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
Regular Bill Payments from Consumers
Background
There are two tasks in collecting regular bill payments from consumers; first, delivering the bill/invoice, and second collecting the payment. There are now many options. Consumer Billing and Payment…
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Industry roundup: 1 March
by Graham Buck
Banks halt Russia commodity trade finance; Paga Group expands to Ethiopia; Sweden's biometric payment card; Ex-SWIFT trio launch cross-border payments
Industry roundup: 24 February
by Graham Buck
McKinsey upbeat on mining sector; Botswana to end cheque use; Few escape supply chain disruption; Islamic finance 'helping sustainability aims'
Industry roundup: 17 February
by Graham Buck
ESMA aims to bolster MMFs; PBoC claims digital yuan success; Survey finds spreadsheets still prevalent; LPA, Globalance partner on ESG reporting
Industry roundup: 27 January
by Graham Buck
US addresses chip shortage; Trio unite on trade finance; LiquidX’s first securitisation facility; Semiconductor ETF from HSBC AM; BNPL market grows
Industry roundup: 3 January
by CTMfile
Purchasing cards on rise, digital peso by 2024, Bank South Pacific enables FX transactions between digital and Islamic banks, Small business struggles
Industry roundup: 18 October
by Jack Large
News in brief: Banks operation risk, new multi-currency service, Indonesia issues new payment regulation, Optimizing checkout
McKinsey Global Payments Report 2021 - It’s the questions, stupid
by Jack Large
Are you going to get stuck in or are you going to get out of the business? Anything else is a waste of time.
J.P. Morgan takes majority ownership of Volkswagen payments business
by Ben Poole
Payments developments in the auto industry point the way to the future for digital wallets and payments data.
Worldline to provide WhatsApp Business API services
by Jack Large
Worldline’s messaging solutions will build and automate conversations between businesses and clients worldwide through WhatsApp
What corporates want from request to pay
by Ben Poole
A survey conducted by the Euro Banking Association and PPI has identified four key use cases for the payments messaging framework.
SWIFT reveals its low value cross-border payments play
by Ben Poole
SWIFT Go enables SMEs and consumers to send payments anywhere in the world directly from their bank accounts.
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.
Real-time payments now as popular as cash in Southeast Asia
by Ben Poole
ACI Worldwide research reveals the extent to which the pandemic has accelerated the digitisation of payments.
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.
Optimising cash & collections in the new COVID-19 normal
by Jack Large
Automating accounts receivables processing and management
SWIFT pilots service for low value cross-border payments
by Ben Poole
The move follows last month's announcement it will expand beyond financial messaging to provide transaction management services.
COVID-19 and the impact on digital payments
by Ben Poole
Two new reports consider the effect that the pandemic is having on cash and payments behaviour.
Corporate treasury has a duty to open up new business opportunities
by Jack Large
Recurring payments/subscription model exploits a whole revenue stream
COVID-19 rapidly reshaping banking and payments behaviours
by Ben Poole
New data from FIS shows 45% of Americans have changed the way they interact with their banks since the coronavirus outbreak.
CTMpulse: A corporate treasurer: survival of the firm and Request-To-Pay
by Jack Large
How reacting to the COVID-19 crisis and problems/opportunities with Request-To-Pay
New business model for 2020: take the paying out of buying and keep your customers
by Jack Large
The end of ownership: Use subscriptions to drive recurring revenue and develop lasting relationships with your customers
UK SMEs stretched further by late payments
by Jack Large
Prompt Payment Code and Duty To Report have helped create awareness but need more bite
Citi chooses Global Payments and PPRO as partners on digital payments business
by Ben Poole
The partnerships are core to the bank building an end-to-end offering of transaction banking services.