Plenty has happened in the payments space over the past 12 months. Landmark legislation has been passed and new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) have integrated themselves further, irreversibly changing the way transactions will be made. As the year draws to a close, we take a look at other triumphs and challenges faced by the industry in the past 12 months.
While there is efforts by the BRICS countries to reduce their dependency on the US dollar as the global reserve, experts cast doubt whether the process of de-dollarisation could actually be help ease payment friction.
The UK holds a strong position in the rapidly developing fintech and digital payments world, but experts are divided over whether this will lead to a major breakthrough next year.
It’s not easy being green, especially when environmental, social and governance (ESG) obligations are mounting amid an uncertain economic picture. But businesses can no longer ignore the voices of consumers worldwide who are demanding immediate and impactful climate actions – and this is where fintechs have a vital role to play.
Open banking — a promised financial utopia where data flows freely, consumers reign supreme, and businesses can reduce their payment processing fees — but what use is this powerful innovation if you can’t get customers to actually adopt it?
As part of yesterday’s 2023 Autumn Statement, the Future of Payments Review was published. Commissioned by HM Treasury and led by Joe Garner, the review provides a number of recommendations on the
Today, The Payments Association head of policy and government relations, Riccardo Tordera attended the release of Visa’s report, Payments: Putting customers first at the offices of EY.
The Bank of England (BoE) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have taken a significant step in addressing the rapid growth of stablecoins and related payment services in the financial sector by publishing its proposed regulatory regime.
