Blogs

Some TIPS for the introduction of SCT Inst

  At the European Central Bank’s #TIPSapp event on Tuesday there was lots of focus on opportunity, both short-term and longer-term from the introduction of Instant Payments (IP). The day was to…

Mady Dyson

7 February 2018

Blogs

Video – Instant Payments: ça marche!

  As part of Icon’s continued efforts to support the adoption of Instant Payments across the Eurozone, we were invited to present our thoughts and expertise on Instant Payments to a wide…

Mady Dyson

12 January 2018

Blogs

Instant Payments: What can we expect in 2018?

  2017: The year of Instant Payments  Unless you’ve spent the last 365 days hiding under a rock, you’ll be fully aware that 2017 has been the year of Instant Payments. Regulators…

Mady Dyson

28 December 2017

Blogs

Reactive Systems: It’s Actors All the Way Down

  Much of what we write about on the Icon blog is instant payments and instant payment adoption around the world. This blog is part of a series, which aims to bring…

Patrick Altaie

20 December 2017

Blogs

Deutschlands Rolle in der Einführung von SEPA Instant…

  The neusten Zahlen des European Payments Council (EPC) zeigen, dass sich derzeit mehr als 400 deutsche Payment-Service-Provider (PSPs) auf die Einführung der neuen SCT Inst-kompatiblen Instant-Payments-Plattform RT1 von EBA Clearing vorbereiten….

Kate Nelson

19 December 2017

Blogs

Canada embraces Real-time Payments as a platform for…

  In the Canadian market, both consumers and banks have been early adopters when it comes to banking innovation, whether it is mobile, desktop or behind the scenes technology. Canadian consumers generally expect,…

Mady Dyson

14 December 2017

Blogs

Real-Time Payments Adoption in the US: the non-mandated…

  The Clearing House’s (TCH) central processing scheme in the US has recently started Real Time Payments (RTP) testing for the clearance and settlement of funds between banks. The event is significant…

Mady Dyson

7 December 2017

Blogs

Germany’s role in the uptake of SEPA instant…

  The latest stats from the European Payments Council (EPC), show there are over 400 German Payment Service Providers (PSPs) gearing up to go-live early next year with EBA Clearing’s new SCT…

Kate Nelson

27 November 2017

Blogs

Preparing for Instant Payments? Don’t take a knife…

There was much agreement at Retail Banking Europe (#RBE2017) in Amsterdam last week. Banks need to support the digital economy and are slowly reinventing themselves to become digital entities. Although different approaches…

Kate Nelson

21 November 2017