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EBAday 2020: Open Banking will be a success when we stop talking about it

Open Banking’s success will be confirmed when it is longer talked about, according to Dan Globerson, head of open banking at NatWest.

24 November 2020

News/payments

EBAday 2020: Correspondent banking is faced with a paradox

Correspondent banking is faced with a paradox: while connections are declining, volumes are growing. Banks must adapt to meet future client demands and deal with the massive changes on the horizon.

20 November 2020

News/payments

EBAday 2020: payments innovation on fire

Visa recently launched its Tap to Phone technology, enabling Android handsets to accept NFC payments via an app which will allow users to accept contactless payments within minutes of download. This is now live in parts of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, APAC and Latin America with the US to follow in 2021.

06 November 2020

News/people

EBAday 2020: Chris Skinner announced as challenge speaker

EBAday 2020 has been injected with a healthy dose of energy and controversy with the announcement that Chris Skinner will be appearing as the keynote challenge speaker.

30 October 2020

News/security

EBAday 2020: Fraud and cybersecurity - hitting the moving target

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased challenges for financial institutions who had to react quickly to the situation, with employees working remotely and increased communication taking place digitally.

23 October 2020

News/retail

EBAday 2020: Open Banking – where do we go from here?

Recent research from ING suggested that consumers remain suspicious and uninformed about open banking despite it now being firmly embedded into the financial services ecosystem across parts of Europe and elsewhere.

16 October 2020

News/payments

Capgemini World Payments Report 2020: 38% discover new payment provider during Covid-19 lockdown

More than a third of consumers discovered a new payment provider during the Covid-19 crisis, according to Capgemini’s World Payments Report 2020.

06 October 2020

News/payments

Real-time payments - seize the momentum at EBAday 2020

Mastercard and ACI Worldwide announced they were partnering to provide a range of global real-time payments solution, aiming to offer “best in class central infrastructure” to banks and other financial solutions.

02 October 2020

News/EBAday

EBAday pushed back to November

After much deliberation, and with the health and safety of all attendees uppermost, Finextra and the Euro Banking Association have decided to push back the date of this year's EBAday conference to 25-26 November.

12 March 2020

News/regulation

Transformative regulation finds its feet in 2020

The true benefits and complexities of transformative regulation across financial services is set to become reality in 2020, as firms work to prepare and implement systems to meet compliance standards while maintaining a competitive edge.

06 March 2020

News/EBAday

EBAday 2020 to address 'the turning point in payments transformation'

Registration has opened for EBAday 2020, Europe's premier payments and transaction banking conference, taking place this year in The Hague between 19-20 May.

07 February 2020

News/regulation

Banks seek clarification on EBA e-money rules

Banks from nine EU countries have endorsed a note seeking clarification on the definition of e-money transactions and the related fraud reporting requirements issued by the European Banking Authority.

21 January 2020

News/EBAday

EU pushes for cross-border instant payments

The European Commission is hosting a roundtable in Brussels as part of an ongoing intiative to push the development and availability of cross-border instant payments for European consumers and businesses.

21 June 2019

News/payments

EBAday 2019: A 'Universal' approach to P27 and regional payment areas

Closing EBAday 2019 with a lively debate on what is expected from fully integrated, open-access infrastructures for domestic and cross-border payments, banking executives and technology innovators discuss how regional initiatives fit into the pan-European context, while keeping P27 in mind.

19 June 2019

News/EBAday

EBAday 2019: Bleckwen scoops Fintech Zone prize

After two days of live pitches from 15 cutting-edge fintech startups from across Europe and beyond, Bleckwen has been named the 2019 EBAday Fintech Zone best in show winner and will receive promotional and educational services from Finextra and the EBA.

19 June 2019

News/payments

EBAday 2019: Is cashless across Europe attainable?

The message is clear at EBAday 2019: Sweden does not accept cash. While the ABBA Museum may prefer card or mobile payments, Frantz Teissedre, head of interbank relationships at Société Générale, believes that a purely cashless society across Europe may be ambitious.

19 June 2019

News/EBAday

Live: EBAday 2019, day two

Payments professionals from across Europe are gathering in Stockholm this week for EBAday 2019, hosted by the Euro Banking Association and Finextra. We're liveblogging events here.

19 June 2019

News/EBAday

EBAday 2019: How to champion women in payments

EBAday 2019 takes a fresh look at diversity during a lunchtime debate on best practices in national and corporate work policies, culture and how to ensure that dynamic work environments work for all genders in this industry.

18 June 2019

News/EBAday

EBAday 2019: Banks can learn from Sweden’s Greta Thunberg and Vision Zero

At EBAday 2019, the Euro Banking Association’s chairman of the board Wolfgang Ehrmann posits that there is a lot to be learnt from Sweden’s Vision Zero initiative, but also Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg.

18 June 2019

News/EBAday

Live: Ebaday 2019, day one

Payments professionals from across Europe are gathering in Stockholm this week for EBAday 2019, hosted by the Euro Banking Association and Finextra. We're liveblogging events here.

18 June 2019