The Payments Association

JANUARY 15, 2025

Swift drives global interoperability and innovation, aligning with the UK’s National Payments Vision to enhance seamless, secure payments. The UKs payments landscape is at an inflexion point.

SWIFT

Fintech Finance

APRIL 24, 2025

Thought Machine , the cloud-native banking technology company, today announces that Bpifrance , France’s public investment bank, has successfully gone live on Vault Payments, Thought Machine’s next-generation payment processing platform, for SEPA Instant Credit Transfer with TIPS.

Instant Payments

The Payments Association

JUNE 3, 2025

Once a system for masking sensitive data, tokenisation has evolved into a foundational technology for enabling secure, interoperable, and scalable digital payments. However, with its growing role comes increasing complexity, particularly in terms of integration, regulation, and the architecture of future payment flows.

Security

Fintech Finance

APRIL 11, 2025

RedCompass Labs , the global experts in payments modernization, has unveiled the world’s most comprehensive payments modernization-specific AI solution, AnalystAccelerator v2.5. delivers cutting-edge applied AI models to help banks accelerate payments transformation. AnalystAccelerator 2.5’s AnalystAccelerator 2.5

ISO 20022

Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Volante Technologies , the global leader in Payments as a Service (PaaS), today announced the release of its fourth annual survey of mid-tier banks. Notably, the report shows that in response to these trends, mid-tier banks are planning significant additional investments in payments modernization.

ISO 20022

Finextra

JUNE 18, 2025

Our goal was clear: overcome the fragmentation that plagued international merchants, who had to maintain different payment solutions for each country, leading to operational complexity and significant costs. The pilot demonstrated: No impact on customer experience: payment remained seamless at checkout.

ISO 20022

The Fintech Times

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

According to new research from payments modernisation firm RedCompass Labs , 91 per cent of banks worldwide are juggling multiple, multi-year, multi-million dollar modernisation projects, however, many are struggling to meet modernisation demands. The rate of change in payments has never been this fast – and will never be this slow again.

ISO 20022

Finovate

JUNE 18, 2025

Payments company Icon Solutions has secured a new equity investment in a round led by UBS. The investment will help Icon Solutions bring its Icon Payments Framework (IPF) to more banks to enable them to develop and deploy new payment processing solutions faster. The amount of the total investment was not disclosed.

ISO 20022

Fintech News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The significance of cross-border payments has never been greater. Yet, despite the rise of instant domestic payments, cross-border transactions remain slow, costly, and inefficient. Project Nexus seeks to change all of this by enabling real-time, cost-efficient cross-border payments.

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech Finance

MAY 27, 2025

Today, global cloud banking leader Mambu unveils Mambu Payments , expanding its composable banking platform to include modern, end-to-end payment capabilities. Following its acquisition of payments technology provider Numeral in December 2024, this marks a significant step forward in Mambu’s mission.

ISO 20022

The Payments Association

AUGUST 8, 2025

By 2030, payments will be instant, decentralised, and invisible—blending cashless systems, CBDCs, and blockchain into global infrastructure In the ever-accelerating race of financial innovation, the way we pay and get paid is undergoing a profound transformation.

Cross-Border

Payments Dive

JULY 11, 2025

Skip to main content CONTINUE TO SITE ➞ Dont miss tomorrows Payments industry news Let Payments Dives free newsletter keep you informed, straight from your inbox. That’s when banks are required to begin using the ISO 20022 standard for electronic payments they choose to send over that Fed real-time settlement rail.

ISOs

The Paypers

JUNE 25, 2025

Mastercard’s payment technology allows developers to safely test and refine new features and capabilities within a trusted and secure environment, without affecting critical infrastructure. Later in 2025, Mastercard intends to provide access to its A2A instant payments technology via a sandbox.

Visa

Finextra

JULY 31, 2025

They want all payments to be instant and quick. And thats why in today’s blog post, let’s look at the top neobanking features you must offer in 2025 to lead the digital payment software. Real-time payment infrastructure Your customers don’t want to wait for minutes for the payment processing. Let’s dive right in.

Payment APIs and Integration

Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Finastra has announced that First Pacific Bank , a Southern California-based community bank that offers custom financial solutions for individuals and businesses, has selected Finastra Payments To Go to modernize its payments infrastructure. To learn more about Payments To Go, visit Finastra at Sibos 2024 on stand G30.

ISO 20022

Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

These reports serve as critical resources for financial institutions seeking to implement ISO 20022, a global standard that is reshaping the landscape of financial messaging. The first report, How to ISO 20022, provides a detailed roadmap for financial institutions on how to successfully adopt and implement ISO 20022.

ISO 20022

Finextra

MAY 23, 2024

FinextraTV and Al Etihad Payments’s CEO Jan Pilbauer, dive into the evolving landscape of ISO 20022 and the challenges of being a brand-new national payments entity and subsidiary of the central bank.

ISO 20022

Faster Payments Council

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

While 'receive-only' instant payments is a significant step forward, the true transformative power lies in actively sending payments. In a recent joint survey from the FPC and Finzly, it unveiled that corporate customers drive nearly 78% of instant payments revenue. The stakes are certainly high.

Instant Payments

Faster Payments Council

AUGUST 23, 2024

While 'receive-only' instant payments is a significant step forward, the true transformative power lies in actively sending payments. In a recent joint survey from the FPC and Finzly, it unveiled that corporate customers drive nearly 78% of instant payments revenue. The stakes are certainly high.

Instant Payments

Faster Payments Council

AUGUST 16, 2024

While 'receive-only' instant payments is a significant step forward, the true transformative power lies in actively sending payments. In a recent joint survey from the FPC and Finzly, it unveiled that corporate customers drive nearly 78% of instant payments revenue. The stakes are certainly high.

FedNow

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

New payment rails are once again in the spotlight as real-time payments and cryptocurrency emerge as the top focuses for innovators. In this week’s look at payment rails innovation, the European Union begins paving the way for greater crypto adoption, while Mastercard expands its own crypto accelerator initiative.

Instant Payments

Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The research aimed to evaluate the state of instant payments across the European banking sector. Key findings from the survey include: Only 33% of respondents reported that they are ready to meet the EU’s instant payment deadlines. Banks show similar alignment in their approach to sanction screening and fraud detection.

Instant Payments

Fintech Finance

JULY 11, 2024

Finastra , a global provider of financial software applications and marketplaces, today announced the completion of a Swiss Interbank Clearing (SIC) instant payments readiness project. Using Finastra’s cloud-based Service Bureau offering, Swiss banks can seamlessly transition to facilitating instant interbank payments.

Instant Payments

Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Fime has been selected by BancNet , the Philippine-based domestic scheme, to support the onboarding, testing and certification process for its instant payments service, InstaPay. This will allow institutions to launch their instant payments services to their customers more quickly.

Instant Payments

Fintech Finance

JULY 9, 2024

Volante Technologies , the global leader in payments as a service, today announced that Azqore , a business and technology partner for wealth managers, has selected Volante’s Payments as a Service (PaaS) to deliver SEPA instant payments and ISO 20022 messaging services to its customer base.

ISO 20022

Finextra

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Faster Payments Council (FPC), a membership organization devoted to advancing safe, easy-to-use faster payments in the United States, today announced the release of two complementary reports from its Cross-Border Payments Work Group, sponsored by Mastercard: How to ISO 20022 and Distinguishing Advantages in the Format & Structure of ISO 20022 for Instant (..)

ISO 20022

Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

New research from RedCompass Labs , a world leader in payments modernization, has revealed that over half (54%) of banks are planning to leverage generative artificial intelligence (AI) for the shift to instant payments and other payments modernization projects, while four in ten (42%) are actively considering the possibility.

Instant Payments

Fintech Finance

AUGUST 27, 2024

Mexipay will utilize ACI’s Digital Central Infrastructure solution, part of the award-winning ACI Enterprise Payments Platform, to address the need for enhanced real-time payment services. billion real-time payments were processed in Mexico in 2023, making it the 10th largest real-time payments market in the world.

Instant Payments

Fintech Finance

JULY 1, 2024

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and partners today announced that they have completed the comprehensive blueprint for phase three of Project Nexus, which will allow ready participants to work towards the next stage of seamlessly connecting their instant payment systems.

Instant Payments

The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The adoption of digital payments is rapidly developing markets to the point that the value of B2B payments are set to grow by 40 per cent by 2028, from $89trillion in 2024 according to research from Juniper Research , the market research firm. This was restricting digital access and innovation.

Cross-Border Payments

PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2019

Many countries around the world are rolling out instant payments schemes that bring speed and convenience to payments made within their own borders. Unfortunately, those benefits are often limited when it comes to cross-border payments. Privately-owned companies are also looking to solve the cross-border payments problem.

Interoperability

Fintech News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The BIS Innovation Hub (BISIH) Singapore Centre has announced the next phase of Project Nexus , aimed at making instant cross-border payments a reality. Central banks and instant payment system (IPS) operators from India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand will collaborate with BISIH to move towards live implementation.

Central Bank

Fintech News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

With the rapid evolution of payment methods and regulations, banks must stay ahead of the curve or risk being left out of the game. The necessity for modernisation is driven by several key factors, including the migration to ISO 20022, the rise of Open Banking and the introduction of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs).

ISO 20022

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

There is no dearth of faster payments initiatives — and no certainty that there will be one faster payments scheme to rule them all. Along the way, not surprisingly, we’ll transition more fully to digital payments across modernized (and streamlined) rails, flowing domestically and eventually across borders.

Instant Payments

Faster Payments Council

AUGUST 23, 2024

Dive into the latest trends and challenges in faster payments, and connect with peers and leaders in the field. Be part of the conversation shaping the future of faster payments. Capitol Ballroom 5) Much has been said about how a directory capability will drive faster payments adoption.

FPC

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Payments Canada is teaming up with Mastercard’s Vocalink for clearing and settlement for the country’s new real-time payments system, the Real-Time Rail (RTR). Delegated by the Canadian Government, Payments Canada is responsible for the clearing and settlement infrastructure, processes and rules.

ISO 20022

Fintech News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Project Nexus is designed to enhance cross-border payment efficiency by linking various domestic instant payment systems on a global scale. The regulator will explore potential connections between its TARGET Instant Payment Settlement system and other fast payment networks.

ISO 20022