INDUSTRY-VERTICAL

THE CONVERGENCE BETWEEN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES

$ Transfers and Digital Payments, 2023, ALL CONTENT, Other Non-Financial, Panagiotis Kriaris, PDF/DOC, Telecom, Wallets /

In this Linkedin post, developments are examined as mobile phones are becoming banks in our hands (or banks are being embedded into our mobile phones). This convergence of telecom and financial services has competitive implications for both.

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION INTRODUCES PSD3/PSR TO ADVANCE OPEN BANKING

$ Transfers and Digital Payments, 2023, ALL CONTENT, Central Banks/Government, Link, Open Banking, Real-Time Payments, Tink, Visa /

In this white paper, TINK (a Visa company) explains how PSD3/PSR is a welcome addition to the development of open banking in Europe. PSR should address standardization issues and past problems with APIs. The requirements should be passed before the summer of 2024 with enforcement happening by the end of 2025.

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HOW FEDNOW AND FASTER PAYMENTS WILL IMPACT US FINTECH

$ Transfers and Digital Payments, 2023, ACH, ALL CONTENT, Bessemer Venture Partners, Central Banks/Government, Fed Now, Link, Marcel Van Oost, Other Strong Payments Component (e.g., insurance, healthcare), Real-Time Payments, Stablecoin, Venmo, Wallets, Zelle /

FedNow’s promise of faster payments is not new. Aside from RTP and same-day ACH, we have seen faster payments in a number of forms: closed-loop P2P payments (Venmo, Zelle), wire transfers, stablecoins, and push-to-card. Each varies in settlement type, rail, limit, cost, push/pull capabilities, and transaction limits. This has created an ecosystem where U.S. money movement has become unnecessarily complex. In this white paper by Bessemer Venture Partners they explain that they expect to see more payment-first business models, and a new wave of fraud, and infrastructure to facilitate the patchwork of faster payments in the US.

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