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Share opinion and experience on how the payments landscape is changing and learn about the challenges and opportunities facing payments stakeholders in the future.
The UK has reported almost 14 consecutive days of falling Covid case numbers, tumbling from over 45,000 cases a day to below 25,000 cases as of yesterday. This is in sharp contrast to the predictions ...
The push to the modernization of payments is not a recent phenomenon. Financial institutions and intermediaries have regularly been moving through rounds of improvement; but, this time, the pace of tr...
The digitisation of commerce has escalated the need for card-not-present (CNP) businesses to bring proactive customer communication to the fore. From digital receipts to high-tech AI chatbots, sellers...
The recent news that the iconic ‘Blankety Blank’ game show was returning to our screens under the masterful Bradley Walsh brought back many great memories. Originally a firm family favourite on the BB...
Treasury management or more generally Supply Chain Finance management is still a neglected topic at many SMEs. While large international corporations make the investment into expensive treasury manage...
The global pandemic has dramatically accelerated the long-term consumer shift towards ecommerce channels. While the initial explosion in online shopping came out of necessity, with social distancing a...
A consultation by the PSR (Payment Systems Regulator) to PSP(Payment System Provides)/Banks to prevent Authorised Push Payment Scams (APP) at source and to provide better support to the victims is und...
The past year has seen organisations of all sizes forced to adapt to uncertain times. Industries have had to become more agile as situations changed rapidly and new restrictions on work were coupled w...
The payments ecosystem is a complicated multi-layered pathway of entities – which can include a BIN sponsor (issuer), processor, programme manager, card bureau, scheme (for example such as Visa or Mas...
A lot is being documented on how COVID has accelerated the digital banking and transformation agenda, as more remote channels have become the norm for everyday banking. Similarly, the pandemic has als...
Payment orchestration is a hot topic in digital payments and needless to say, it has become even more relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic. Essentially, a payment orchestration platform can help busi...
The surge in electronic transaction volumes in 2020 was driven by the switch to contactless card payments and the increase in e-commerce, triggered by the behavioural changes of consumers faced with t...