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The Journey of Payments and Clearing Systems in India

Finextra

Cheque Truncation System (CTS) (2008 onwards): Replaced physical cheque movement with electronic images, significantly speeding up cheque clearing. Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) (2010): NPCI launched IMPS, enabling instant 24x7 interbank fund transfers, a crucial step towards ubiquitous real-time payments.

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QR Code and Instant Payments Drive Cambodia’s E-Commerce Surge

Fintech News

In Cambodia, booming adoption of digital payments is driving a surge in e-commerce activity, with QR code payments and more broadly the Bakong real-time payment system gaining significant traction, according to a new report by Profitence, a corporate finance firm-based in Cambodia.

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Finovate Global: Boku’s Stuart Neal Talks About Local Payment Methods, EPI, and More!

Finovate

A champion of payment choice, Boku supports a global network of localized payment solutions, including Direct Carrier Billing (DCB), digital wallets, and account-to-account connections. Founded in 2008, Boku is headquartered in London. Local Payment Methods (LPMs) have proliferated around the world over the past decade.

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Regulatory Overhaul: Fintechs, Fraud Experts and MPs Weigh In on PSR Axe

The Fintech Times

The PSR played a crucial role in ensuring that payment networks evolved in a way that prioritised resilience, competition and innovation. “Streamlining regulation is a good move if it reduces unnecessary complexity, but if this shift deprioritises payments-specific challenges, businesses could face unintended consequences.

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From Regulation to Resilience: Why the ECB’s Intraday Liquidity Guidelines Signal a Strategic Shift

Finextra

The 2008 lesson still echoes Almost two decades on, the financial crisis of 2008 continues to cast a long shadow. From guidelines to execution Turning regulatory intent into real-world execution means addressing infrastructure and integration challenges head-on. Many can’t. Or at least not yet.

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How Fraud Changes in the World of Real-Time Payments

FICO

In recent months, many countries have rolled out real-time payments schemes. In the USA, The Clearing House launched their Faster Payments scheme in November 2017, the same month that the Eurozone got SEPC CT Inst – a cross-border, real-time payments scheme. Using Real-Time Payments to Evade the Law.

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Instant Payments Mean Real-Time Payments Fraud

FICO

In the past year, three major economies — the Eurozone, the USA and Australia — have gone live with real-time payments schemes, Canada will follow in 2019 and many other countries are on the road to implementing real-time schemes. Real-Time Payments Equal Real-Time Crime.