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Sibos 2025

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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Sibos 2025

Sibos 2025: The Case for Consolidation Continues to Build

Banks must consolidate payment infrastructure to support diverse digital assets and enhance cross-border payments efficiency, as highlighted at Sibos ...

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Sibos 2025: Time to Consolidate Your Payments Infrastructure

As Sibos 2025 approaches, banks must shift from compliance to consolidation. Discover how unified payments infrastructure drives resilience and growth...

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Takeaways from Icon’s US payments conference

This month Icon hosted its annual payments conference in New York. These are the key takeaways.

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How orchestration frameworks can help banks strike the right chord in payments

In response to rapidly changing payment requirements, more banks are migrating from large monoliths to a microservices approach for payment processing...

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EBADay or Groundhog Day? Transforming to end the regulatory hamster wheel

Celent survey: 73% of corporate banks see revenue gains from analytics, with AI and automation leading future investment.

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Hype, hope or holy grail? Unlocking new opportunities in payments processing with AI

A recent independent survey conducted by Celent found that 73% of corporate banks have reported clear revenue benefits from investment in advanced dat...

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It’s time to revisit the order management concept

Where is your bank on the order management (or pre-processing, or initiation management – whichever you prefer) maturity scale?

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Is low code the answer to higher payment revenues for banks?

Banks face margin pressures and developer limits, driving a shift in payments processing towards low-code tools and innovative platforms.

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The time is now for banks to reimagine payments processing

The rapid convergence of emerging technologies and evolving business models is presenting banks with systemic and operational challenges.

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Payments outsourcing: minimising risk and maximising value-added services

Research indicates that payments transformation isn’t optional—it’s imperative for survival. Yet modernising payments infrastructure can be a costly u...

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Costs and Control: Key Takeaway from SIBOS 2022

Banks struggle to make money processing payments and therefore need to cut costs by factors, not percentages.

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Getting ready for SIBOS 2022: Progressive Finance for a Changing World

At Icon Solutions, we spend a lot of time thinking about the ever-evolving payments landscape and the challenges it creates for its stakeholders.

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Future-proof payments infrastructure: The role of agent banks in the quest for modernisation

Fintech growth and new players disrupt payments. Banks can future-proof by rethinking infrastructure and exploring agency banking partnerships.

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2022: The Year That Banks Finally Change for Good?

Explore how 2022 marked a turning point for banks, driving sustainable change through payments modernisation and digital transformation.

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Understanding the realities of payment data monetisation

The number of banks identifying payments data monetisation as a key strategic priority has doubled in the past two years.

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Busting the myths on payments transformation

Uncover common misconceptions about payments transformation and understand how banks can adopt practical strategies for long-term success.