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Can your bank actually handle Tokenised Money - or just talk about it?

Banks have spent years watching the digital asset space with cautious curiosity. That luxury is gone...

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Tokenised Deposits – Are they the future of Payments?

The payments landscape is evolving rapidly, with growing interest in how digital money can move fast...

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Navigating Verification of Payee: UK, EU and globally

Verification of Payee (VoP) is an additional mandatory layer of payments protection to avoid payments in error and to prevent fraud.

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Designing a global payment solution with multi-entity support

Using IPF, we built a single codebase for a global tier-1 bank, enabling config-only, multi-entity deployments across regions and legal entities.

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I got OpenTelemetry to work. But why was it so complicated?

A number of our customers have recently been asking whether we support OpenTelemetry, the observability framework and toolkit.

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Delivering future-proof payments modernisation successfully

Banks are taking payments modernisation in-house to control of costs and risk. How can banks successfully approach their in-house builds?

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Reflecting on Sibos: A fireside chat with Icon and NatWest

Icon co-founder Darren Capehorn, and Mark Brant, Chief Payments Officer at NatWest, caught up after Sibos in Beijing to compare notes.

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Demystifying digital currencies and tokenisation

What are digital currencies and tokenisation and what are the implications for banks and other financial institutions?

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Wero: The EU's ambition to rattle credit cards behemoths

At the heart of EPI's efforts is Wero, a digital wallet, mobile app. Wero offers users convenient and secure Peer-to-Peer, e-commerce, and POS pay...

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National Payments Vision: A constructive step forward

HM Treasury published its National Payments Vision report on 14 November 2024, immediately after the Chancellor gave this year’s Mansion House Speech....

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Why there has never been a better time to consider becoming a direct participant of CHAPS

This blog explores why Payment Service Providers (PSPs) may now wish to consider becoming CHAPS direct participants.

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Commercial Variable Recurring Payments and the implications for banks

This blog explores the opportunities that stand to be realised in the case of commercial Variable Recurring Payments.

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Regulation, opportunities and accelerating payments transformation – takeaways from our IPF Day

Last month, Icon brought together payments professionals from across Europe and the US for our 3rd IPF Day.

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Sibos 2024: Darren Capehorn in conversation with Mark Brant

In 2024, Sibos is opening its doors in Beijing, marking the first time that China's capital is hosting the event.

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AFP Nashville 2024 – what do corporate clients want from their bank?

At AFP 2024, Icon’s Arjeh van Oijen highlights how corporate banks can deepen client relationships and evolve from service providers to strategic part...

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How SEPA OCT Inst is transforming cross-border payments

The G20 roadmap seeks to enhance cross-border payments by tackling challenges around cost, speed, access, and transparency.

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Developments in cross-border payments and the evolving landscape

Key points on the Bank of England's approach to innovation in payments across wholesale, retail and cross-border, and what this means for UK banks...

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Evolving the bank: Beyond the EU Instant Payments Regulation (IPR)

This blog explores the EU's Instant Payments Regulation and key challenges for banks along with what banks can do to resolve them.