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September 27, 2024

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September 11, 2024

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September 6, 2024

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September 4, 2024

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September 3, 2024

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Polish Mobile Payment System Blik Expands Abroad

Notes From Poland

"Polish mobile payment system BLIK, which is used by millions of people in its homeland, has moved forward with its international expansion after becoming available to customers of one of Slovakia’s largest banks. BLIK also has plans to expand to Romania."

June 12, 2024

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XTransfer and Banking Circle Announce Strategic Partnership

Banking Circle

"XTransfer, the leading B2B cross-border payment platform from China, and Banking Circle have entered into a strategic partnership. This collaboration aims to reduce the cost and processing time of cross-border payments for XTransfer’s clients, particularly benefiting Chinese suppliers with significant markets in Europe and the Middle East."

June 4, 2024

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May 28, 2024

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May 20, 2024

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Move Over, Armani: Italy’s It Wallet Is the Digital ID Accessory of the Season

Biometric Update

"Bravo to Italy for the forthcoming launch of its digital wallet scheme, clearing the path for a national digital identity program. Reports say the so-called It Wallet will roll out in January 2025, aligned with the framework of the European digital identity wallet (EUDI) and activated through Italy’s electronic identity card (CIE) or SPID digital identity system."

May 8, 2024

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May 6, 2024

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March 28, 2024

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February 8, 2024

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Ensuring Euro Money Transfers Arrive Within Ten Seconds

Europa

The new regulation aims to make sure that retail clients and businesses, especially SMEs, will not have to wait for their money, as well as to enhance the safety of transfers. Banks and other payment service providers (PSPs) will have to ensure credit transfers are affordable and immediately processed.

February 5, 2024

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February 1, 2024

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January 4, 2024

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Europe’s Payment System’s Big Bang: Inside the ISO 20022 Migration

International Banker

"Rolling out a new common language for global payment data is no small feat. However, the transition is gathering momentum, with one domestic payment system after another converting to ISO 20022 (a standard for financial-information interchange between financial institutions developed by ISO, the International Organization for Standardization) over the past two years, including in countries such as Singapore"

December 18, 2023

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November 16, 2023

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August 25, 2023

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August 14, 2023

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Amazon Changes Payout Period

Ecommerce News

"Ecommerce giant Amazon has announced that it will make changes to its payout period. Sellers in the United Kingdom and Europe will have to wait until a week after the delivery of an item to receive their proceeds. The change will come into effect in phases in the upcoming month, until September 6th."

July 5, 2023

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June 30, 2023

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European Parliament Votes to Boost Instant Payments in the EU and EEA, Urging Banks to Comply

Fintech Finance

"Following a significant vote by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) yesterday evening, measures are being put in place to enhance accessibility to instant payments across the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). This development has prompted a six-month compliance deadline for banks and financial institutions to offer customers instant payments at a cost equal to or lower than standard credit transfers."

June 29, 2023

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June 28, 2023

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Modernising Payment Services and Opening Financial Services Data: New Opportunities for Consumers and Businesses [European Commission]

European Commission

"The European Commission has today put forward proposals to bring payments and the wider financial sector into the digital age. Today's new rules will further improve consumer protection and competition in electronic payments, and will empower consumers to share their data in a secure way so that they can get a wider range of better and cheaper financial products and services."

June 22, 2023

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June 1, 2023

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Mesh Payments Expands Across Europe, UK, and Asia to Support Global Enterprises with Unified Spend Management in Local Currencies

PR Newswire

"Today Mesh Payments announced expansion of its unified spend management platform to support global multinational businesses operating in Europe, UK, and Asia in local currencies. Mesh now enables companies to operate globally across international entities, issue local cards and settle in local currencies all from one unified platform."

April 28, 2023

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European Payments Initiative to Pilot Digital Wallet for Instant P2P Payments in Germany and France

NFCW

"The European Payments Initiative (EPI) is to begin piloting a digital wallet that will enable users to make instant person-to-person (P2P) payments in Germany and France as a first step towards rolling out a unified payment system that will support “a comprehensive range of transaction types” across Europe. The news comes as the initiative — which was originally set up with investment from more than 30 banks and acquirers — has also confirmed its planned acquisitions of Belgium-based payment solution iDeal and Luxembourg-based payment solutions provider Payconiq will go ahead subject to confirmation by national and European authorities."

April 25, 2023

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April 3, 2023

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Tranglo Launches Instant SEPA Payout to Europe

Tranglo

"Tranglo today announced the launch of instant SEPA payments to Europe.. It marks the company’s first large-scale expansion in that region and comes amid an influx of cross-border funds in recent years. SEPA facilitates over 43 billion transactions annually, with cross-border payments growing rapidly in the last 10 years. However, cross-border SEPA credit transfers and direct debits accounted only for 3.5% and 4.5% of such transactions in the region, respectively."

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