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ISO 20022 holds key to fintech innovation and competition in years to come

Jamie Crawley Reporter at Finextra

ISO 20022 holds key to fintech innovation and competition in years to come

As banks and other financial institutions migrate to ISO 20022 in the years ahead, many of the ongoing conversations of ‘old vs new’, ‘big’ vs ‘small’ and ‘incumbent’ vs ‘innovator’ in financial technology may be built around this new standardisation of language and messaging for payments data. Preparation for and adaption to ISO 20022 has been a ...

29 October 2020 /payments

How to pronounce ISO 20022 - and other important migration details

Paige McNamee Senior Reporter at Finextra

How to pronounce ISO 20022 - and other important migration details

We’ve reached out to the experts to compile answers to the most asked questions across the topic of ISO 20022, in an attempt to help firms and the industry-at-large build on their awareness of the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. 2020 was originally earmarked as the year for banks to plough ahead with their ISO 20022 migration, with the...

05 August 2020 /payments

Expectation, standardisation and automation: Seizing the initiative in real-time payments

Jamie Crawley Reporter at Finextra

Expectation, standardisation and automation: Seizing the initiative in real-time payments

Real-time payments are likely to not only expedite the movement of money, but also heighten the expectations of consumers and corporates. Financial institutions need to address other aspects of the payments system to ensure that instant payments are supported by improved user experience throughout the cycle. The Covid-19 pandemic is likely to have...

31 July 2020 /payments

Apples and oranges: What makes Pay.UK and EBA Clearing’s R2P models so different?

Paige McNamee Senior Reporter at Finextra

Apples and oranges: What makes Pay.UK and EBA Clearing’s R2P models so different?

Is there more than one way to skin a cat? A peek under the hood of Pay.UK’s and EBA Clearing’s respective Request-to-Pay models shows that indeed there is. Request to Pay has widely been touted as the missing piece of the instant payment puzzle. At its core, Request to Pay is the idea of pushing transaction details from a payee to a payer’s device ...

10 July 2020 /payments

There is more to digital payments in Africa than M-Pesa

Madhvi Mavadiya Head of Content at Finextra

There is more to digital payments in Africa than M-Pesa

In 2010, Kenyan payments, money transfer and micro-financing service M-Pesa became the most successful mobile phone based financial service in the developing world, just three years after the launch by network operators Vodafone and Safaricom. Since then, while other developing markets such as the APAC and LATAM regions have dominated headlines, t...

25 June 2020 /payments

What are the implications of digital transformation on payments?

Madhvi Mavadiya Head of Content at Finextra

What are the implications of digital transformation on payments?

Financial institutions have been forced to step up their game in order to keep up with consumer demand and push out several different products and services, leveraging emerging technologies, to provide customers with choice. Today, retail customers can deposit cheques, transfer funds and apply for loans from their mobile devices, signifying that w...

02 April 2020 /payments

Request to Pay: What does it mean for instant payments?

Paige McNamee Senior Reporter at Finextra

Request to Pay: What does it mean for instant payments?

The introduction of Request to Pay (R2P) services this year is poised to play a starring role in the broader transformation of the UK and EU’s payments landscape. Reduction of costs, fraud and chargebacks alongside the delivery of better transaction data are the obvious improvements, yet, it is the potential that R2P holds to act as a catalyst for ...

26 March 2020 /payments

A short guide to the ISO 20022 implementation: 2020 update

Paige McNamee Senior Reporter at Finextra

A short guide to the ISO 20022 implementation: 2020 update

As financial institutions recognise the scale of the impending ISO 20022 migration deadline, implementation strategies are being re-calibrated to incorporate risks, challenges and opportunities of the industry-wide transformation. Key dates: November 2021 ISO 20022 messages to go live on Swift.Between 2021 and 2025 a four year ‘coexistence period’...

26 February 2020 /payments

Andrew Smith Founding CTO at RTGS & ClearBank

The future of B2B payments

When looking to the future of something like B2B payments, it is best to focus on just one aspect and from that, you start to see a numerous other areas of change coming into focus. You don’t have to look to far ahead to identify one very clear trend and driver in the payment’s world, and that is an ever increasing drive towards real-time payments...

03 February 2020 /payments

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