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Sibos 2025: The Case for Consolidation Continues to Build

But reflecting on our discussions from this year’s show brings clarity, for there is a single unifyi...

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The future of AI payments solutions: Driving intelligent payment platforms with IPF and Generative AI

As an engineering team building the IPF software, we already adopt AI-based approaches internally ac...

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Celebrating the women at Icon Solutions

Highlighting the achievements of women at Icon Solutions and the vital role they play in shaping the future of payments and technology.

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Should banks outsource payments?

At a recent webinar hosted by InstaPay on payments transformation, a question was posed to the speakers (from HSBC, Nordea and Icon Solutions).

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What does it take to win the payments transformation race?

Winning the payments transformation race takes more than tech — discover the strategies, agility, and collaboration needed to lead.

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5 takeaways from EBAday 2019

Our latest blog looks at the five key takeaways we took from this year's EBAday 2019.

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Can legacy solutions meet tomorrow's payments demands?

Examine the limits of legacy systems and explore how banks can modernise to meet tomorrow’s real-time payment demands.

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Why SEPA Inst is set to become standard

SCT Inst – or SEPA Instant Credit Transfers – is set to completely change the way that payments are made across Europe.

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Payments, the internet of things, and the end of civilisation as we know it

The internet of things (IoT) is at the peak of the hype cycle, so it’s not surprising to find payment companies trying to jump aboard the gravy train....

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The Treasury’s view of PSD2: A step in the right direction?

As a European directive, PSD2 has to be transposed into UK law.

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Instant Payments and the Reactive Manifesto

Over the last year, we’ve been talking with many banks and payment service providers about the challenges of instant payments.

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Post-PSD2: What Will Banking Look Like?

The revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) has been the cause of much hand-wringing in the banking space.

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PSD2, RTS and SDC: confusion reigns

Over the last couple of weeks the media agenda has been dominated by Payment Services Directive Two (PSD2), and unfortunately not for the right reason...

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PSD2 - Powered By Pixie Dust

I was recently on a panel at NextGen Banking Nordics, discussing PSD2 (of course) where I was pretty critical of the draft Regulatory Technical Standa...

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Beyond Babel: A New Blueprint for Global Instant Payments – Part 1

Fragmentation has become a very real challenge for the industry as instant payment schemes are being implemented on a country by country basis.

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Icon Solutions’ Directors embark on their toughest challenge to date

A milestone year: as I turn 50, my son 21, and my daughter 18, we plan to mark it with a life-affirming climb up Mount Kilimanjaro.