Payment orchestration: Beyond transaction routing
Modern payment orchestration platforms now serve as strategic infrastructure—optimising performance, compliance, and customer experience at scale.
May 16, 2025
Modern payment orchestration platforms now serve as strategic infrastructure—optimising performance, compliance, and customer experience at scale.
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Traditional finance is at a crossroads with the new digital frontier, and the rapidly evolving landscape of digital assets demands innovative custodial solutions. For banks, payment service providers, financial institutions and others that are either considering or already piloting digital asset projects, it’s imperative to understand the importance of an underlying custody infrastructure.
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Guy W. Lecky-Thompson, head of products & processing services at Trionis explains why ATMs still have a prominent role in the future of the payments industry.
Tony Petrov, chief legal officer at Sumsub, summarises the rules incorporated in the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AI Act) and how they might impact on the industry.
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James Hunt of Feedzai discusses the evolution of acquiring banks and PSPs.
Monica Eaton explores how augmented reality is used in the marketplace and what impact it might have on the payments industry.
Daniel Holden explains the meaning and significance of unified commerce and why it is vital to the customer experience.
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Tony Craddock, Director General from The Payments Association and Mike Nathan, Global Head of Solutions Consulting at Feedzai explore the seismic shifts on the horizon for the financial services industry due to regulatory changes in fraud prevention and how these might rewrite the game’s rules—for better or worse.
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