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Five Trends Reshaping the Banking Industry
Date: July 11, 2022
By Alessandro Hatami, author of Reinventing Banking and Finance and managing director of Pacemakers.io A global pandemic, a hot war in Europe, 80s’ style inflation: even Nostradamus might have struggled to predict the scale of the upheaval of the last three years. So it’s no surprise that halfway through 2022, many of the expectations the...
Consumer Payments Trends 2022: A Spotlight on Peru
Date: July 11, 2022
Why Peru has seen such high adoption of alternative payment methods (APMs) among consumers, and the opportunity this presents for businesses. Gustavo Ruiz Moya, CEO of eCash for Latin America and Global Head of Open Banking, Paysafe With a population of 33.8 million people, Peru is a largely cash-driven society with a relatively high unbanked...
Finance Infrastructures of the Future: How to Improve Your Payments
Date: July 8, 2022
By Domagoj Rozic, Co-Founder of Minka Traditionally, financial institutions have been responsible for obtaining and processing details on what consumers spend, save and borrow. Today, some of that data is being shared with third parties in the industry, leading to the introduction of open infrastructures. This new wave of innovation is driven by a combination...
Germany’s Journey From Cash to Contactless – Are Biometric Payment Cards the Logical Next Step?
Date: July 7, 2022
By Aida Hosseini, Global Marketing Manager at Fingerprints Despite its reputation for technical innovation, Germany has traditionally been heavily reliant on cash. Cast your mind back to 2016 when, in a bid to tackle money laundering and terrorism financing, the German Finance Minister announced plans to ban the use of cash for purchases over €5,000....
The Consumer Takes on Embedded Payments
Date: July 6, 2022
By James Titman, Vice President of Embedded Finance. It might be a hot topic for merchants, payments providers, banks, and a plethora of other financial services players, but what do consumers think – and know – about embedded payments? A trend that’s rarely been out of the spotlight and continues to drive billions in investments...
Do Customers Care About Open Banking, or Do They Need More Education?
Date: July 5, 2022
By Olga Karablina, Head of Payment Product Development and Partner Relations at ECOMMPAY Open Banking, which was properly introduced in 2018, has seen a slow adoption in the wider finance industry. Where payment methods like Buy Now Pay Later and digital wallets have swept through the market, open banking remains less widely understood or...