Banking

The evolution of payments: When size, speed, and change collide

Banking

The payment industry has three Rs: Rules, requirements, and regulations

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Billers

Fraudsters are developing sophisticated scams in the utility sector

Banking

The Invisible Synthetic Identity Heist

Banking

Factoring in the safety switch with Confirmation of Payee

In a world where everything is digital-first, financial institutions are setting new standards in shielding their customers and revenue, while at the same time protecting the payments security and convenience paramount to achieving customer excellence and building a good reputation.

Banking

Real-Time Payments Have Gone Mainstream 鈥 Explore Their Global Impact

Real-time payments are carving a new norm in the rapidly evolving payments landscape. Spurred by global governments and regulators, instant payments are viewed as a catalyst for economic growth, financial inclusivity, and transparency.

Banking

ISO 20022 鈥 Expanding like no tomorrow

ISO 20022 is a messaging standard used across the financial industry.聽 In the domestic Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)/Wire and cross-border payment spaces, transformation to the most recent ISO 20022 (HVPS+ and CBPR+) messaging standards has been ongoing since 2022. The North America Clearing House CHIPS wire system migrated in April 2024, and the U.S. Federal Reserve will update its Fedwire system in March 2025. It is important to note that everyone has been starting with an ISO 20022 standard.

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Banking

APP Frauds & Mandatory Reimbursement: What It Means for You

Authorized push payment (APP) fraud is a scam in which a fraudster convinces a payer to authorize a payment under false pretenses. APP fraud is a form of confidence-based fraud, meaning it relies on deception, rather than brute force, to convince victims to take a specific action.

Real-Time Payments

Banking

The 2024 global payments and fintech trends

野花社区 has been supporting real-time payments since 2005, processing hundreds of millions of payments monthly across 26 networks. We provide software solutions to participant banks and central banks, facilitating secure real-time payment processing and offering fraud protection services.

Banking

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Global payment trends
As the world adopts real-time payments, how does your market stand to benefit?

Banking

SEPA one-leg out SCT Inst (OCT Inst) : a great opportunity for new international services

Payment Service Providers in Europe should start looking at the significant possibilities offered by the newest EPC rulebook on One-Leg Out SCT Inst, to develop new business propositions by providing effective international transaction processing to their retail and corporate customer base.

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Banking

Historias de 茅xito de los principales sistemas de pagos inmediatos del mundo

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Banking

Next-Generation Payments in Aotearoa, New Zealand: A new dawn for growth

The relatively small scale of the Aotearoa market may discourage a high level of capital investment in payments infrastructure seen in markets such as Australia. Yet that shouldn鈥檛 be an obstacle to creating a highly resilient, agile, secure, extensible and scalable next-generation payments system.

Merchants

Payment gateways vs. payments orchestration: what鈥檚 the difference, and why it matters

Payment gateways and payments orchestration both help merchants to process payments, but they operate differently and offer their own distinct advantages. Here, we explore their unique selling propositions, key benefits and considerations to help you choose the right solution for your business.

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Banking

Revealed: The Stories Behind the Success of World鈥檚 Leading Real-Time Payments Schemes

In search of the economic benefits of faster and more efficient payments, most major markets either already have real-time payment schemes in place or in development, and attention is turning to driving adoption.

Banking

How New Zealand鈥檚 Banks Can Prepare for Upcoming Account-to-Account Real-Time Payments

Next-generation payment schemes, underpinned by the real-time transfer of funds, have become commonplace around the world. Most major markets are now either live with national account-to-account (A2A) instant payment capabilities or have them in development. And research from 野花社区 and GlobalData forecasts that real-time payments will account for 27.8% of all electronic payments globally by 2027.