background, or “embedded” in other commercial functions. For some time, developments in technology have been making payments... read more

02 May 24 @ 10:01

In a recent feature, we questioned Europe’s current approach to cross-border payments. Now the P20 consortium has published a white paper that confirms and amplifies our editorial position: as real-time... read more

27 Mar 24 @ 19:12

New research from RedCompass Labs, reveals that 58% of European banks that do not currently offer instant payments believe the timelines set out by the EU in the new SEPA Instant payments... read more

27 Feb 24 @ 18:22

News that the European Payments Initiative (EPI) purchased the Netherlands’ successful domestic instant payment player iDEAL – as well as Belgium’s equally successful Payconiq – came at the same time... read more

21 Feb 24 @ 10:50

Fans of embedded payments say they’re the future: financial services working in the background, or “embedded” in other commercial functions. James Wood pulls back the covers to see what’s in... read more

24 Jan 24 @ 19:33

The U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC), has published a new industry resource, titled Fraud Trends and Mitigation Opportunities. Developed by the FPC Fraud Work Group, this inaugural bulletin is aimed... read more

18 Jan 24 @ 17:14

ComplyAdvantage has published its State of Financial Crime report. Built on a survey of 600 senior financial crime decision-makers worldwide, alongside experience working with more than 1,000 companies globally, it... read more

14 Dec 23 @ 16:24

News that the European Payments Initiative (EPI) is set to purchase the Netherlands’ successful domestic instant payment player iDEAL – as well as Belgium’s equally successful Payconiq – comes at... read more

06 Dec 23 @ 11:18

APP fraud (Authorized Push Payment ) losses are on the rise and expected to climb to $6.8 billion — a combined compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11% — by... read more