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A Step Closer to Reality? Update on the UK's National Payment Vision
On 07 November 2025, the Payments Vision Delivery Committee (PVDC) published its “Strategy for Futur...
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The Future of Payments - Time to Take Off the Blinkers
Instant payments, characterised by their speed and availability, are transforming the financial landscape across the globe.
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Upgrading to Java 17, or: how I learned to stop worrying and love NoSuchMethodError
Icon recently released IPF 2024.1, which included upgrading all of our components to Java 17 and required Java 17 as a minimum.
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How to future-proof payments: key questions to ask at EBAday
Matt Piper, Head of Pre-Sales at Icon Solutions, explains why flexibility is key when it comes to future-proofing payments.
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Is now the time for real-time payments in the U.S.?
Post-NACHA Faster Payments Conference, Icon’s Arjeh van Oijen highlights key trends driving U.S. real-time payments rollout and adoption.
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Understanding the Road to Real-Time in North America at Smarter Faster Payments 2024
Ahead of NACHA’s Faster Payments Conference, Icon’s Arjeh van Oijen explores why real-time payments are a top priority for North American banks.
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Adventures in AI: Addressing a Fundamental Challenge Facing Banks’ ISO 20022 Migrations
A Celent survey shows 73% of corporate banks see revenue gains from advanced analytics, with AI and automation leading future investments.
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Modernise Payment Reconciliations and Investigations to reduce operational cost and increase efficiencies
Financial institutions must have an efficient Reconciliation and Investigation (R&I) capability to minimise financial risk.
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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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Core banking transformation: Key considerations for success
The banking industry is having a significant transformation across its various business domains, and core banking has been one of the key areas of foc...
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The Future of Payments – Will I Need to Wear Shades?
At the same time as the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, a new report by HM Treasury was released – the Future of Payments Review report.
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How Can Banks Take Control of Their Payments Transformation in 2024?
In the first blog of our two-part predictions series, we explored the key technological and regulatory trends shaping the payments landscape in 2024.
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2024 Predictions: Payments Trends to Watch This Year
Amid margin pressures, banks face 2024 with challenges and opportunities. Explore key trends in cross-border payments, digital currencies & AI.
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Customer-centric innovation - why our IPF Client Days matter to us
Last month, Icon hosted its IPF Client Day, exploring the latest business trends and discussing new product innovations as part of the IPF roadmap.
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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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AI can help your business, but only once the Data Foundations are in place
Banks increasingly find that their payments processing model for account-to-account (A2A) payments is under particular strain.
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A transformative year for Icon Solutions
In the last financial year, Icon has reflected its own transformation, with new clients supported, continued revenue growth and an expanding global te...