Banking in the metaverse: The next frontier
As you read this, the internet is being reshaped. And it’s already transforming banking. We have not witnessed a topic explode quite like the metaverse. While extended reality (XR) technology has been...
European banks have, over the last two years, been navigating an interesting and complicated journey into the world of ...
The expectations of customers when it comes to payments have changed radically in recent years. Payments that are ...
Guest bloggers Philip Cooney and Gaurav Bansal explore the pain points around PSD2 and how banks are trying to reduce ...
Today, the vast majority in the industry have heard the term Open Banking, but what does it really mean? The answer ...
Guest blogger Mark Quigley discusses what’s driving changes to payments in banking. I needed to write a cheque recently ...
The European Union’s PSD2 regulation has two major phases: first, the price transparency that has been in effect since ...
Following the rollout of Open Banking regulations in the UK and the launch this year of the EU’s Payment Services ...
Following the rollout of Open Banking regulations in the UK and the launch this year of the EU’s Payment Services ...
Following the rollout of Open Banking regulations in the UK and the launch this year of the EU’s Payment Services ...
Following the rollout of Open Banking regulations in the UK and the launch this year of the EU’s Payment Services ...
As you read this, the internet is being reshaped. And it’s already transforming banking. We have not witnessed a topic explode quite like the metaverse. While extended reality (XR) technology has been...
In a post-COVID world we have seen dramatic changes in the way customers pay, from the further shift towards a cashless society to a digital revolution in e-commerce payments. As we look forward, we s...
Back in 2009, Apple coined the catchy phrase, “there’s an app for that.” Since then, apps (single-use apps, that is) have multiplied exponentially and become part of everyday life for most people. But...
When Neal Stephenson coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 science-fiction novel, Snow Crash, he could hardly have foreseen that the phrase would be everywhere by late 2021. With bigtech giants like...
The Efma-Accenture Banking Innovation Awards have been a catalyst for innovation in banking since their inception in 2013. Since then, I look forward to them every year as the industry rewards and cel...
Every January since 2018, our annual “Top 10 Banking Trends” report has attempted to cut through the noise and reveal the real forces shaping the industry’s future. On top of the bold predictions and ...
The pace of change in payments right now might seem overwhelming. The pandemic has supercharged the trend towards contactless, online and instant payments. Contactless payments, for instance, grew 150...
This blog is based on my keynote presentation at the 2021 Payments Canada SUMMIT Payments leaders probably feel like they are living in the future right now. The pandemic changed the industry forever....
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed digital payments into a new era as businesses around the world were forced to switch quickly from in-store to online. As more and more consumers started to shop online...
Digital payments are gaining popularity as cash usage declines around the world. While card payments still dominate in countries where they have a large incumbent advantage, digital products like paym...