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A new Euro payments initiative spurs innovation, and is a model for the world

Payments Source

The European Payments Initiative sets up a unified and harmonized pan-European payment solution, providing major benefits to both consumers and merchants, says FIME's Arnaud Crouzet.

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Sound Payments Initiates Boarding and Deployment Services for Sound POS

The Nilson Report

The post Sound Payments Initiates Boarding and Deployment Services for Sound POS appeared first on Nilson Report.

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Payments Initiation Opens The B2B Door For QR Code Payments

PYMNTS

While open banking FinTech innovation has initially focused on opening up bank account data to third party platforms, there is another component to the initiative with major implications for the payments landscape. A key characteristic of payment initiation under PSD2 is its use of Faster Payments in the U.K.,

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Celcoin launches Payment Initiation API

The Paypers

Financial and banking technology service provider Celcoin has launched an Initiation of Payment Transaction (ITP) API, according to inforchannel.com.br.

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Belvo launches its payments initiation solution with Pix

The Paypers

Belvo , a Latin America-based Open Finance platform, has launched its payment initiation solution as a Central Bank-regulated entity.

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Nubank completes all mandatory steps for the payment initiator status

The Paypers

Brazil-based Nubank has become the 21st institution to fulfil all stages of the payment initiator onboarding process.

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The European Payments Initiative is a good idea that lacks ambition

Payments Source

EPI could potentially provide a bedrock for future European payments innovation. It arguably does not go far enough, says Icon Solutions' Michel Vaja.