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Matt Jones

Matt Jones Director at Payments Culture

Reflecting on the COP26 summit

As climate change continues to move up the agenda of not just policy makers, but also the wider public, many of us were glued to watching the events unfold at this year’s annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26. On an almost daily basis we are presented with information on the day-to-day impact of climate change from various voices i...

/payments /sustainable Trends in Financial Services

Vitus Rotzer

Vitus Rotzer CRO Banking & NBFIs - EMEA & APAC at Bottomline

Banks Prepare For Big Changes In Switzerland’s Financial Landscape

When it comes to the financial landscape in Switzerland, there’s perception, and there’s reality. The perception may be that it is an isolated, neutral country that opted for independence from the European Union. The reality is it has also made the necessary moves to connect its financial system to the rest of the world, while reserving the rights ...

/payments /wholesale Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

John Bertrand

John Bertrand MD at Tec 8 Limited

APP (Authorised Push Payment) fraud mitigation planned by banking and payment authorities

APP fraud is rocketing, up 70 per cent in six months, and likely to be a multi billion business shortly. No one is surprise to learn that the Bank of England, Pay.UK and UK Finance (The Collaboration) have joined forces in defining a new data model to mitigate Authorised Push Payment Fraud and reduce friction in the payment process, e.g. misdirec...

/payments /regulation Transaction Fraud Systems and Analysis

Todd Clyde

Todd Clyde CEO at Token.io

Making good on open banking payments’ promise

Open banking is the most exciting disruption to hit financial services in a generation and is fundamentally changing the payments landscape. Account-to-account (A2A) payments offer not only cost savings and better cash flow but unrivalled reach by covering anyone with a bank account, all while providing smoother onboarding processes and superb ban...

/payments The future of Payments in Europe

Jessica Bayley

Jessica Bayley Head of Marketing at Acquired.com

The importance of seamless payment experiences in the restaurant and takeaway industry

87% of industry restaurant operators, owners and managers believe that technology adoption has been critical for survival throughout the COVID-19 pandemic (Global State of the Hospitality Industry). The unprecedented events of the last 18 months have resulted in massive loss of earnings for the sector merchants are looking for ways to save time an...

/payments Business

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Armchair Fraudsters – Impact of COVID-19 on “Friendly Fraud”

Working from home has become “the norm” for many of us, as COVID-19 forced the closures of traditional offices, people across the world moved into hastily converted kitchens, sheds, dining rooms and spare bedrooms to create homeworking spaces. In the UK alone nearly 70% of us are still working from home in some capacity, whether it’s on a full-tim...

/payments /crime Transaction Fraud Systems and Analysis

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Building Trust with Biometric Cards—Less Friction, More Security

How we managed payments only few years ago is now going through a big change on every level. Not only are we seeing the expansion of digital platforms, but also new products like digital wallets and biometric cards are popping up everywhere. Biometrics are used to identify individuals using unique identifiers such as facial recognition, iris verifi...

/security /payments Biometrics

Keith Stanton

Keith Stanton International Product Manager (Fraud & Risk) at FIS

Fraud in the Covid Age

Since the beginning of March 2020, when the world moved to multiple lockdowns and restricted activity as a result of the ongoing pandemic, it’s been clear that there has been a real shift in how we transact. It’s a subject I’ve covered in previous blogs, but as we come to the end of 2021, and payment data continues to be published for 2020, we are...

/payments /crime

Steve Morgan

Steve Morgan Banking Industry Market Lead at Pegasystems

Access to Cash is an Ancient Argument that is Losing Steam Fast

In the past few weeks, two news announcements made me think about the access to cash debate that rages in many countries and especially the UK where a government consultation on the topic recently closed. One, most obviously, was how the limit for contactless purchases in the UK was raised to £100. Even before the first pandemic lockdown, contactl...

/payments /people The future of Payments in Europe

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Should Your Ecommerce Website Accept Cryptocurrencies?

The excitement surrounding Bitcoin does not appear to be fading anytime soon. What are the implications of accepting cryptocurrencies as payment for ecommerce sellers? You've probably heard about cryptocurrencies by now. Satoshi Nakamoto, an unnamed individual, founded Bitcoin, the world's first major cryptocurrency, a little more than 12 years ag...

/payments /crypto Fintech

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