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With an increase in regulations and growing involvement from multiple players, the world of payments is undergoing a disruption across the region
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Ross Kolodyazhnyi CEO at DCM
If you seek the trigger to lead the next leg of the crypto "bullish" market, it won't be Ethereum ETF approval or Bitcoin halving. It will be driven by real-world assets. RWA tokenization, without exaggeration, can be called the hottest corner of the digital asset industry. The quarterly report of our partner, Stellar Development Foundati...
09 May 2024 /payments /crypto
John Bertrand MD at Tec 8 Limited
Answering the question “what is the next big thing” well it is Global Instant Payments. The importance of this is ‘Elon Musk’s X now has a Money Transmitter License in 25 US States and the goal is a self-contained financial ecosystem within the X platform. Musk was behind PayPal ranked second in a report of 10 Best Online Payment 2024. While more...
01 May 2024 /payments /retail
After hosting a panel discussion, "Crypto Regulation Unveiled: Exploring MiCA's Global Impact," at the FIBE Fintech Festival in Berlin, I've caught myself thinking that everybody is not so excited about MiCA regulations. Will it become that magic wand to address current hurdles holding back the global adoption of blockchain and crypto as...
26 April 2024 /regulation /startups
We are on the threshold of massive financial changes, and I'm not talking about the distant future but about something happening now. In 2023, real world asset tokenization again emerged on the radars of financial institutions and investors, resulting in a new round of popularity and adoption. Why is the surge of interest actually happening? Busi...
29 March 2024 /payments /predictions
The introduction of stablecoins has highlighted a decades-old problem: despite all the tech innovations and dynamics, the payment sector remains slow, unfair, and opaque. They pointed up the need to facilitate access to financial services and cross-border payments. But most importantly, they have come to the forefront of those changes and innovati...
23 March 2024 /payments /predictions
Laurent Descout CEO at NEO Capital Markets
Earlier this month, members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted to adopt a new set of rules that will ensure transferred funds arrive immediately in the bank accounts of retail customers and businesses across the EU. This follows the landmark provisional agreement reached by the Parliament and Council late last year and requires all payment s...
20 February 2024 /payments /startups
James Booth VP Head of Partnerships, EMEA at PPRO
Supercharged by new payment technology and shifting digital behaviours amidst the pandemic lockdowns, the European e-commerce industry is now expected to hit nearly $900 billion by 2027. For any merchant hoping to expand internationally, Europe is certainly a prime region. However, despite most of the states being members of the EU and thus benefit...
11 September 2023 /payments
Roenen Ben-Ami Chief Risk Officer at Justt
Something has to be done to reduce the gargantuan amount of time it takes European consumers on average to get through checkout on an eCommerce website. That was our main takeaway from the PhocusWright EU 2023 that took place earlier this month in Barcelona. The European eCommerce landscape is often characterized by a slow checkout process, with an...
29 June 2023 /payments /regulation
Sergei Romanov CPO at Profee.com
International money transfers are rapidly developing, and every year brings new challenges to the industry. What are the 2023 cross-border remittance trends? Embedded finance Obviously, analytics and experts have been talking about embedded finance and seamless transfers for quite a while, and in 2023 this trend keeps accelerating. The tendency o...
10 February 2023 /payments /predictions
Kim Engman Senior Director at Tietoevry Banking
The Nordic countries and past vikings, are virtually cashless societies in 2023. There's no need to bring cash to come visit. The Nordics (i.e., Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Finland) aside for being the happiest group of countries, have intensified their journey towards digital payments. Status and how they got here Even...
30 December 2022 /payments /inclusion
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