Bitcoin Lightning as a payment rail
How businesses can accept bitcoin without accepting bitcoin.
How businesses can accept bitcoin without accepting bitcoin.
Should payment firms be limited in how they reuse data or are the laws based on GDPR sufficient?
Financial columnist Matthew Lynn discusses how digital IDs could open up market competition.
Self-proclaimed payments geek, Dan Baker, head of payment rails product at J.P. Morgan, speaks to The Payments Association’s Kate McKenzie about the evolving payments landscape.
As the regulatory landscape continues to evolve, is innovation at risk in the fintech space?
Luke Cutajar, director of customer success at Ripple, fell into the payments sector 17 years ago after landing a role at American Express when he left university in Brighton. Specialising in foreign exchange services initially, Luke speaks to The Payment Association’s editor Jyoti Rambhai about building his payments career.
The UK’s financial watchdog has warned that e-money firms must undertake a “significant shift in culture and behaviour” if it is to comply with the new Consumer Duty rules, due to come into force in July.
The Payments Association’s Riccardo Tordera and Robert Courtneidge examine what the latest government consultations could mean for the UK payments sector.
With the UK government launching a second phase consultation on the future of cryptoassets, Max Savoie and Martin Dowdall of Sidley Austin examine what this means for firms.
HSBC’s purchase of Silicon Valley Bank UK (SVB UK) will protect the immediate future of fintechs in the UK, but it does raise the question of what repercussions or similar
Open Banking is 5 years old and has undoubtedly been a success so far. 6.5 million users, 7.5 million payments in total, and 1 billion API calls per month all demonstrate this
ISO 20022 has been written about and reported on extensively across the industry. We are facing the largest migration to a single message standard ever. Not only is CBPR+ moving
As we approach the one year mark of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February; we’re hosting a Fintech Without Frontiers webinar event on 1 March to discuss
With decreased payment volumes and increased risks of market consolidation, The Payment Association examines how a recession could reshape the industry.
With Apple and Google already laying the foundations for biometric acceptance, the drive behind its adoption now comes from consumer demand for fast, secure and accurate ways to pay.
The G20’s payments roadmap will not succeed if there are no international regulatory and data collection standards, and transparency measures. The coming year could be pivotal for everyone in the multi-layered cross-border payments chain.
While current accounts are not profitable for banks, having loyal customers allows them to cross sell other products and services it offers
With myths on digital currencies being a threat to financial freedom dominating social media, Dominika Duziak, of OneStep Financial, explains why government must address this narrative and discuss its advantages.
Phil Mochan from Nomos Digital examines how cross-border payments is closely intertwined with cross-border liquidity and the challenges this poses for implementing CBDCs.
A world in which we all have the expectation and ability to move money instantaneously, 24/7, 365 days a year, and with full transparency – is it only a pipe
Mastercard is set to rollout Mastercom Collaboration in early 2023, an enhanced version of its current platform that enables merchants and acquirers to settle payment disputes before it becomes a formal chargeback.
Great products are the lifeblood of any company and a collaborative, honest and iterative product development process is key to building great user experiences. If not managed properly, this process
London, 7th February 2023 – BCB Group, a leading provider of business accounts and trading services for the digital asset economy, has appointed two new executives to its leadership team. Jean-Jacques Le
The digital pendulum is swinging back to pre-pandemic agendas, offering security leaders in the banking world a chance to revisit longer-term projects and take advantage of the tech crunch layoffs
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8 February 2023 14.00 GMT Compliance is one of the most important aspects of any regulated business. But if 2022 taught us anything, it’s that keeping pace with rapidly evolving regulation
The Payment Association’s Project Cross-border hosted a forum in partnership with EPA Asia and IIF to explore the challenges a CBDC could pose and what technology could do to disrupt international transactions.
As buy now, pay later becomes increasingly popular in a recession, the payment method could either give consumers a safe refuge to weather the storm or uncontrolled levels of debt.
Hiding behind technology enables fraudsters to use emotive language to target their victims, so industry experts examine how can people identify the red flags.
With consumer spending likely to fall over the next two years, the payments sector must be innovative to grow and serve the most financially vulnerable groups.
Ex-VISA EU Director and Checkout.com SVP Moshe Winegarten brings over 16 years of fintech experience to ECOMMPAY As part of ECOMMPAY’s ambitious growth plans for 2023, Moshe joins to scale
New research from Carta Worldwide explores the impact of the cost–of–living crisis and looming recession on consumer payment preferences Carta Worldwide, the proven global digital payments pioneer and a subsidiary
Thank you to the following members who contributed: Abdel Badoui, WEX, Corporate Payments Business Development Director for EMEA Chryssi Chorafa, Founder & CEO, StarLiX Hugh Kingdon, Director, Fintechia Ltd
Thinking about launching a payment card? Whether you’re a traditional financial institution looking to modernise, or are a tech savvy business exploring the possibility of using cards to improve customer
From chips embedded into consumers hands to make contactless payments to biometric wearable devices, and digital currencies versus a cashless society, The Payments Association speaks to industry experts to find out the key themes likely to dominate the industry over the next decade.
With two-thirds of businesses struggling to combat fraud, The Payments Association examines how data, artificial intelligence and verification tools can be used to mitigate the risks
Salt Edge, a leader in building Open Banking API solutions, has announced its expansion to a new market – the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The company’s goal is to assist
Miranda McLean from the European Women in Payments Network (EWPN) examines how the culture has changed for women in the payments, but argues why more needs to be done in what is still a traditionally male-dominated sector.
From a once ‘poor man’s card’ to paving the way for a new way to earn, Richard Ney examines how prepaid products are being used to underpin some of the slickest payment solutions and user experiences.
The Payments Association’s head of policy and government relations Ricardo Tordera takes a look back at the trade body’s key achievements in 2022.
The Payments Association’s members and invited guests came together to celebrate Christmas in style on 6 December, as well as getting a unique opportunity to meet the association’s newest Advisory Board members and the new chair of the judges of the PAY360 Awards, Laura McCracken and the new deputy chair of the judges, Mike Chambers.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) needs to be reviewed to allow legitimate data tracking and sharing to tackle financial crime, say industry experts.
Spencer Hanlan explores how the speed and efficiency of payments, particularly cross-border, could drive innovation to offset inflation. He sets out his top three predictions of 2023.
Former Meta, Skype and Intuit leader joins Veriff to build and scale reusable digital identity product Veriff, a global identity verification provider, today announced that Viktoria Ruubel has joined the
Fintech Brand Messaging The visual aspects of a brand are often the elements people focus on, but it is your underlying messaging that will truly resonate with your customers. When
The Payments Association is delighted to announce our All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) membership. We are excited to work closely with Chair Ian Liddell-Grainger MP and his team to bring the
Five associations form industry alliance to guide the UK’s digital currency future Five associations form industry alliance to guide the UK’s digital currency future – the UK Forum for Digital Currencies
Five associations form industry alliance to guide the UK’s digital currency future – the UK Forum for Digital Currencies (UK FDC) – which will celebrate innovation and collaboration across the
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