Stablecoins Didn’t Disrupt Banks. They Split the Playbook Between Stablecoins and Tokenised Deposits.
Jamie Dimon spent the spring savaging stablecoins on television, warning that banks "will not accept" the new rules1 and conceding, [...]
Q&A with Shriyanka Hore at Swift
As cross-border payments continue to evolve, financial institutions, policymakers, and payment providers are working to address longstanding challenges around [...]
Q&A with Adam Brownstein at Adyen: Overcoming Payment Barriers to Accelerate Growth
Adyen acts as a strategic partner, helping companies overcome operational challenges and inefficiencies in their payment systems by delivering [...]
Q&A with Pedro Batista at Payhawk: The Quiet Work Behind Frictionless Payments
Ask a CFO whether they want AI agents, stablecoins or open banking, and the honest answer is: none of the above. [...]
The Agentic Prize: PayPal, Stripe and the Future of Payments Infrastructure?
The payments business is underpinned by scale, trust and regulatory staying power. That truth is now front and centre with Stripe’s reported interest [...]
Q&A with Lerato Matsio at Trudenty
Kevin Smith, Payments Risk Director at the Payments Consulting Network[1] chatted recently with Lerato Matsio. She is the Founder and CEO at Trudenty[2]. Lerato will [...]
Q&A with Conrad Ford at Allica Bank: Rethinking SME Lending Ahead of FTT Lending 2026
For most established SMEs, treasury is a problem they know they have but can’t afford to solve. Their businesses are complex [...]
Q&A with Michael Borrelli at AI & Partners
Kevin Smith, Payments Risk Director at the Payments Consulting Network[1] chatted recently with Michael Borrelli, a Director at AI & Partners[2]. AI [...]
Eco-Friendly Merchant Acquirers Reduce Cost and Raise Revenue
Even amidst a slowdown in environmental sustainability initiatives in some places, leading acquirers are powering ahead to address climate change. Facing increasing costs, regulatory pressure and customer demand for [...]
Q&A with Monique Biady at Checkout.com
The evolving payments landscape across Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia continues to reshape how businesses scale, localise, and [...]
