It is easy to forget with all the technical payment advances, that a payment is merely a method of paying for something using money you either already have in an account or a credit line you have against a bank or card issuer. All the current excitement around Applepay, contactless and other mobile wallets/devices merely […]
Whilst published last Autumn in the Bank of England’s Quarterly Bulletin, I have yet to find a better summary on the subject of Distributed Ledgers and Bitcoin than the article linked below. Innovations in payment technologies
This morning (7th July), the Payments Systems Regulator has published a series of papers summarising the output of the various Working Groups contributing to the creation of the Payments Strategy Forum. These cover progress on the Forum’s Terms of Reference, Objectives & Scope, Terms of Reference, Interaction with Authorities and the Selection Process of the […]
Last week saw a number of key events at the core of the UK Payments Industry: – The launch of Payments UK; the Trade Association that has replaced the UK Payments Council. – A key-note speech by the MD of the Payment Systems Regulator (Hannah Nixon) on Innovation at the Payment UK annual Payment Innovations conference. – […]