EpisodeSix

These changing times have certainly made life ‘interesting’ for mainstream banks. Recent events have seen a marked growth in the digitisation of financial services and the emergence of crypto currencies as payment mechanisms have introduced another digital variable to the banking equation. There is a challenge to mainstream banks to step up to remain relevant in this changing world and to leverage their own trusted brand. Banks can avoid costly transformation and choose new incremental models with the right supporting payments technology.

In a recent article on The Fintech Times, Ian Kerr, a Director of Business Development for Episode Six, discussed why crypto and DeFi isn’t just a fad, but something that will remain for a long time. If banks do not respond to it, they will face the consequences in the future.

Episode Six is transforming the buy now, pay later (BNPL) landscape, by putting control in the hands of card issuers versus the acquirer or other third parties. For the first time, issuers can implement changes at the account level in real-time. To understand why this is important, we take a look at the interest in BNPL and how it works.