Whitepapers

Central Banks and Distributed Ledger Technology

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…

Hussam Kamel

30 July 2019

Whitepapers

Regulatory Fragmentation and Real-Time Payments

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…

Gene Neyer

26 September 2018

Whitepapers

Creating a Next-Gen Payments Platform for an Evolving…

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…

Aniruddha Maheshwari

31 May 2018

Whitepapers

ISO 20022: The good, the bad and the…

  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…

Lauren Jones

29 March 2018

Whitepapers

Global Payments: Spotlight on Colombia

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…

Lauren Jones

14 November 2017

Whitepapers

Spotlight on Central America

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…

Lauren Jones

2 October 2017

Whitepapers

Changing lanes in Hungary: From batch to instant…

From July 2019, customers of Hungarian banks will be able to make instant credit transfers of up to HUF 10 million and the beneficiaries would be able to use these funds within…

Aniruddha Maheshwari

19 September 2017

Whitepapers

Global Payments: Spotlight on Guatemala

Author: Lauren Jones Date: 13th July, 2017 Lauren Jones, Icon Solutions’ International Payments Ambassador, has created a country profile on the Guatemalan payments market. This shares key facts and figures for this country including modernisation plans…

Lauren Jones

14 July 2017

Whitepapers

Global Payments: Spotlight on Belize

Author: Lauren Jones Date: 4th July, 2017 Lauren Jones, Icon Solutions’ International Payments Ambassador, has created a country profile on the Belize payments market. This shares key facts and figures for this country including the launch…

Lauren Jones

3 July 2017