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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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PSD2 and SCTInst: A threat to card payments in Europe?

PSD2 paves the way for a new way to pay online across Europe. Instead of using a card, consumers will soon be able to pay directly from their bank acc...

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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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Fast forward - The landscape of faster payments

Gain insight into the evolving faster payments landscape and how banks can stay competitive in a rapidly changing environment.

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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.