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Irish banks’ payments app Synch hits regulatory road bump
The recent announcement from a group of Irish banks to set up an instant money-transfer app called Synch, has hit a regulatory block, as the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission... more
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Cross-border real-time payment tracker for both payers and payees
iBanFirst has launched a ‘Payment Tracker’ – a real-time payment-tracking service that sets new transparency standards for the payments industry. Rolled out to both payers and payees, this unique feature... more
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Domestic Schemes matter: acquirers and merchants should not overlook them
Amidst all the hype about new payments methods and channels, it’s easy to ignore smaller, single-market players – but to do so would be a mistake. Domestic payment schemes accounted... more
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Nets and Worldline join EPI as first 3rd party acquirer as deployment gathers pace
The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has entered its next phase and has announced Worldline and Nets as shareholders of the EPI Interim Company, as the first third-party acquirers to join... more
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Brazil launches instant payments system called Pix
The Central Bank of Brazil has announced it will launch an instant payments platform, called Pix, that will speed up and simplify transactions, as well as foster financial sector competition... more
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