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Payments systems visions, strategies, trends, pilots, forecasting, and planning for the short-, medium-, and far-term.
The global pandemic continues to have a severe impact on many businesses. Since the first lockdown, nearly 200,000 jobs have been lost in the retail sector alone. There looks to be few signs that this...
Major transformations in payments and settlements have occurred in generations. The first generation was paper-based. Delivery times for payment instruments took several days domestically and weeks in...
It has been a decade since I first embarked on my journey down the payments rabbit hole. Since then, the predicted disruption of payments as we know it has proven to be more of an evolution than a re
Everyone wants the transaction to happen Online payments are evolving toward ensuring every card-not-present (CNP) transaction is a dependable, secure, and seamless experience for the customer. And ri...
According to Finaria.it, the global digital payments industry is expected to hit $6.6 trillion in value in 2021. The sector was valued at $5.4trn value in 2020. Before COVID 19, the industry was growi...
There is a whole range of mobile payment options out there, with contactless payments made using smartphones and smartwatches being among the most popular alternatives. And while these solutions offer...
Payroll is arguably the single biggest source of highly valuable, yet underutilised data in any organisation. It can act as a detailed barometer for workforce trends, helping organisations to understa...
The rapid roll-out of the UK’s Covid vaccination programme, with over 60 million administered doses to date, means that for many of us, life can begin to resemble something close to normal. This is a ...
Accounts payable (AP) automation is hot right now – a simple search for “AP automation” returns over 80 million results. In fact, a recent report identified that for many, especially in the enterpris...
As anyone involved in product development will tell you, the push towards instant, more transparent cross-border payments is growing stronger with every day that passes. SWIFT’s ‘Global Payment Initia...
Commerce is global and customers not only have large domestic footprints but also increasingly global operations and pay supply chains. As business footprints increase, industries are becoming crowded...
The surge in digital payments brought on by the pandemic is already well storied. Almost anyone who’s bought something in the last year can attest first-hand to the rise in e-commerce and contactless ...