John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker.
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The banking industry's march to ISO 20022 compliance by a November deadline has been sluggish, but the messaging organization isn't budging.
March 26 -
Former staffers at Block's crypto unit have launched Stable Sea, a firm that tries to make processing easier.
March 24 -
As Klarna wins installment lending for the retail giant's OnePay app, rival Affirm seeks to downplay the loss.
March 21 -
Bank technology firm Fiserv agreed to buy the Netherlands-based company, which sells multichannel processing systems. Also: the FCA looks to lighten contactless checkout limits; Ripple's Garlinghouse said the SEC has dropped a suit against his firm; and more news in the global payments and fintech roundup.
March 19 -
The payment company's listing comes amid market and political volatility, but the Swedish firm has its strong recent financial performance and distribution deals with JPMorgan Chase and Walmart on its side.
March 19 -
As FedWire becomes the latest ISO 20022 migration to get pushed back, Vantage Bank and Wings Credit Union discuss the difficult upgrade.
March 17 -
The Swedish institution is best known in the U.S. for its buy/now pay later lending. Its New York listing will be a bellwether for the payments technology industry, which is recovering from a post-pandemic slump
March 14 -
While often used to describe a digital asset that hedges against cryptocurrency's volatility, the reality of stablecoins is much more complex.
March 13 -
The country's central bank cited geopolitical uncertainty and the increased reliance on digital payments as a reason to focus on offline payments as a backup. Also, a look at U.K. bank outages and other news in American Banker's global payments and fintech roundup.
March 12 -
The Financial Conduct Authority is summoning industry professionals to weigh in on potential regulatory updates to make British institutions more competitive with the U.S.
March 12
