AfricaNenda: Eyeing the Bigger Picture: How Digital Innovation Can Help Leave No One Behind

In Africa, the development of Instant and Inclusive Payment Systems (IIPS) and the use of open-source software like Mojaloop offer hopes of speeding up the onboarding of more than 350 million financially excluded adults on the continent.

The Digital Pound: A Game Changer for the UK’s Commercial Banks and PSPs

On 7 February, the Bank of England and HM Treasury announced the intention to consult on the introduction of a digital pound. My name is Graeme Donald, I'm retired now and spend my time with my family, on the golf course and travelling. Prior to that…

Open Finance Association: Open Banking — Reaching its Potential as a Pan-European Payment Solution

The Open Finance Association (OFA) believes that a well-functioning, high performing open banking ecosystem, built on instant payments, in accordance with the Instant Payments proposal currently going through the EU regulatory process, can help deliver…

BISIH: Enhancing Payments Through Innovations to Central Banks’ Payment Systems

Technology is revolutionising the provision of financial services. Central banks and other public authorities are identifying the opportunities this opens up, and one response has been to set up innovation functions. The Bank for International Settlements…

JoPACC: Jordan Marks a Decade of Digital Financial Services Developments and Innovations

The past decade has been a game-changer for Jordan's financial ecosystem, especially in terms of digital financial services and financial technology. In the first half of the decade, the country saw major developments in digital infrastructure, legislative…

Discover Global Network: Advances in Technology Bring a World of New Approaches to Payments

How can central banks, banks and domestic payment schemes utilize P2P digital wallet solutions to gain access to traditional point-of-sale methods of payment, giving more local control over domestic payments, while easing the technical and operational…

Visa: How CBDC Can Help Drive Digitization and Responsible Innovation

In this article, we will focus on the various aspects of CBDC that can help drive digitization and promote responsible innovation. We believe digitization will help drive new value created in the global economy in the coming decade. However, the rate…

Centro de Innovación Financiera: Creating the Regulatory Framework for Fintech in Costa Rica - The Leading Role of the Regulator in a Small Economy

This article describes the elements of the FinTech roadmap that the Superintendencies, the National Council for Supervision of the Financial System (CONASSIF), and the Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR), have been implementing for the design of a regulatory…

CCAF: Third Anniversary of the Cambridge FinTech and Regulatory Innovation Programme

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) has successfully delivered its online capacity building and education programme to more than 1,400 regulators and central bankers from 340+ institutions in over 145 countries via its Cambridge FinTech…

BENEFIT Company: In Conversation with Shafaq Alkooheji, Head of Payments Services

ProgressSoft speaks with Shafaq Alkooheji, Head of Payments Services at the BENEFIT Company, about the development, launch, and adoption of e-cheques in Bahrain, part of the Central Bank of Bahrain’s broader digital transformation strategy.