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Can cloud computing offer organisations the opportunity to sharpen their competitive advantage?

What hurdles does a country have to overcome if they want to prioritise digital payments? and do the pros outweigh the cons?

Compare NPA and SCT Inst, outline key differences, and understand implications for banks implementing real-time payment capabilities across Europe.

Payments are shifting to customer experience and value. Tier 1 banks must meet MNCs’ complex needs with flexible, customisable processing solutions.

The critical role of women in computer science has arguably been under reported throughout history.

In 2016-17, the UK’s industry-wide Payments Strategy Forum created the New Payments Architecture (NPA) initiative.

We know that, as technology specialists, our industry needs to do so much more to encourage women into science and technology.

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

We’ve put our heads together to come up with our top predictions for how the industry will evolve in 2023.

It’s no secret that the account-to-account payments processing model remains under strain.

In order to create a market where new schemes like Account-to-Account payments can compete, regulation must play a central role.

The opening keynote by Swift’s Chairman and their CEO ultimately gave out one simple message: in times of change we must collaborate, innovate and ada...

How richer ISO 20022 payment data helps banks manage financial crime risk – from AML checks and sanctions screening to detecting APP fraud.

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

Our largest grassroots initiative to date has been the one that we just completed with Haverstock School, based in North London.

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