Ant Financial = future of finance and banking?
by Jack Large
Will the west ever catch up with their strategy and delivery that optimises digital technologies: AI, Blockchain, Cybersecurity and much more
International Payments
Background
Although, for most companies, cross-border/cross-currency payments make up less than 5% of all payments, they can represent a major proportion of payment costs when the FX conversion costs (which make…
Read moreThe cost of managing a global payments programme in-house
by Bija Knowles
What does implementing a payments compliance programme actually involve? An infographic by Hyperwallet sets out some of the considerations companies will need to manage
SWIFT introduces universal real-time payment tracking
by Jack Large
gpi Tracker extended to all payment messages and new end-to-end tracking reference coming in November
SWIFT announces GPI progress
by Bija Knowles
SWIFT announced today that almost half of SWIFT GPI payments are completed within 30 minutes and almost all are done within 24 hours
The Ripple revolution
by Jack Large
Most confident new player on the block is really upsetting thought processes and assumptions
Bankers really understand payments
by Jack Large
BIS report “Cross-border retail payments” from Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures shows “quicker, cheaper and more transparent” solutions could be on the way
Payment revolutions: open up opportunities for corporate treasury
by Jack Large
Card companies role changing; Nordic banks harmonised cross-border; Ripple multi-solutions; new normals - subscriptions and faster payments
Asset management: digital wallet bridges gap between fiat & cryptocurrencies
by Kylene Casanova
Shows how to manage all types of asset class
IFRS 9 and IFRS 15 are now live
by Kylene Casanova
Huge impact for all companies
How blockchain could change the way we pay
by Bija Knowles
Blockchain technology is set to change the way we pay – both as consumers and as big businesses in complex supply chains – from central bank settlements to easier invoice-financing
10 key trends for payments in 2018
by Bija Knowles
All eyes will be on how PSD2 will change the payments landscape this year – but instant payments, advanced authentication technologies and DLT will also change the way we pay in 2018
Citi’s Worldlink® Payment Services expand cross-currency ACH to 60 countries
by Jack Large
2018 expansion will extend ACH service to 69 countries
Can you ignore omni-channal payment solutions and the Chinese systems?
by Jack Large
Adyen now accept payments from China’s three largest payment providers at POS
Payment systems update: Mobiles to become point of sale and much more
by Jack Large
Payment card revolution, Earthport, NACHA, Cash role, Apple Pay, WeChat, UK Faster Payments
Sunlight Payments platform = SWIFT GPI on steroids
by Jack Large
Sunlight Payments will revolutionize the way charitable organizations and NGOs around the world manage and track their payments and grants
Simplifying the Global Payments Journey
by Jack Large
FIS: 2017 Corporate Payments and Bank Connectivity Report
Visa launches real-time payments platform in Europe with global reach
by Jack Large
Visa Direct powers business initiated payments, such as payouts of insurance claims, as well as person-to-person payments. Partnership with Worldpay
Real-time global payments solution on R3’s Corda
by Bija Knowles
R3 has developed a cross-border payments platform based on distributed ledger technology and is due to release the prototype by the end of 2017
Multi-currency World Account = simple life for corporates?
by Jack Large
WorldFirst claim new account makes the process of managing finances across multiple currencies simpler, faster and cheaper than ever before
Payments update: Today cash and instant payments are essential; rest less so
by Jack Large
Role of cash and instant payments clarified; Chinese mobile payments = 50 x USA; MarketPay from Adyen
How to choose a new payment partner in today’s multi-rail world
by Jack Large
Payment systems are definitely becoming more complicated as the number of systems and variations grow - here are some vital questions in selecting a payment partner
US faster payments scheme welcomes 2 million debits in first 11 days
by Bija Knowles
Almost 2 million debit payments were made during the first 11 processing days of newly implemented Same Day ACH system in the US
SWIFT GPI surpasses 2 million payments a month
by Bija Knowles
SWIFT's Global Payments Innovation initiative has “become the new standard in cross-border payments”, as it processed more than two million payments last month, SWIFT has claimed
Are you ready for the new payments ecosystem?
by Jack Large
World Payments Report 2017 describes the opportunities