Fintech Finance

JULY 30, 2025

Under her leadership over the past almost 11 years, SIBS successfully launched more than 65 innovative products and services – including MB WAY, the Eurozone’s first and most comprehensive immediate payment solution – expanded into 15 new business lines, and set European benchmarks in performance, resilience and security.

Consulting

Fintech Finance

APRIL 15, 2024

Sopra Banking Software (SBS), the global financial technology company that more than 1,500 financial institutions rely on to digitally transform the way they operate, today announced the availability of its cloud-based Instant Payments solution.

Instant Payments

Fintech News

AUGUST 21, 2024

In the dynamic landscape of the Asian payments industry, a palpable shift is underway – one characterised by the rapid adoption of digital payment solutions. As we navigate the complexities of 2024, it becomes increasingly evident that traditional payment methods are gradually giving way to more digital alternatives.

Payments Trends

Fintech Finance

JULY 3, 2024

European Payments Initiative (EPI) , a European-grown player committed to offering a sovereign payment solution to all consumers on the continent, has announced the launch of its mobile-first wallet and instant account-to-account payment solution, wero , for customers of German Sparkassen and Volksbanken, Raiffeisenbanken.

Digital Payments

The Paypers

APRIL 26, 2023

The European Savings and Retail Banking Group (ESBG) has welcomed the announcement by the European Payments Initiative (EPI) of its new instant payment solution and acquisitions of additional shareholders.

Payment Solutions

Fintech Finance

JUNE 25, 2024

Wero , the new European payment solution developed by the European Payment Initiative (EPI) will be available to Computop customers from the moment it launches e-commerce payment in mid-2025.

Payment APIs and Integration

Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 17, 2024

It has been piloted in these countries during the last 9 months and is now seamlessly integrated into around 500 of Worldline’s existing merchants’ online payment solutions and pay-by-link services. This launch reinforces our commitment to making payment solutions accessible for all.”

Accounts

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Citi has announced that it’s entering into partnerships with Global Payments and PPRO to help with its Spring by Citi payment offering, according to a release. . Global Payments will provide card processing help and PPRO will give access to local payment offerings within its purview.

Global Payments

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Sberbank , Russia’s largest bank, is collaborating on a faster B2B payments solution with the financial services unit of Russian search engine Yandex. Corporate clients of Sberbank using the Yandex.Checkout solution will have access to the instant payment service, reports said.

B2B

The Payments Association

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Competition from fintechs and big tech The card payment industry faces increasing competition from fintech startups and technology giants like Apple, Google, and Amazon, which are encroaching on the traditional payments space. We have already mentioned the rise of instant payments as a viable threat to the industry.

Online and Mobile Banking

PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2019

Visa and Natixis Payments have launched Xpollens, a complete white label “Payments in a Box” service for retailers, corporations and Fintechs. Xpollens helps organizations integrate the whole range of payment services, from cards to instant payments, according to a press release.

Instant Payments

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Several years later, the initiative has made big strides as other markets around the globe look to the U.K. to launch their own faster payments efforts. But there is still a long ways to go, and in the several years since the Faster Payments initiative first began, it’s also morphed to evolve along with the technology available.

Faster Payments

PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

Financial messaging service provider SWIFT , for one, recently tested an effort to send money instantly between countries’ real-time payment systems. Around the world , demand is high for faster payments services, with Latvia reporting strong uptake of its own instant payment system. Get the full story in the Tracker.

On-Demand

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

A paper by the Emerging Payments Association EU found that “In the opinion of all observers, open banking on the one hand and instant payment on the other is the recipe for all tomorrow’s payment solutions.”. The Banks And The FinTechs. In its March brief “ Developments in Open Banking and APIs: Where Does the U.S.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2017

finally making inroads in its faster payments initiatives, it’s now time to see whether faster payments will make their way into the B2B sphere too. Released last week, December’s PYMNTS Faster Payments Tracker , powered by NACHA , tracks progress of faster payments initiatives throughout the U.S.

Faster Payments

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2017

As the financial services industry takes a look back at 2017, a few milestones stand out: the progress of faster and instant payment initiatives. And, much to the relief of corporates, the continuing focus on B2B payments innovation. The evolution of blockchain-based services. Collaboration between FinTechs and banks.

B2B

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Faster payment initiatives, a focus on application programming interfaces (APIs) and data integrations and efforts to elevate traditional B2B payment tools like ACH and commercial cards all made waves this summer. Faster Payments.

Commercial Card

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

“Financial institutions need to be actively exploring use cases for real-time payments within their own organizations for meeting the requirement of their customers. Those who wait may find themselves left behind as the faster payments revolution takes hold.”. Not all real-time payments initiatives are created equal, though.

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2016

.” INTL FCStone has since expanded its target base for international payments , but, as Hils noted, keeping in mind the local challenges of each market remains critical today. One of the biggest ways it impacts his thinking is in pondering the role of faster and, eventually, instant payments in the world.

Faster Payments

Segpay

JUNE 25, 2024

Last year, Currence iDEAL and PQI, a Luxembourg-based payment solutions provider that served iDEAL in the Netherlands, Bancontact Payconiq Company in Belgium, and Payconiq in Luxembourg, were acquired by the European Payment Initiative (EPI) to establish a new innovative, and unified payment solution for Europe.

Online and Mobile Banking

The Fintech Times

MARCH 21, 2025

As merchants increasingly opt for open banking payments, Tink has revealed that 10,000 merchants have now chosen Pay by Bank via its Payment Service Provider (PSP) partnerships. “In addition, regulation is furthering the reach of euro-denominated instant payments in the European Union. .

Payment Service Provider (PSP)