16 Dec 21 @ 11:50

Banks from both sides of the Atlantic have successfully exchanged payment messages for a faster cross-border payments as part of a proof of concept demonstrating the feasibility of synchronising settlement... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 06:02

A new report from SWIFT and the Boston Consulting Group, Global Payments 2018, has projected major shifts in emphasis and structure for the payments industry over the next decade. Whilst... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 15:02

Australia’s new payment system will be delayed by a year after five institutions stepped back from funding the $1 billion project. It has also emerged that the project will be... read more

05 Aug 25 @ 17:07

In an era where geopolitical uncertainty increasingly influences the flow of money, the security and sovereignty of national payment infrastructures have never been more vital. As economic sanctions disrupt financial... read more

14 May 25 @ 11:00

Cross-border payments, once a byword for inefficiency and opacity, are undergoing a structural transformation. The convergence of regulatory momentum, technological innovation, and geopolitical necessity is creating a watershed moment for... read more

14 May 25 @ 10:57

In an era where geopolitical uncertainty increasingly influences the flow of money, the security and sovereignty of national payment infrastructures have never been more vital. As economic sanctions disrupt financial... read more

24 Mar 25 @ 10:23

2025 will be the year cross-border payments come into their own. As instant payments become a household item, increased global commerce, initiatives and mandates spell great leaps for payments across... read more

24 Mar 25 @ 09:28

Australia’s banking industry is calling for swift legislative action to modernise the country’s outdated payments regulations as mobile wallet transactions surge. Australians now make over 500 million mobile payments monthly,... read more

11 Feb 25 @ 11:15

In the midst of groundbreaking AI developments and digital-centric culture shifts, the humble British supermarket has become a reassuring harbinger of human reality triumph. As absurd as that sounds, in... read more

10 Dec 24 @ 10:21

A whole plethora of data and regulation is being enacted or due to be put into place in the UK and Europe to shore up overall digital resilience, and rightly... read more

10 Dec 24 @ 10:14

Swift, UBS Asset Management, and Chainlink have successfully completed a pilot for settling tokenised fund subscriptions and redemptions using the Swift network. Project Guardian, demonstrates how financial institutions can leverage... read more

22 Oct 24 @ 14:10

Open banking in the UK and Europe was introduced in 2018, with regulations mandated by the EU’s Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2). Six years later, has it caught on in... read more

22 Oct 24 @ 14:08

European payments are about to speed up. The new SEPA (Single European Payments Area) Credit Transfer mandate (SCT Inst) has taken root and deadlines for implementation are as soon as... read more

14 Aug 24 @ 08:55

It’s fair to say there is much education, progress and evaluation to be conducted within the field of CBDCs and digital currencies – so much to unpack that we are... read more

31 May 24 @ 14:33

We’ve heard it all before- it’s incredibly tough to differentiate and be successful in today’s payments market. And yet there are boundless opportunities to cut through the noise and right... read more

31 May 24 @ 13:27

Payment services innovation like Pay by Bank and Buy Now Pay Later are expanding the options for shoppers and merchants, giving competition to incumbent card issuers. Long-dominant card payment schemes... read more

02 May 24 @ 10:09

As deepfaking and synthetic ID skyrocket, we ask if digital ID is as secure as claimed – and what else might provide transaction security if digital ID ends up being... read more

14 Dec 23 @ 16:31

With the largest Asian population outside China, a swiftly-liberalising economy plus a banking sector that’s growing in dynamism, it’s no wonder international players want to get into Indonesia. James Wood... read more

24 Oct 23 @ 09:57

Ever since the time of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, the question of how to trust that people in other countries would pay you in full and on time has kept... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 11:46

Fabrick and its subsidiary Axerve have released a new whitepaper, “Alternative payment solutions: how they are changing the payment scene”. The paper explores the ways in which alternative payments are... read more