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Avoid the risk of payments system failure - test well and succeed
The importance of effective payments testing
March 29, 2021 • Anthony Walton
‘Testing’ is a word we’ve heard almost every day during the current Covid-19 crisis. Effective testing has arguably been the difference between countries winning or losing the fight against the...
Surprising Differences Between Crypto and Gold Investors
Research reveals who is the crypto investor
March 28, 2021 • Xcoins
72% of cryptocurrency investors are male, compared to 53% of gold holders Crypto investors are 10% more likely to value being successful, and 7% more likely to value learning new skills tha...
ISO 20022 and APIs will foster Payments standardization
A cross-border payment is more than moving money from one country to another
March 26, 2021 • Akhil Rao
A cross-border payment is more than moving money from one country to another. It’s also about making payments safe , efficient , and compliant with regulations, and the data about the p...
Cryptocurrency Investments: New Times, New Opportunities
The importance of licences from the investor's point of view
March 24, 2021 • Yulia Barabash
As a means of securing capital with profit performance, investments had been a reliable source of passive income for several centuries. Ten years ago the world saw a new investment vehicle emer...
The rise and rise of NFTs
An overview about the Non Fungible Tokens
March 18, 2021 • Stefan Kovach
NFTs, the abbreviation for Non Fungible Tokens, are a hot topic in the blockchain world right now as use cases start to explode, big names enter the market, and prices skyrocket. But what the ...
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Fintech, Blockchain & transparency: the anti‐corruption's "Trust System" for Public & Private Procurement. [Part 2‐2]
Blockchain as a tool for the reduction of the corruption
March 17, 2021 • Enrico Molinari
Bad dealing and corruption have its roots since the Greeks and Romans times and represent a negative value no longer attributable only to social and cultural factors. Nowadays, it's also ...
Data in the changing payments landscape and the role of ISO 20022
The opportunities created by payments data
March 15, 2021 • Akhil Rao
Data is an increasingly important part of the payment industry. It is collected, analyzed, and used at various points during a payment transaction, and plays a vital role in making sure the pay...
Hot Market: Why Latin America? And Why Now?
A brief overview
March 12, 2021 • Yulia Barabash
The pandemic has certainly scaled up the demand for digital financial services worldwide, and Latin America is not an exception. But was that true before 2020? Historically, the region had a...
The UK's contactless payment limit lifted to £100
Opinion by Fujitsu’s CTO, Financial Services
March 5, 2021 • Ian Bradbury
With the ongoing pandemic warranting a socially distanced society, it’s unsurprising to hear that the contactless limit is set to rise to £100 for major retailers. At the beginning of the pande...
ISO 20022 Translators, SWIFTgpi plugins and Optimization
What it takes for a successful transformation in payments area
March 5, 2021 • Akhil Rao
Payments systems have always been complex but critical parts of the banking world. Over the last decade, the payments environment has become much more dynamic, creating even greater challenges ...