Central Bank Digital Currency Global Interoperability Principles

whitePaper | August 24, 2022

India's smartphone boom proved conducive for the rise of digital payments. The government-sanctioned push toward a unified payment interface led to over two billion digital transactions in April 2021, just shy of Rs 5 lakh crore. Correspondingly, this also eased access to short-term, low interest credit - reflected in a 220 % jump in offerings such as buy-now-pay-later (BNPL). BNPL products can potentially help plug the Rs. 25 trillion credit gap in the micro, small and medium (MSME) segment, considered high-risk by legacy lenders.

whitePaper | February 17, 2020

Despite the onward march of technology, especially in the financial services sector, methods of authentication and identity confirmation appear to be falling behind the curve. While biometrics may be making inroads into the industry, the passport and the paper document remain the dominant way that many organizations authenticate their users via know your customer (KYC) checks and controls, which have become an ever-more important factor in a banks’ success.

whitePaper | January 2, 2023

As consumer prices and global energy costs edge ever higher, it’s become clear that this bout of inflation isn’t transitory. Economists and business leaders alike agree that supply-chain-driven hikes will persist through the majority of this year at least, with stickier increases around labor possibly becoming permanent.

whitePaper | December 12, 2021

Banks typically approach transformation in part by reengineering their own internal business, IT, and operational processes either in ad hoc ways tied to direct response to some tactical problem or over longer time frames based on carefully planned out strategic planning. Recently, however, this transformational process has taken on a new urgency, and certain projects that were targeted to take a year or two have needed to be accelerated to meet our rapidly changing banking environment. Even the need to respond to today’s tactical challenges needs to be viewed through the long lens of transformation. As banks begin their process of recovery, projects that provide immediate return on investment (ROI) and help develop resilient operations, improve customer experiences, or improve compliance through improved service management will become critical to how quickly banks can recover from periods of economic disruptions, now and in the future.

whitePaper | January 31, 2022

Perhaps more than any other industry, financial services firms understand the value of data. The sector is an early adopter of new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). Keeping up with the latest digital developments is seen as essential to deliver great customer experiences, drive operational efficiencies and to manage risks and compliance.

whitePaper | January 23, 2023

Accounts payable (AP) leaders know that paying suppliers with paper checks is costly. But transaction costs tell only part of the story. The costs associated with manually executing payments can significantly change the equation. Whether it’s time spent processing checks and ACH transactions, reconciling payments, or fielding inquiries from suppliers, these manual, repetitive tasks can have a major impact on AP business outcomes.