The Payments Association

JUNE 16, 2025

Offline settlements with a digital pound: Lessons from the BoE’s report 16 June 2025 by Payments Intelligence LinkedIn Email X WhatsApp What is this article about? A Bank of England experiment proving that offline payments with a digital pound are technically feasible, but complex. Why is it important? What’s next?

Settlement

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

As real-time payments make their way to ubiquity in markets around the globe, more small- to medium-sized businesses ( SMBs ) are exploring how instant transactions may be able to add value to their own operations. API integrations can make it easier than ever for third-party FinTech solutions to enhance their own payment capabilities.

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2019

Payments messaging company SWIFT said it will test gpi Link, “a gateway to interlink eCommerce and trading platforms with the SWIFT gpi payment service.”. The proof of concept is designed to “bring the benefits of gpi payments’ speed, ubiquity and certainty to distributed ledger technology (DLT)-enabled trade.”

SWIFT

The Fintech Times

AUGUST 8, 2024

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) and the Australian Banking Association (ABA) have completed the design of the new Confirmation of Payee (CoP) service which will enable people paying to an account with a name, BSB and Account number to confirm the account name of the payee before the payment is made.

Payee

PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2019

Payments messaging company SWIFT said it will test gpi Link, “a gateway to interlink ecommerce and trading platforms with the SWIFT gpi payment service.”. The proof of concept is designed to “bring the benefits of gpi payments’ speed, ubiquity and certainty to distributed ledger technology (DLT)-enabled trade.”

SWIFT

The Payments Association

MAY 16, 2025

Merchant-facing regulation: What merchants need to know in 2025 15 May 2025 by Payments Intelligence LinkedIn Email X WhatsApp What is this article about? The regulatory framework governing payments continues to expand in scope, with increasing implications for merchants operating in the UK and EU. Why is it important? for credit.

Regulations

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

For today’s payment service providers, accelerating payments across borders means either developing new infrastructure, or making use of existing rails, to move money around the world. Below, PYMNTS looks at the latest news in cross-border payments innovation as industry players complete, collaborate and innovate.

SWIFT