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Top payments stories you missed in April

Top payments stories you missed in April

Sehrish Alikhan
01 May 2024

April was an eventful month for fintech, and there was a wave of new developments in the payments sp...

NextGen Nordics 2024: Why it’s time for a domestic focus

NextGen Nordics 2024: Why it’s time for a domestic focus

Finextra Research
29 Apr 2024

NextGen Nordics, one of Finextra’s annual payments events, was held on 23rd April 2024 in Stockholm,...

The crucial role of seamless bills and payments processes to organisational success

The crucial role of seamless bills and payments processes to organisational success


29 Apr 2024

While the benefits of fast payment processing for merchants and e-billers are well understood – the ...

Will embedded finance change UK fintech by 2035?

Will embedded finance change UK fintech by 2035?

Scott Hamilton
18 Apr 2024

Buying vs. building is not going away, it’s accelerating in the business world. This is an extract f...

Are fintechs destined to become banks?

Are fintechs destined to become banks?

Vladimir Krasik
04 Apr 2024

Fintechs have been challenging traditional banks for a few decades now. Since the inception of the s...

What are NFC payments?

What are NFC payments?

Níamh Curran
28 Mar 2024

Apple is being sued by the US Department of Justice for an alleged monopoly on smartphones, with NFC...

BNPL – are we nearing extinction in Europe?

BNPL – are we nearing extinction in Europe?

Dominique Dierks
15 Mar 2024

In an unexpected move, NatWest has announced the closure of its buy now, pay later (BNPL) service l...

Generative AI and AI outlook 2024: Customer journeys, fraud and legislation

Generative AI and AI outlook 2024: Customer journeys, fraud and legislation

Níamh Curran
14 Mar 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI saw an immense boom in 2023, with some calling it the...

Capitalising on the embedded finance revolution

Capitalising on the embedded finance revolution

Nebo Djurdjevic
12 Mar 2024

The concept of embedded finance is, at the face of it, a simple one to grasp; be it a loan at the po...

Top 5 payments updates this month

Top 5 payments updates this month

Sehrish Alikhan
28 Feb 2024

The payments field is a fast-paced and dynamic sector, with an increasing amount of products and ser...

What is correspondent banking? Exploring Swift, AML, FATF, and the Wolfsberg Principles

What is correspondent banking? Exploring Swift, AML, FATF, and the Wolfsberg Principles

Madhvi Mavadiya
27 Feb 2024

Correspondent banking, believe it or not, continues to be a hot topic. Cross border payments are st...

How to implement an instant payments system

How to implement an instant payments system

Madhvi Mavadiya
19 Feb 2024

In November 2023, Swift connected domestic payment schemes across Europe, providing end-to-end tran...