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Creating a digital currency that delivers for everyone
The introduction of a digital pound is an opportunity to reform the financial system and make finance more accessible and inclusive.
September 14, 2023
The introduction of a digital pound is an opportunity to reform the financial system and make finance more accessible and inclusive.
Eduard Stringer, director of product management for Europe at FIS, explains why he believes the EU needs to step up and ensure regulation supports the needs of payments businesses and consumers.
The news that Visa has expanded its stablecoin settlement pilots as part of a push to modernise cross-border payments has been recognised as a landmark moment by payments insiders.
With the payments industry driving towards faster and cheaper ways to transfer funds, attendees at a Payments Lab session discuss whether atomic settlement could be the next big thing.
After an embarrassing scandal which saw Coutts CEO Peter Flavel and NatWest boss Alison Rose both leave their positions over the closure of Nigel Farage’s bank account, the UK banking sector may now be forced to react.
Companies spend £125 billion each year enabling people to pay and get paid securely, quickly and conveniently. The UK’s payment sector employs over 100,000 people from more than 500 companies.
From working in different countries to tackling the sector’s diversity problem, Sundeep Kaur, regional leader for global financial services at AWS, speaks to Jyoti Rambhai about the trends and challenges in payments.
The current economic climate is making first-party fraud – also known as friendly fraud – more appealing to those struggling financially. Sarah Jordan and Stephanie Kattah examine the challenges facing
