January 08, 2025
EU’s Instant Payments Deadlines Loom With Challenges for X-Border Payments

Instant payments in the European Union will reach a milestone Thursday (Jan. 9). That’s when banks and payment service providers must be able to receive instant payments. Through the past...

January 07, 2025
PayU-Backed BRISKPE Launches Cross-Border Payments Platform for Indian Small Businesses

PayU-backed BRISKPE has launched a unified platform for cross-border payments that is designed for Indian small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). With this platform, SMBs can access account-to-account (A2A) transfers, card...

January 07, 2025
BIS Outlines Next Steps to Promote Adoption of ISO 20022

A Bank for International Settlements (BIS) committee has announced the next steps it will take to promote the adoption of its harmonized ISO 20022 data requirements for enhanced processing of cross-border...

January 07, 2025
Payments Execs Shift Focus From ‘No’ to ‘Yes’ in 2025...

Innovation is no longer optional; it’s a necessity. Change is constant, spurred by technological advancements, shifting consumer expectations and global challenges. The financial services industry must embrace a new mindset...

January 06, 2025
Understanding the Supplier’s Role in Driving Virtual Card Acceptance

For B2B players, paper checks rank right up there with death and taxes when it comes to life’s certainties. But this ongoing reliance on checks as a primary B2B payment...

January 06, 2025
Ripple Refocuses on US Amid ‘Trump Bull Market’

In 2023, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said the company was looking outside the United States for new workers. Now, he’s changed his tune. Garlinghouse told Bloomberg at a conference in...

January 03, 2025
This Week in Web3 Innovation: Crypto Policies, Payments and Stablecoins

It finally happened. In 2024, bitcoin topped $100,000, capping off a year of growing mainstream adoption and technological innovation. Will 2025 bring cryptocurrency fans similar good fortune? Certain experts think...

January 03, 2025
Bears, Bulls and Regulations Shape Crypto’s 2025 Aspirations

The global cryptocurrency market is capitalized at over $3 trillion. Much of that value is concentrated at the top, among a few key digital tokens. Bitcoin, as the first and...

January 03, 2025
Silo Busting: Why Businesses Must Fix the Past to Embrace...

Operational silos, fragmented and disconnected functions within organizations, have long been a roadblock to efficiency and innovation. As 2025 kicks off, the stakes for businesses to dismantle these calcified roadblocks...