Emerging Payments Association - News, Articles & Research

Navigating payments interoperability in the digital economy

Camilla Bullock, Chief Executive Officer for Emerging Payments Association Asia, delves into the role of payments interoperability in the digital economy and its facilitation of global trade ahead of Singapore Fintech Festival 2023. Together we explore the challenges linked to interoperability, from technical and regulatory hurdles, to privacy concerns and liability risks, along with the importance of accessibility and trust to achieving seamless payments in an interoperable network.

10 November 2023

Company announcement/sustainable

Fintechs increasingly focused on ethical and sustainable growth - report

A new whitepaper issued by The Payments Association, (previously the Emerging Payments Association or EPA), aims to become a how-to guide to ethical and sustainable growth (ESG) for the FinTech industry.

14 June 2022

Company announcement/regulation

Emerging Payments Association hits out at FCA Consumer Duty proposals

The Emerging Payments Association (EPA), which promotes collaboration and innovation across payments, has today published a paper containing the community’s responses to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) CP21/13 “A New Consumer Duty” Call for Evidence, highlighting how an additional Consumer Duty would be unlikely to enhance the customer centricity of those payments firms that are not providing sufficient value, while adding compliance and benchmarking costs to those that are already doing so.

03 August 2021

News/regulation

Tony Craddock: FCA’s ‘Dear CEO letter likely to destabilise the e-money sector’

In a ‘Dear CEO’ Letter sent out by the FCA yesterday, the regulator called on UK electronic money institutions (EMIs) to ensure their customers understand how their money is protected.

19 May 2021

Company announcement/people

Emerging Payments Association makes advisory board appointments

The Emerging Payments Association (EPA), which promotes collaboration and innovation across payments, is pleased to announce the addition of six new diverse, expert financial services leaders to its Advisory Board to help drive more meaningful change in a post-covid world.

09 December 2020

Company announcement/payments

Payments bodies produce G20 roadmap for cross-border payments

The Emerging Payments Association (EPA), the leading payments association globally, through the Emerging Payments Association Asia (EPA Asia), and the Institute of International Finance (IIF) have formed the IIF-EPA Joint Consultative Forum on Cross-Border Payments.

08 December 2020