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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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EBADay or Groundhog Day? Transforming to end the regulatory hamster wheel

Celent survey: 73% of corporate banks see revenue gains from analytics, with AI and automation leading future investment.

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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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The Future of Payments – Will I Need to Wear Shades?

Back before Christmas, at the same time as the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, a new report by HM Treasury was released – the Future of Payments Review...

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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...

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The value of a “Payments Reference Architecture” in driving payments transformation

With the Payments IT landscape frequently changing due to regulations, customer needs, and innovations, Financial Institutions (FIs) face challenges.

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Core banking transformation: key drivers for change

Traditional banking has evolved over centuries into what we have today: digitalised products and services that keep the worldwide economic cogs turnin...

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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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Payments data transformation: What does it mean for corporate treasurers?

Market forces are driving banking innovations which promise significant downstream benefits for corporates.

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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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A sleeping digital giant wakes? 4 key trends accelerating payments transformation in the US

Discover the four major trends shaping the future of payments and how financial institutions can respond to new customer, regulatory, and market deman...

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Unbanked and Unconnected: Supporting Financial Inclusion Beyond Digital

Many of us take it for granted, but accessing basic financial services is fundamental to our economic and social development.