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Future of Fintech in the Middle East 2023: Are we entering a new era?

Future of Fintech in the Middle East 2023: Are we entering a new era?

Nauman Hassan
16 Aug 2023

This is an excerpt from The Future of Fintech in the Middle East 2023 report. The Middle Eastern ban...

Why contactless payments are critical for business growth

Why contactless payments are critical for business growth

Kirsty Morris
24 Jul 2023

UK businesses know that now, more than ever, getting ahead of the competition is crucial – as inflat...

How to design a payments system that never fails

How to design a payments system that never fails

Madhvi Mavadiya
19 Jul 2023

Payment data is driven by innovation, real-time experience, high availability, and cost reduction. F...

EBAday: A quest for global interoperability

EBAday: A quest for global interoperability

Finextra Research
05 Jul 2023

Kicking off the 18th edition of EBAday – this time in Madrid, Spain – Wolfgang Ehrmann, chairman, Eu...

Fintech Sentiment: PSD3 and PSR1 welcomed by the fintech industry

Fintech Sentiment: PSD3 and PSR1 welcomed by the fintech industry

Paige McNamee
04 Jul 2023

The European Commission’s long-awaited review into the current Payment Services Directive (PSD2) has...

Payments processing – from commodity to business opportunity?

Payments processing – from commodity to business opportunity?

Madhvi Mavadiya
22 Jun 2023

According to Alexandre Maymat, head of GTPS at Société Générale, increased demand for faster and mo

The rise of banking-as-a-service

The rise of banking-as-a-service

Níamh Curran
22 Jun 2023

Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) has become one of the major trends rising within payments. Gartner predi...

On the cusp of the instant payments era

On the cusp of the instant payments era

Scott Hamilton
20 Jun 2023

Faster payments are not new. Instant payments, however, are truly the ‘newest kids on the block’ whe...

Liquidity management 4.0

Liquidity management 4.0

Níamh Curran
20 Jun 2023

The future of liquidity management is volatile. Liquidity management is facing the challenges of reg...

The status of immediate cross-border payments

The status of immediate cross-border payments

Abid Mumtaz
20 Jun 2023

The speed of cross-border payments has never been more important, or more possible, than it is today...

Correspondent banking - essential or dispensible?

Correspondent banking - essential or dispensible?

Níamh Curran
19 Jun 2023

Correspondent banking plays an essential role in the global economy. Over the last few decades, corr...

Models for public and private collaboration

Models for public and private collaboration

Scott Hamilton
19 Jun 2023

Now that we on the way to achieving a truly interconnected, global economy, it’s past the time for f...