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South Africa’s central bank (SARB) has revealed a roadmap that would improve the country’s adoption of digital payment technologies.
digital payments, report, cryptocurrency, CBDC
Mirela Ciobanu from The Paypers examines key cross-border payment trends for 2024 and beyond, highlighting a focus on innovation, security, and regulatory compliance.
cross-border payments, central bank, SWIFT, blockchain, digital assets, stablecoin
Diana Lupuleac, Content Editor at The Paypers, shares insights into the history of cross-border payments, how they are made today, and current initiatives aimed to tackle their pain points.
cross-border payments, ecommerce, online shopping, shopping, money transfer, blockchain, real-time payments, CBDC, Open Banking, marketplace, B2B payments, B2B2B2C, ACH, SWIFT
Germany-based identity proofing platform IDnow has entered a consortium that focuses on making crypto assets compliant with new EU regulations.
cryptocurrency, digital assets, regulation, compliance, identity verification
Tony Wood from Deloitte APAC explores the dynamic landscape of Open Banking in APAC – trends, regulatory shifts, and transformative innovations driving financial inclusion and competition.
Open Banking, financial services, Open Finance, report
Phoebe Zhou, Head of Emerging Payments, Europe at HSBC, discusses how AI, DLT, and APIs are shaping the future of payments by improving efficiency, reducing costs, and fostering innovation for businesses and consumers.
payments , Open Banking, embedded payments, DLT
Central Banking Infrastructure company, EMTECH, has delivered a 12-week CBDC Hackathon as a pilot for the Bank of Ghana.
crypto, digital currency, web3, banking, CBDC
Building onto our previous reporting related to the partnerships that took place in Q3 2023 within the payments and commerce space, this analysis focuses on the banking and fintech industry.
banking, fintech, fraud prevention, financial crime, Open Banking, Open Finance, crypto, web3, The Paypers Quarterly Analysis series
Britain has announced that it would legislate to implement its first set of rules to regulate the crypto sector.
cryptocurrency, regulation, UK Finance, crypto asset
US-based CoreChain has partnered with R3 to enable Embedded B2B Payments for banks and digital banking providers.
partnership, B2B payments, digital payments, financial institutions, DLT, embedded payments
Matt Higginson of McKinsey discusses why the future of digital asset tokenization holds greater promise than its tumultuous recent history might indicate.
tokenization, digital assets, blockchain, financial services, payments
Financial messaging system Swift has released the results of its blockchain experiments to showcase its tokenisation potential.
tokenization, report, blockchain, digital assets
Qatar Central Bank (QCB) has advised companies that intend to operate the Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) system to submit applications in order to receive the license from the bank.
BNPL, regulation, central bank, instalment payments
The government of China has launched the National Blockchain Technology Innovation Center in Beijing to support blockchain technology research.
blockchain, research, cryptocurrency, partnership
The Qatar Financial Centre Authority has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with R3 to support the development of Qatar’s financial technologies.
partnership, financial institutions, blockchain, fintech
The Central Bank of UAE has revealed its plans to complete the first phase of its central bank digital currency project in mid-2024.
CBDC, central bank, digital currency, banks
As our previous edition explored the mergers and acquisitions market in Europe, today we turn our attention to the US.
The Paypers Quarterly Analysis series, funding, investment, regtech, identity verification, machine learning, fraud prevention, KYC, AML, blockchain
Dominika Duziak, Head of Product and Strategy at OneStep Financial, a member of The Payments Association, clarifies the most common misconceptions about CBDCs and advocates for enhanced digitalisation with their help.
CBDC, NFT, digitalisation, online payments, payments , mobile payments, mobile money, digital currency, digital wallet, digital euro, digital payments, e-wallet, cryptocurrency
The European Commission has recommended a headstart into analysing the implications of technologies such as the metaverse and ChatGPT.
regulation, metaverse, web3, compliance
Sophocles Ioannou, Regional Director, Business Development Europe and Latin America at OpenWay Group, discusses the importance of CBDCs in a highly digitalised world and its benefits for fintechs and end-users.
CBDC, digital currency, payment gateway, online payments, central bank, digitalisation, financial inclusion, payments , payment methods, payment institution, digital payments, fintech