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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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A vision for architecture in the new AI-augmented world

As with every paradigm-shifting technology, AI brings with it both game-changing opportunities, but also well-founded concerns.

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Why payments in Europe have entered a new era

One month on, Matt Piper, Head of Solution Consulting at Icon Solutions, reflects on EBAday and insights gained on the state of payments in Europe.

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Tooling up with AI to get a grip on your architecture

“Legacy” is a term often applied to IT, and it brings up connotations of complexity, fragility, rigidity.

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EBAday 2025: Why Banks Must Focus on Resiliency, Flexibility and Consolidation

Banks with a broader focus on consolidation can ensure their payment processing systems are able to support any payment, anytime, anywhere.

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I got OpenTelemetry to work. But why was it so complicated?

A number of our customers have recently been asking whether we support OpenTelemetry, the observability framework and toolkit.

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Why there has never been a better time to consider becoming a direct participant of CHAPS

This blog explores why Payment Service Providers (PSPs) may now wish to consider becoming CHAPS direct participants.

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Commercial Variable Recurring Payments and the implications for banks

This blog explores the opportunities that stand to be realised in the case of commercial Variable Recurring Payments.

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Regulation, opportunities and accelerating payments transformation – takeaways from our IPF Day

Last month, Icon brought together payments professionals from across Europe and the US for our 3rd IPF Day.

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Sibos 2024: Darren Capehorn in conversation with Mark Brant

In 2024, Sibos is opening its doors in Beijing, marking the first time that China's capital is hosting the event.

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Fighting fraud: How to enhance financial crime prevention without breaking the bank

Financial crime is on the rise, and it is costing billions. New research shows UK financial services organisations are collectively spending £34.2 bil...

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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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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.