PAYMENTS

Embedded finance is the key to surviving turbulent times

For too long, the financial services sector has struggled to keep pace with other industry sectors when it comes to digital innovation. Indeed, one survey found only 33% of...

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How can remittance providers add value in the race to zero?

While the global payments market has witnessed significant change over the past decade, one consistent trend has been the declining cost of sending money internationally. ...

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Putting the spark back into cross-border payments

Currencycloud Spark is here, and it will revolutionise how businesses approach international commerce. This is fantastic news for fintechs and financial institutions (FIs)....

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The platform economy: what can we learn from Thomas Cook?

Many lessons can be learned from the recent collapse of Thomas Cook, the world’s oldest travel company, and the benefits of leveraging the platform economy. Not least of...

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Revolutionising cross-border payments with SWIFT gpi

Described as the payment world’s equivalent of Amazon’s tracking capability, ‘gpi’ is an initiative created by SWIFT to improve customer experience in cross-border payments. ...

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Alternative lending firms are giving banks a run for their money

Alternative lending companies are differentiating their offerings by building ancillary services like payments and conversions into their platforms, in turn empowering them...

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Keeping secure requires robust measures, but there is a solution

Cyber-security and data protection are rapidly growing concerns for any business that feels unprepared to deal with the consequences of a hack. Whilst stringent measures are...

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The new reality of the financial services sector

The open banking movement, along with changing regulations such as PSD2, are shifting customer expectations and driving significant change in the financial services industry.

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Expanding our currency capabilities – introducing INR

As the global economy continues to expand at an exponential rate, so does the need to make cross border payments. Consequently, being able to make and receive payments in...

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Time is of the essence when it comes to a competitive payments policy

We live in the 21st century, an age in which consumers can pay using watches and phones. Yet most business’ payments policy are firmly (and frustratingly) stuck in the 20th...

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