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UK Faster Payments Scheme Eases Access For Developers

PYMNTS

Demand for the real-time payments offered by Faster Payments has never been higher, and so, we are delighted to be able to launch this important new resource to help the developers that are making real time a reality for more customers than ever,” stated Faster Payments Head of Development Mike Banyard in a statement.

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Seeking A Better Way To Test The Newest Payments Tech

PYMNTS

Last week, Paragon announced a partnership with payment infrastructure developer RS Software to meet those changing demands. That’s a tricky, inefficient way to test the reliability, compliance, speed and other metrics of payments technologies, especially when demands for faster, more efficient payments are inescapable.

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Rethinking CBDCs: Addressing design flaws and privacy concerns

The Payments Association

Specifying the requirements for a payment protocol around offline payments, to say nothing of assuming that the demand for privacy and self-custody should only apply to offline payments, misses the point entirely. Click to explore privacy in digital money Click here to open infographic Another problem involves the definition of privacy.

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