CBI - News, Articles & Research

Finextra TV/Sibos

How Will New Technologies Shape the Future of Payments?

In an interview with FinextraTV in the lead-up to Sibos 2024, Pilar Fragalà, Chief Commercial Officer of CBI, explores the impact of digital technologies and regulations on payment services. Highlighting the role of AI, APIs, and blockchain in enhancing security and speed, while PSD2 and PSD3 drive open banking and consumer protection, the discussion focuses on innovations like embedded finance and instant payments that offer transparency and flexibility. Addressing growing fraud risks, the interview examines how technology can prevent fraudulent transactions by verifying IBAN and beneficiary details in real time.

23 October 2024

Company announcement/security

CBI and SEPAmail.eu to set up an interroperable verification of payee service in Italy and France

SEPAmail.eu and CBI joins their IBAN-Name Check expertise at the service of their respective communities in order to offer an interoperable solution to fight against fraud.

09 October 2024

Company announcement/payments

CBI and Banfico partner to expand global reach of Verification of Payee service

CBI, a fintech serving as an industry utility with over 30 years of experience, that develops digital infrastructures and services for financial institutions (FIs) and payment service providers (PSPs) to enhance their transaction banking, open banking, and open finance offerings, has announced a strategic partnership with Banfico Ltd, a fintech company specializing in open banking, open finance & account verification solutions.

24 September 2024

Company announcement/cloud

CBI migrates interbank corporate banking network to cloud

CBI, comprising approximately 400 banks and other financial intermediaries, active for over twenty years in the development and provision of innovative infrastructures and services in the area of digital payments, open banking, and open finance to businesses, citizens, and public administration, announces today the effective migration of its Interbank Corporate Banking network to the CBI Hub Cloud (CHC), the new private cloud-based technological architecture connecting all banks and client Payment Service Providers (PSPs).

23 November 2023

Company announcement/people

CBI managing director reconfirmed as vice chair of UN/CEFACT

Liliana Fratini Passi, the Managing Director of CBI S.c.p.a. Benefit Corporation, has been reconfirmed as the Vice Chair of UN/CEFACT (United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business) for the term 2023-2026.

10 November 2023

Finextra TV/Sibos

Navigating European Financial Shifts with Open Finance & PSD3

At Sibos 2023, Liliana Fratini Passi, Managing Director of CBI, discusses the future impact of Open Finance and PSD3 on the European financial industry and methods for overcoming the challenges of today.

28 September 2023

Company announcement/payments

CBI expands Name Check coverage across Europe through Swift’s Pre-Validation service

CBI is an Italian company that develops digital services - including open banking and open finance services - for the financial industry and the Public Administration. CBI is expanding its Confirmation of Payee services to the European level and beyond through the use of Swift's Payment Pre-validation service. This collaboration will enable a broader network of verification and a higher level of security for financial services users. At a future date, Italian banks will be able to pre-validate abroad through CBI, implementing a unique “Confirmation of Payee” solution that will seamlessly work domestically and cross-border.

20 September 2023

Company announcement/payments

CBI partners SurePay to Check Iban with VAT number of customers for Italian and European market

SurePay, the leading Confirmation of Payee (CoP) provider, and CBI S.c.p.a., Italian company that develops digital services - including open finance services - for the financial industry and the Public Administration through a collaborative method, have signed a partnership enabling Payment Service Providers to offer the Check IBAN service gradually to European customers, including the UK.

06 July 2022

Research

The Future of Payments 2022

27 May 2022 1741 downloads

Company announcement/retail

CSE partners with CBI and Nexi for Open Banking development

CSE, leader in banking outsourcing, CBI, hub for technological innovation and digitalization in finance and Nexi, European leader in PayTech, sign a partnership enabling Payment Service Providers to offer a wider range of financial services to their clients over a unique interface.

30 November 2021

News

Tackling the fintech talent deficit

Amid continued concerns around the impact Brexit will have on the talent deficit in the financial services industry, Felicity Burch, director of innovation and digital at CBI and Omar Ali, partner at EY discuss how to inspire the next generation of fintech talent with Finextra.

23 April 2019