FINTECH FOR FINANCIAL INCLUSION: A FRAMEWORK FOR DIGITAL FINANCIAL TRANSFORMATION

whitePaper | April 30, 2022

As the demand for real-time payments grows, so does the need for financial institutions (FIs) to offer more robust access to faster and more efficient payments. The Clearing House’s (TCH’s) RTP network laid a solid foundation for use cases and connectivity protocols, but some FIs have been waiting for FedNow before deciding how to move forward. FedNow is finally about to launch.

whitePaper | July 27, 2022

It’s time for financial services providers to stop firefighting external challenges and technology developments and start taking control of their own destiny. That doesn’t mean taking on the full burden of core banking transformation as an individual enterprise, assuming it as a competition point – but instead working together with the wider industry to build a standardized model. From there, financial enterprises will be empowered to compete in the areas that matter – namely, the service and products they offer to customers.

whitePaper | June 29, 2022

As the name suggests, real-time payment systems accelerate the speed at which funds are transferred between people, businesses, and governments creating efficiencies throughout the payments life cycle. This has benefits for all involved stakeholders, including end users such as consumers, merchants, corporates, governments, and financial institutions.

whitePaper | August 18, 2022

The European Union’s Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) signaled a new era of change and innovation in the financial services industry. Designed to make financial transactions more transparent, efficient and secure, the directive’s requirements help institutions satisfy increased consumer demand for smarter and more flexible banking options — without compromising security.

whitePaper | February 23, 2022

The race for European banks to offer Instant Payments (IP) is more urgent than ever before. COVID-19 has piled on the pressure to adopt: throughout 2020, the average daily SCT Instant transaction volume more than doubled due to new purchase behavior. In addition, by November 2021 European banks that are TARGET2 direct participants are also mandated to be TIPS reachable – one of the two major SEPA instant CSMs.

whitePaper | November 24, 2021

For retail banks entering a post COVID-19 world, the only way is cloud. Today, the world’s most disruptive banks are in the cloud. For newcomer banks, cloud has been the only option for some time – and the same is increasingly true for established banks as well. Why? Because cloud is not only disruptive in its own right, but also provides the foundation for harnessing other emerging technologies. As the COVID-19 crisis continues to play out, the need for banks to transform digitally using cloud is accelerating by the day. To do this, banks must steer their operations toward a new operating model. One that delivers a highly relevant customer experiences, provides easy access to innovation, and reduces total cost of ownership (TCO) without the burden of managing security and infrastructure. The way to achieve all this? Cloud. And banks worldwide are getting the message.