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The challenge of payments in Europe

Interviews | Payments General | 22 Jul 2024

Fernando Rodríguez, Head of Business Development at Bizum, tackles SEPA instant transfers in Europe and Bizum’s involvement, interoperability, and the future digital euro.

payments , paytech, fintech, account-to-account payment, instant payments, cross-border payments, real-time payments, SEPA, money transfer, digital euro, CBDC, payment methods, ecommerce, regulation, IPR, legislation, mobile payments, financial services, SEPAInst

Russia to expand digital ruble pilot

News | Cryptocurrencies | 09 Jul 2024

The Russian Central Bank has revealed its decision to significantly expand its digital ruble pilot programme starting 1 September 2024.

CBDC, digital assets, cryptocurrency, central bank

BDF collaborates with HKMA on new CBDC cross-border opportunities

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 05 Jul 2024

The Banque de France (BDF) has started collaborating with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) on wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) initiatives.

CBDC, tokenization, partnership, central bank, cross-border payments

Swiss National Bank considers expanding digital currency project

News | Cryptocurrencies | 04 Jul 2024

The Swiss National Bank has announced it is open to expand its pilot project with wholesale CBDCs.

CBDC, tokenization, central bank, DLT

The European elections and their impact on the payments industry

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 01 Jul 2024

Robrecht Vandormael and Maxence Favaletto from FTI Consulting talk about how the payments industry is impacted by the June 2024 European elections.


payment processing, online payments, payment processor, digital currency, digital payments, digital assets, CBDC, regulation, EPI, digital euro, e-wallet, digital wallet, instant payments, fintech, digitalisation

21X to participate in the Eurosystem exploratory work

News | Cryptocurrencies | 28 Jun 2024

Frankfurt-based fintech 21X has been selected to participate in the European Central Bank Initiative on DLT for wholesale CBDC settlement. 

banking, partnership, CBDC, cryptocurrency, crypto, digital assets, crypto asset

Russia to initiate digital cross-border payments in 2025

News | Cryptocurrencies | 13 Jun 2024

Russia plans to initiate its first cross-border payments using the digital ruble in the second half of 2025.

cross-border payments, digital payments, settlement, CBDC

Charting fintech's future: insights from Fintech 2025+ report

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 13 Jun 2024

‘The measure of greatness in a scientific idea is the extent to which it stimulates thought and opens up new lines of research.’ Paul Dirac, English mathematical and theoretical physicist


fintech, cross-border payments, real-time payments, regtech, fraud management, data, instant payments, cryptocurrency, CBDC, DeFi

HSBC China launches e-CNY services for corporate clients

News | Cryptocurrencies | 10 Jun 2024

HSBC Bank's China branch has become the first foreign bank in the country to offer e-CNY services to corporate clients.

cryptocurrency, CBDC, financial services, banks

Saudi Central Bank joins mBridge for CBDC cross-border trade

News | Cryptocurrencies | 10 Jun 2024

Saudi Central Bank has joined Project mBridge, collaborating with China, Thailand, Hong Kong, and UAE to test central bank digital currencies for cross-border trade and payments.

CBDC, digital currency, cross-border payments, central bank, DLT

Interview with Marina Repo, Mobey Forum on the resurgence of digital wallets on the strategic agendas of banks

Interviews | Payments General | 29 May 2024

Marina Repo, Co-Chair of Mobey Forum's Wallet Expert Group and Head of Commercial Management at Nordea Bank, discusses the resurgence of digital wallets on the strategic agendas of banks and payment industry players.

digital wallet, banks, digital identity, A2A payments, merchants, loyalty programme, mobile banking, CBDC

OpenWay's Way4 enables the first CBDC card transaction in Eurasia

Voice of the Industry | Online & Mobile Banking | 16 May 2024

Rudy Gunawan, Managing Director of OpenWay Asia, and Lana Konakova, Global Product Marketing Manager at OpenWay Group, discuss the first CBDC cards in Eurasia and Way4’s role in the fast launch of Kazakhstan’s Digital Tenge infrastructure.

CBDC, digital payments, banking, ecommerce, DeFi, wholesale CBDC, cross-border payments, digital assets, stablecoin, cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency exchange, fintech, digital currency, payments , blockchain, P2P, POS

Gallant Capital acquires Fime and UL Solutions' testing business

News | Payments General | 13 May 2024

US-based Gallant Capital has announced the acquisition of Fime and UL Solutions’ payment testing business, which merges the technical capabilities and knowledge of both companies. 

acquisition, digital payments, Open Banking, CBDC, digital wallet, digital identity

South Africa Central Bank reveals digital payments roadmap

News | Cryptocurrencies | 23 Apr 2024

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

Shaping the future of the payments industry: key insights from MPE 2024

Voice of the Industry | Ecommerce | 12 Apr 2024

We highlight key topics discussed at MPE 2024, such as the evolving trends in payment optimisation, marketplaces and online platforms, real-time payments, GenAI, and cross-border payments.

payments , account-to-account payment, marketplace, online platform, PSP, merchants, Issuer, Acquirer, real-time payments, generative AI, cross-border payments, ecommerce, payments orchestration, Open Banking, Open Finance, PSD3, payment methods, API, CBDC, artificial intelligence, KYC

Innovation in payments: what role do policy and regulation play?

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 09 Apr 2024

Paul Worthington, Head of Regulatory Affairs at Innovate Finance, speaks about the role policy and regulation play when it comes to payment innovation.

stablecoin, central bank, policy, regulators, CBDC, Open Banking, payments

IDEMIA collaborates with Qualcomm Technologies

News | Cryptocurrencies | 28 Mar 2024

France-based IDEMIA has entered into a partnership with Qualcomm Technologies to support secure offline CBDC payment adoption.

CBDC, cryptocurrency, cybersecurity, partnership

Navigating stablecoin evolution: outlook and opportunities for 2024

Voice of the Industry | Cryptocurrencies | 22 Mar 2024

Evgeny Filichkin, Investment Advisor at neobank Keytom, shares major stablecoin trends to watch out for in 2024.

stablecoin, DeFi, digital currency, ecommerce, CBDC

Retail CBDC trends

Voice of the Industry | Online & Mobile Banking | 15 Mar 2024

Steve Pannifer, Consult Hyperion: Central banks, including the ECB, cautiously move towards retail CBDCs. The ECB is preparing for a digital euro, emphasising offline support, programmability, and cross-border efficiency.

banking, fintech, CBDC, retail CBDCs, digital currency, payments , paytech, cross-border payments, digital euro, payment methods, DeFi, IOT, ISO 20022, financial inclusion

Why accounts do not solve double-spending

Voice of the Industry | Cryptocurrencies | 13 Mar 2024

To make a CBDC secure, Lars Hupel from Giesecke+Devrient outlines the approach necessary to achieve a high degree of resilience while allowing the CBDC to cater to plenty of use cases.

CBDC, cryptocurrency, digital assets, online security, digital wallet, double-spending, encryption