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Sibos 2025: Time to Consolidate Your Payments Infrastructure

But as we approach Sibos 2025, a quick glance at the agenda is telling. With major regulatory initia...

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The UK’s National Payments Vision takes a step closer to reality

Make no mistake, this has significant implications for banks and PSPs offering instant payments serv...

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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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Fedwire Migration: The Final ISO 20022 Milestone?

The US has reached the final milestone on its ISO 20022 migration journey.

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Exploring the rise to real-time at Icon’s U.S payments conference

On the journey to real-time payments in the U.S and the growth opportunities that can be realised amid evolving customer demands for 24/7, instant pay...

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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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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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Transforming ISO 20022 payments data for better reporting and analysis

Over recent years, starting with the SEPA scheme, and now with SWIFT and CHAPS, there has been a convergence onto the ISO 20022 standard messaging for...

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The Journey of Canada RTR and UK NPA Real-Time Payments

Payments Canada's Real-Time-Rail (RTR) is the country's new real-time payment system, enabling account-to-account (A2A) money transfers.

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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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How can ISO 20022 help banks to better manage financial crime risks?

The deployment and usage of global payment message standards enabled by ISO 20022 provides many benefits for processing banks and regulators.

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From ISO 2022 to EPI: the Industry Initiatives Driving Treasury Transformation

Data-driven services have transformed the retail banking experience, and are now firmly on the agenda for corporate treasurers.

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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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5 ways to maximise the value of instant payments

Learn five strategic approaches banks can take to unlock value from instant payments while improving efficiency, customer experience, and profitabilit...

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ISO 20022 – the bedrock for payments transformation in the US

A recent webinar, hosted by Icon Solutions, convened a panel of industry experts to explore the progress of ISO 20022 in the US and across the world.

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Why aren't banks extracting value from payments data?

As traditional financial institutions compete with big tech and fintech players, extracting value from payments data has become paramount.