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
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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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 CTMfile
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 CTMfile
Temenos Banking Service, KyckGlobal & Payflo partner, Worldline & Alipay+ partner, TrueLayer & Tillit collaboration, Stablecoin in Japan, EU payments
Industry roundup: 21 January
by CTMfile
Federal Reserve studies digital dollars, digital wallet in Malaysia, fraud will force authentication evaluation, digital technology in Nordic region,
Industry roundup: 1 December
by CTMfile
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
Payment cards cost way too much and it’s getting worse (up 5%-16% in 2019)
by Jack Large
The BRC and other UK trade bodies are calling for action to tackle excessive card costs
Mastercard launches central bank digital currencies testing platform
by Ben Poole
The virtual platform allows central banks to evaluate use cases and test roll-out strategies for CBDCs by simulating a CBDC ecosystem.
Central Bank Digital Currencies are definitely coming but when?
by Jack Large
Central banks are experimenting, and DC will come. But will they make a difference to your cash and liquidity management
Thomson Reuters vital role in helping fighting COVID-19
by Jack Large
Thomson Reuters Regulatory Index comes into its own
CTMcast - 19 March 2020: Review of key recent posts and more on Coronavirus crisis
by Jack Large
Jack and Ben reviewed last week’s stories and the current COVID-19 crisis
Digital wallets to represent half of global eCommerce sales by 2023
by Ben Poole
The fifth annual Worldpay Global Payments Report suggests the global eCommerce market will increase 53% by 2023, to US$5.9 trillion.
Standard Chartered and Assembly Payments create e-commerce joint venture
by Ben Poole
The new joint venture will be headquartered in Singapore.
CTMcast - 13 February 2020 : Review of key recent posts
by Jack Large
Jack and Ben were joined on this CTMcast by Bruce Lynn, Managing Partner, The Financial Executives Consulting Group
Minimising card system costs: don’t accept charging structures and fight for alternatives
by Jack Large
BRC/UK retailers, the authorities in Australia and NatWest Payit service show how