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Interview
In Conversation with the Central Bank of Oman's Ali Al Jabri
Central Bank Payments News speaks with Ali Al Jabri, Acting Deputy CTO for Payment Systems at the Central Bank of Oman. The conversation, facilitated with the support of ProgressSoft, explores the strategies and partnerships shaping Oman’s payments ecosystem under the country’s Vision 2040 agenda
Fraud
Closing the Context Gaps: How to Fight Crime While Protecting Privacy in Payment Systems
Visa’s David Sutton explores how privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), such as those developed by Featurespace, can close critical context gaps and help build safer, privacy-preserving payment systems
Cross-Border Payments
The Role of AFAQ in Improving Cross-Border Payments in the GCC
The Gulf Payments Company paved the way for regional payment services integration by means of a specialised, publicly owned “payments infrastructure company.” In this article, CEO Ali Alhomidan shares his experiences with this approach for the benefit of those who are considering similar approaches....
Cross-Border Payments
The Mission-Critical Role of Central Banks for the Adoption of the Data Standard for Legal Entities — the LEI — for Cross-Border Payments and Trade Finance and Statistics
In this article from Gerard Hartsink, Senior Advisor at the International Chamber of Commerce, suggestions are given how the major players of the cross-border payments and trade finance industry, with support of their Financial Market Infrastructures and trade associations, could jointly create a b...
Financial Inclusion
Closing the Gap in Access to Banking Across New Zealand
Tom Bayliss, Principal Adviser of Financial Inclusion, and Swastika Singh, Senior Adviser of Financial Inclusion, at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te Pūtea Matua, take us through their financial inclusion work programme focused on access to basic transaction accounts. This work complements the e...
Infrastructure
Building Without Blueprints: What India's March to a Trillion Teaches Global Central Banks
India's lesson is clear: payment innovation succeeds when it's part of a coherent digital ecosystem, not when it's deployed as a standalone solution. EPAA’s latest report, Digital Payments Revolution: India's March to a Trillion, captures conversations with the architects of change to illustrate how...
Instant Payments
TIPS: Building Inclusive, Instant Payments in Tanzania
The Tanzania Instant Payment System (TIPS) from the Bank of Tanzania has emerged as a cornerstone in Tanzania’s digital financial infrastructure. By enabling instant, interoperable, and inclusive payments across banks, mobile money operators, and other financial service providers, TIPS has significa...
Instant Payments
Charting a New Era of Payments in Brunei
In March 2025, Brunei advanced its payment landscape with the launch of tarus, the country's first national fast payment system. Owned and operated by ndpx, (National Digital Payments Network Sdn Bhd), an approved payment system operator by Brunei Darussalam Central Bank (BDCB), tarus facilitates re...
Digital Assets
Africa and the Global Digital Asset Evolution: Seizing Opportunities, Navigating Risks
The Bank of Ghana's Tahiru Alhassan details the rise of digital assets across Africa, while outlining the opportunities and risks, stressing that Africa must take proactive ownership of its development within the continent, develop fit-for-purpose regulatory frameworks, and strengthen collaboration ...
In This Issue: October 2025
- Ali Al Jabri, Acting Deputy CTO for Payment Systems at the Central Bank of Oman, shares insights into the central bank’s payments modernisation journey under Oman’s Vision 2040, in an exclusive interview facilitated with support from ProgressSoft
- David Sutton, Senior Director – AI Research and Innovation at Visa, examines Featurespace’s use of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) to help financial institutions combat fraud and scams while closing critical context gaps in payment systems
- Plus, a comprehensive roundup of the latest payments news from across the globe, recent must-read reports, thought-leading speeches, and much more!
