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Book of Insights: The best of last year's blogs, videos and podcasts

Yes! Our much-anticipated annual review of what was yet another productive year ...

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Will China’s Central Bank Digital Currency ever have its Olympic moment?

The Winter Olympics in Beijing were not just a showcase for the world’s best athletes. The event was also an international testing ground for China’s new digital currency – the digital yuan (or e-CNY) – and reinvigorated the interest in its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) plans. Rather than focusing on the functional payment aspects ...

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The future of payments – it’s time for big steps!

The 2021 edition of Euroforum’s annual conference on the future of payments (‘Toekomst van het Betalingsverkeer’) – which took place in Amsterdam’s Beurs van Berlage on 9 September and was actually held as a physical event rather than a virtual one – attracted over 200 attendees. INNOPAY’s Josje Fiolet was among them, and she has written ...

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EU presents legislative proposals to modernise AML regime

Over the past three decades, the European Union has steadily improved its framework to fight money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CFT). The EU’s action has focused on the prevention, investigation and prosecution of these harmful practices. In July 2021 the European Commission (EC) presented a package of legislative proposals th...

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Why should banks prioritise becoming the new 'Data Custodians' of the digital economy?

To access to an extended paper which expands on the concepts introduced here, click the link at the end of this blog to download 'Establishing the trust anchor in the digital economy: the case for banks to become 'Data Custodians'. The original article was initially published in the Journal of Payments Strategy & Systems (peer-reviewe...

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Payments trends are the driving force behind the relationship between retailer and customer

The relationship between a retailer and its customer is driven by three importan...

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Securing future relevance in the changing financial system: three strategic stablecoins considerations for banks

Widely regarded as the more respectable face of crypto, stablecoins are poised to become an integral part of the financial system’s future. With their ability to stabilise prices and in conjunction with harmonised regulations, stablecoins hold the promise of improving access to financial services. During EBAday 2020 in November, Josje Fio...

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Top 3 think outside-the-box ideas emerging from Central Bank Digital Currencies

Over the last five years, most payment innovations have focused on improving cus...

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Central Bank Digital Currencies: Today’s buzzword, or time to get ready?

A much-discussed (and much-hyped) topic among central banks is the issuing of currency in a digitalised form: a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). It is claimed that CBDCs could have a significant impact on the payment infrastructure and ecosystem because they could change the rules of the game. However, the various existing CBDC imple...

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EPI: Paving the way for future bank relevance, and not just through payments

Sixteen major Eurozone banks have come together in the European Payments Initiative (EPI) to launch a new payment system aimed at taking on rival card schemes and the threat posed by Chinese and US big-tech firms. Although previous pan-European collaboration projects (e.g. Monnet, Eaps, Payfair) have not been perceived as a great success,...

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New UBO register enables fast and compliant client onboarding

With the approval of the Dutch Senate, the law for registration of Ultimate Beneficiary Owners (UBOs) came into effect on 23 June 2020. Under the law, a UBO is defined as a person who controls at least a 25% stake in a company and whose registration is a requirement for financial service providers under the anti-money laundering directive...