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AI, CBDC, and stablecoins: Trending tech in the payments sector
Dominique Dierks

Dominique Dierks Content Manager at Finextra

AI, CBDC, and stablecoins: Trending tech in the payments sector

This is an excerpt from the Future of Payments 2025 report. Never has technology evolved as quickly as it does today, and innovation is ripe in finance and banking. AI, tokenisation, stablecoins, CBDCs and hyper-personalisation are all elements of discussion when it comes to making transactions more secure, streamline operations, reduce costs an...

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Tools for banks’ continued digitalisation journeys
Hamish Monk

Hamish Monk Senior Reporter at Finextra

Tools for banks’ continued digitalisation journeys

This is an excerpt from the Future of Payments 2025 report. Financial institutions need to transform their entire business and operating model to achieve bespoke, modular digital solutions and improve profitability. So, how can open banking and embedded finance help with this goal? And which hurdles remain? Annalisa Ludwinski, head of corresponden...

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EU payments regulations: What to expect from 2025
Níamh Curran

Níamh Curran Senior Reporter at Finextra

EU payments regulations: What to expect from 2025

This is an excerpt from the Future of Payments 2025 report. There are a plethora of new EU regulations and directives on the horizon. Many of these will require banks and financial institutions to start making (or really have already started to make) big changes. Many will be aware of the impact PSD3 many have, and despite the timeline for this no...

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Correspondent banking and cross border payments need modernisation
Sehrish Alikhan

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Correspondent banking and cross border payments need modernisation

This is an excerpt from the Future of Payments 2025 report. The decline in the number of correspondent banking relationships globally has been widely noted, leaving many communities who rely on it for cross-border payments without many other choices. This is in part because of a heightened focus on high-risk jurisdictions, which is known as de-ris...

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Instant payments will change the payments landscape in 2025
Madhvi Sonia

Madhvi Sonia Head of Content at Finextra

Instant payments will change the payments landscape in 2025

This is an excerpt from the Future of Payments 2025 report. Will the future of payments be digital, instant and profitable? What is for certain in 2025 is that the payments industry will increasingly become complex and multi-faceted due to the sheer number of players entering the market. New rails will be leveraged to settle a growing number of p...

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Embedded finance: Encouraging African financial inclusion
Sehrish Alikhan

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Embedded finance: Encouraging African financial inclusion

This is an excerpt from the Future of Embedded Finance in Africa 2025 report. Africa is leading the world in growing mobile banking and embedded finance solutions. The growth in technology hubs in African nations has led to mass adoption of digital banking apps and high mobile penetration among the population. With more digital adoption in African...

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Dubai and Abu Dhabi crypto firms: Regulatory pitfalls to avoid with EU or UK clients
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Dubai and Abu Dhabi crypto firms: Regulatory pitfalls to avoid with EU or UK clients

This piece was coauthored by Vlad Maly and Renate Prinz, partners at McDermott, Will & Emery. Continuing developments in the crypto regulatory sphere have significantly increased the attractiveness of Dubai and Abu Dhabi for crypto firms with global ambitions. Firms should remember, however, that they may also need to comply with the EU or UK ...

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Biodiversity loss could threaten the global GDP: Why nature-based financing is essential
Sehrish Alikhan

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Biodiversity loss could threaten the global GDP: Why nature-based financing is essential

The CDP, a nonprofit organisation that runs a global disclosure system, recently released a report outlining the need to de-risk nature-based finance in Asia, outlining how biodiversity loss is impacting the GDP of numerous countries. The report indicated that the threat to nature and biodiversity to low-income and nature-reliant countries in Asia...

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Unlocking the opportunities of embedded e-commerce in the African market
Dominique Dierks

Dominique Dierks Content Manager at Finextra

Unlocking the opportunities of embedded e-commerce in the African market

This is an excerpt from the Future of Embedded Finance in Africa 2025 report. E-commerce in Africa is booming, driven by increasing access to internet and smart phones across the continent, combined with affordable data plans, a young and tech-savvy population, as well as the growing availability of digital payment methods. Statista expects the re...

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US Election 2024: What will Vice President Kamala Harris bring to fintech?
Madhvi Sonia

Madhvi Sonia Head of Content at Finextra

US Election 2024: What will Vice President Kamala Harris bring to fintech?

This week, Vice President Harris pledged to provide Black male entrepreneurs with one million forgivable loans of up to $20,000 to help them get their businesses off the ground in collaboration with the Small Business Adminstration, bolstering their potential and removing barriers for this group. According to the Massachusetts Institute of Techno...

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Making embedded cross-border payments in Africa work
Hamish Monk

Hamish Monk Senior Reporter at Finextra

Making embedded cross-border payments in Africa work

This is an excerpt from the Future of Embedded Finance in Africa 2025 report. Africa continues to pursue new technologies and innovations to facilitate cross-border payments. Embedded finance and remittances in this arena could be the next steps to streamline the process for end-users – as well as boost financial inclusion and trade. Country he...

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DORA takes effect: Digital resilience and cybersecurity in the EU
Renate Prinz

Renate Prinz Partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP

DORA takes effect: Digital resilience and cybersecurity in the EU

European financial supervision has a clear enemy that needs to be mitigated: cyber risks. The idea that a major banking or payment system could be hacked triggers fear of major economic crises, depending on the scale of such a hack. Thus, there is a clear focus on IT security in the banking system to ensure the stability of the financial market, e...

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