Payments

A cheque processing conference sounds pretty dull these days, especially as cheques are on their way out across most economies. However, a cheque processing conference celebrating 350 years since the oldest surviving cheque was written? No, not that boring. In fact, as I’m a sucker for numbers and facts, the annual conference of the Cheque…

Just got an email from Charlie McCreey's office that announces the launch of SEPA Direct Debits (SDD), as covered here last Monday.  Here's the official line: "Cross-border direct debits and easier bank account switching now possible "From the beginning of November, EU consumers will start to have the possibility to make regular payments using the…

Just got an email from Charlie McCreey's office that announces the launch of SEPA Direct Debits (SDD), as covered here last Monday.  Here's the official line: "Cross-border direct debits and easier bank account switching now possible "From the beginning of November, EU consumers will start to have the possibility to make regular payments using the…

So, finally, November 2nd and here we are. SEPA day! SEPA direct debits go live today and the PSD was transposed successfully across all of Europe to become law yesterday. Apart from a few countries who missed the deadline. Obviously, Sweden who have always said April because the chap who was meant to transpose it…

So, finally, November 2nd and here we are. SEPA day! SEPA direct debits go live today and the PSD was transposed successfully across all of Europe to become law yesterday. Apart from a few countries who missed the deadline. Obviously, Sweden who have always said April because the chap who was meant to transpose it…

So, finally, November 2nd and here we are. SEPA day! SEPA direct debits go live today and the PSD was transposed successfully across all of Europe to become law yesterday. Apart from a few countries who missed the deadline. Obviously, Sweden who have always said April because the chap who was meant to transpose it…

My good friend Conny Dorrestijn shared this article she wrote on teenager's views on money and banking.  I thought it so good that it's worth sharing here: Sitting in the hotel bar of a conference I recently attended on payments, I pondered with my colleagues “Are we sure we are really building the payments infrastructure…

My good friend Conny Dorrestijn shared this article she wrote on teenager's views on money and banking.  I thought it so good that it's worth sharing here: Sitting in the hotel bar of a conference I recently attended on payments, I pondered with my colleagues “Are we sure we are really building the payments infrastructure…

Following on from their campaign using the waterslide to promote their contactless cards, Barclaycard strikes again. This time it was a surprise that popped out as I was looking through the shelves of our local newspaper shop. Eyeing the shelves, this week's Retail Week stood out.  It's not a magazine I would normally buy, but there…

Just found a few numbers on mobile money users and thought it worth sharing: The market for mobile applications, or apps, will become "as big as the internet", peaking at 10 million apps in 2020 according to Symbian. CGAP produced a recent survey on Financial Access and found that there are 6.2 billion bank accounts…