Central Banks and Distributed Ledger Technology
Date: 30th July 2019
Can Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) be the basis for a revolution in cross-border payments? Cross-border payments and the correspondent banking model have not kept pace with advances in domestic payments such as...
Regulatory Fragmentation and Real-Time Payments
Author: Gene Neyer
Date: 26th September 2018
There is a lively debate on whether the modern real-time payment infrastructures came into being through regulation or out of commercial necessity and end-user demand. Although regulators are almost always involved in...
Creating a Next-Gen Payments Platform for an Evolving Digital Economy
Date: 31st May 2018
The convergence of Open Banking, PSD2 and instant payments are giving rise to new use cases in the payments industry on an almost daily basis. The creation of new customer centric value-added...
ISO 20022: The good, the bad and the better
Date: 29th March 2018
You would think from the many articles, discussion panels and chaotic clamour regarding ISO 20022 in recent years, that it was the new kid on the block. However, ISO 20022 has been slowly...
Global Payments: Spotlight on Colombia
Author: Lauren Jones
Date: 14th November 2017
Lauren Jones, Icon’s International Payments Ambassador has created a country profile on Colombia and their payments market. This paper shares key facts and figures on their payments system, including modernisation plans for...
Spotlight on Central America
Author: Lauren Jones
Date: 2nd October 2017
Author: Lauren Jones Date: 2nd October, 2017 Lauren Jones, Icon Solutions’ International Payments Ambassador, has created a profile on Central America’s regional payments scheme: Sistemas de Interconexíon de Pagos (SIP). This shares key facts and figures...