Processing & Systems

09 Oct 20 @ 16:06

New research shows that spending on payment cards continues to grow strongly, expenditure rose by 13% to reach $35 trillion in 2019. There were a number of factors driving this... read more

08 Oct 20 @ 13:14

Payments players are used to operating in an instant and real-time world, but few could have anticipated the crushing speed of the pandemic or its devastating toll. With economic life... read more

08 Oct 20 @ 13:00

The ECB has announced that it will investigate how TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) could support instant payments transactions across different currencies. The investigation will begin as of October 2020... read more

06 Oct 20 @ 15:11

P27 Nordic Payments Platform, after having registered interest in 2019, has signed an agreement to acquire Bankgirocentralen BGC AB (Bankgirot), Sweden’s only clearing house for mass payments. Bankgirot, established in... read more

23 Sep 20 @ 12:43

In July the European Central Bank welcomed the decision brought forward by 16 European banks to launch The European Payments Initiative, a pan-European payment scheme. Although the solution aims to... read more

17 Sep 20 @ 08:05

In response to the growing number of Real-Time Payments initiatives taking place globally, SWIFT has announces that over the next two years and beyond it will fundamentally transform payments and... read more

14 Sep 20 @ 09:50

The Latin American e-payments market is in full development. We are seeing high rates of growth in alternative payment methods and processing solutions, especially after countries such as Chile and... read more

28 Aug 20 @ 12:39

Central bank digital currencies (CBDC) are receiving more attention than ever before. Yet the motivations for issuance vary across countries, as do the policy approaches and technical designs. A new... read more

11 Aug 20 @ 09:27

COVID has accelerated changes in payments such that we’re already in a different landscape – and companies urgently need to make sure they’re ready. Amidst the tragedies and challenges we’ve... read more

15 Jul 20 @ 11:55

Only 9% of the world’s top tier banks are effectively monetising payments data. Findings from Aite Group’s report “The Payments Transformation Race: Criteria for Success”, commissioned by Icon Solutions, also... read more

13 Jul 20 @ 09:14

SEB will launch a new virtual account management solution in partnership with Nordic software company TietoEVRY. With the new service, the bank can offer its corporate customers virtual cash management... read more

02 Jul 20 @ 14:23

A group of 16 major European banks from five countries (Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain) paved the way for the future launch of the European Payments Initiative (EPI). ... read more