European Central Bank set to keep rates on hold – Industry roundup: 26 October
by Graham Buck
Fed wants to cut card fees; Turkey set for rate hike to 35%; StanChart, Deutsche partner on stablecoin; Pix no Mundo launches in Latin America
Collecting Payments via Mobile
Background
There are already some 6.8 billion mobile phone subscriptions in the world (as of February 2014) and 2.6 billion are smart phones. It's a very fast-growing market: the number of smart phones…
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Three central banks test Swift’s CBDC connector – Industry roundup: 14 September
by Graham Buck
ECB raises key rates by 0.25%; Visa Cross-Border Solutions launches; MSCI opens Sustainability Institute; Adyen gets clearance for embedded finance
Switzerland to toughen anti- money laundering rules – Industry roundup: 31 August
by Graham Buck
Singapore charges money laundering ring; China's factory slowdown continues; Visa and Mastercard to raise fees; Vanguard supports fewer ESG proposals
Fed resumes rate hikes; ECB to follow – Industry roundup: 27 July
by Graham Buck
Santander plans US expansion; China names new PBOC chief; Investment industry unconvinced by CBDCs; Revival at Rolls-Royce
World Bank chief sees “window of opportunity” for India – Industry roundup: 20 July
by Graham Buck
UK and Turkey to update trade deal; Climate change 'may end 9-5 workday'; China's e-yuan gains traction; SG wins France's first full crypto licence
China’s super SIM card for digital yuan – Industry roundup: 13 July
by Graham Buck
Borrowing cost gap narrows; RBI promotes digital rupee; Canada hikes rate to 5%; US inflation back at 3%
US Treasury resurrects one-day bills – Industry roundup: 6 June
by Graham Buck
Australia surprises with rate hike; Hong Kong green bonds raise US$6bn; Japan's tourism revival boosts wages; Vote decides future of UK's CBI
South Korea to open climate tech hub in 2024 – Industry roundup: 4 May
by Graham Buck
US retailers welcome FedNow; Covid creates need for extra training; Fed hints at easing rate hikes; SocGen warns of credit crunch fallout
Binance temporarily pauses Bitcoin withdrawals – Industry roundup: 14 June
by Graham Buck
Jamaica moves ahead with CBDC; UK trade finance bank launches; Standard Chartered extends China range; Modulr-Ripple extends partnership to Remessa
Industry roundup: 19 April
by Graham Buck
India’s payment industry trends; RBI assesses Indian economy; Brazil ready to pilot CBDC; War increases commodity trade exposures
Industry roundup: 3 March
by Graham Buck
Russia exodus tests fund managers; VTB commodities unit winds down; IMF paper examines cash management capacity; China overhauls supply chain finance
Industry roundup: 14 February
by Kylene Casanova
SoFi highlighted at SuperBowl, Fintechs using Sardine to combat fraud, Mastercard partners with fintechs, Anduin's Smart Mail, B2B trade segment BNPL
Industry roundup: 11 February
by Kylene Casanova
Temenos Banking Service, KyckGlobal & Payflo partner, Worldline & Alipay+ partner, TrueLayer & Tillit collaboration, Stablecoin in Japan, EU payments
Industry roundup: 21 January
by Kylene Casanova
Federal Reserve studies digital dollars, digital wallet in Malaysia, fraud will force authentication evaluation, digital technology in Nordic region,
Industry roundup: 1 December
by Kylene Casanova
Revolutionizing payment solutions in Indonesia, South Korea and Worldline enhance cross-border payment transactions, South Africa joins ecommerce game
Industry roundup: 4 October
by Jack Large
News in brief, featuring Pandora Papers kickback; BigDaddy new POS system, and WhatsApp payments in India
Is this the start of local countries fighting back in payment systems?
by Jack Large
Nepal and South Korea seek independence from global payment schemes and monopolies
How 5G will shake up global payments and benefit businesses
by Ben Poole
Verizon Business and Mastercard are partnering to bring 5G to the global payments industry.
Where treasurers see the value in request to pay
by Ben Poole
A Euro Banking Association report surveyed corporates from 20 countries to see how their companies would use request to pay.
Digital wallets eclipsed cash globally at POS for first time during COVID
by Ben Poole
An FIS study also found the global e-commerce market grew 19% to US$4.6 trillion and is expected to grow nearly 60% percent by 2024.
Charities and beggars are losing out in UK due to absence of QR codes
by Jack Large
UK needs to adopt general QR code channel to solve charities’ collection problem
Payment systems: cards are only part of the story, you need whole picture locally
by Jack Large
Globally payment cards keep on expanding, but the vital variations are local
On the third day of Christmas the Peter Drucker* Foundation sent to me suggestions on how to:
by Jack Large
Focus and drive an effective and efficient corporate treasury department
Collecting payments: is really about unified commerce NOT just payments
by Jack Large
Make your customers’ journey a pleasure: fit in with how your customers do business AND use all your customer data, THEN focus on reducing costs