OCTOBER 2021

The Different Times

Is there a more valuable currency than trust? In the latest issue of our digital newspaper, we examine trust as the foundation on which we will build back from the coronavirus pandemic stronger together.

 

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STORY
Request to pay: giving people flexibility and control
STORY
Global real-time payments soar in 2020
DISCUSSION
Building successful real-time central infrastructures
TRACKER
Q1 2021 Open Banking tracker
Discussion
The multi-rail journey to becoming digital first
STORY
The world is trending toward the regionalisation of real-time payments
TRACKER
Q4 2020 Open Banking tracker
Discussion
How the payments industry is coming together to quash financial crime
Discussion
Banking for humanity: making the digital economy work for all
DISCUSSION
Accelerating Canada's digital economy
STORY
Celebrating 50 years of Direct Debit
Signals
Real-time payments: Moving at the pace of progress
STORY
Why access to cash must endure
STORY
Our new normal calls for new trade rules
STORY
Interest in open banking has been catalysed
STORY
How fast access to funds is supporting people through the pandemic
DISCUSSION
A real business case for real-time bill payments
STORY
Data gets a green energy boost
TRacker
Q3 2020 Open Banking tracker
STORY
LINK on the endurance of cash in a COVID-19 economy
STORY
Beyond speed: the value of data
STORY
Fuelling the global gig economy
STORY
QR code innovation is enabling low-cost digital acceptance in Pakistan
TRACKER
Real-time payments market continues to mature
STORY
Collaborating with TSB to combat opportunist fraudsters
STORY
Bringing real-time aid and insights
story
Making cross-border payments more seamless and secure
STORY
Time to fix the broken link in billing
STORY
Paying other people during a pandemic
TRacker
Q2 2020 Open Banking tracker
STORY
Modernising payments in Latin America
STORY
The importance of dependability in real-time services
story
Post-pandemic reality: Why open banking is the new normal
Signals
The future of P2P payments
DISCUSSION
The evolution of open banking with the EPA
Story
Powering small businesses to weather the storm
Discussion
Combatting fraud in open banking with Konsentus
Story
An inflection point in US bill payments
TRacker
Q1 2020 Open Banking tracker
Story
Mark Barnett on UK, Ireland and Nordic payments
STORY
Celebrating 60 years of Bankgirot
story
The power of proxy-enabled payments
story
Driving the next era of inclusion
story
Highlights from UK Finance Economic Crime Congress
Podcast
Managing just-in-time liquidity
TRacker
Q4 2019 Open Banking tracker
Video
Introducing Digital Future
PODCAST
Transforming Thailand to a digital economy
Video
Vocalink and TSB: providing confidence in every payment
Story
Vocalink wins Technology Provider of the Year
video
Finextra interview: Innovation and inclusion in Africa
video
Finextra interview: The changing B2B payments landscape
download
Welcome to the frictionless future
podcast
Stories from the frictionless future of payments
Infographic
The frictionless future of real-time payments
story
The daily digest from Sibos: Day three
story
The daily digest from Sibos: Day two
story
The daily digest from Sibos: Day one
Story
Democratising access to real-time payments
Story
Combatting financial crime
Story
Inclusive access to money and services
Story
Seamless cross-border trade
story
Just-in-time business
Story
Intuitive payments
video
The frictionless future of payments
story
Fighting the bank transfer fraud battle
STORY
Thoughtful innovation – driving the future of payments
Story
The impact of AI in financial services
STORY
The commercialisation of Open Banking
story
Unlocking a world of opportunity in Open Banking
video
Using AI to uncover sophisticated patterns of financial crime
story
Tackling fraud in the age of Open Banking
story
UK businesses worry that fraudsters are winning
story
Two years of PromptPay