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S4E17 SIBOS Predictions - Were They on the Money?
Sibos 2025 has been and goneJust before SIBOS Owen McDonald and Vitus Rotzer from Bottomline broke down the likely hot topics for the event - from the seismic ISO 20022 migration shift and G20 goals…
S4E16 Exploring How SaaS Innovation and Data Intelligence Are Shaping Tomorrow’s Banks
SaaS represents a shift from business structure to intelligence - by flipping the script this podcast proves that SaaS is not just about upgrading legacy technology.Hear Owen McDonald from Bottomline…
S4E15 What Fiat Cars Can Teach Us About Fiat Money
Fiat: Let it be doneWhat Fiat Cars Can Teach Us About Fiat MoneySpoiler: They’re not related - but the metaphor works beautifully.You’ve probably seen a Fiat 500 zipping down the street—small,…
S4E14 Elle: The Scandinavian model that payments (fortunately) never adopted
Dining out on acronymsWe use abbreviations every day - in writing, texting, note-taking, talking and, of course, in paymentsThere are a few different categories of abbreviations, and acronyms is one…
S4E13 The Billion-Pound Scam
🎧 The Billion-Pound Scam: Fraud in 2024In 2024, fraudsters stole over £1.17 billion across the UK — and the threat isn’t slowing down. In this episode, we unpack the latest UK Finance fraud report…
S4E12 What's a Bank Holiday, Anyway?
On Monday make sure you raise a glass to Sir John Lubbock the patron saint of bankingWhat’s a Bank Holiday, Anyway?Ever wondered why they’re called Bank Holidays—or why you’re suddenly seeing Public…
S4E11 Baked Beans, Spaghetti Hoops & Macaroni Cheese
Baked Beans, Spaghetti Hoops & Macaroni CheeseA Light Hearted Tinned Food Tour of UK Payment Systems📌 Episode Summary:In this fun and food-themed episode of Payments:Unpacked, host Mike Chambers…
Coins Of The Crown: The Hidden Meaning Behind Maundy Money
Coins Of The Crown: The Hidden Meaning Behind Maundy MoneyToday, we’re diving into a centuries-old tradition that still sparkles with silver and symbolism: Maundy Money.It’s Holy Week in the United…
S4E9 Scanned and Scammed: The Dark Side of QR Codes
QR Codes and QuishingToday we are delving into a concerning trend that’s been making headlines (again) - the dramatic rise in QR code scams, commonly known as “quishing.”QR codes were invented in…
S4E8 The Tooth Fairy Goes Cashless
Today we’re talking about the Tooth Fairy. Specifically: how does the Tooth Fairy even function in a cashless world?Think about it—kids don’t use cash, parents don’t carry cash, and banks are closing…
S4E6 The Disappearing Act: Cheques and Other Vanishing Giants
Cheques were once the primary way people and businesses moved money around in the UK. But now? They’re going the way of the fax machine, the DVD rental store, and the telephone directory. So, what…
S4E5 Coming, ready or not: ISO 20022 SWIFT Compliance Deadline
Coming, ready or not: ISO 20022 SWIFT Compliance DeadlineThe November 2025 deadline for ISO 20022 compliance is fast approaching, requiring all financial institutions handling SWIFT payments to adopt…
S4E4 Walkers Crisps vs. Faster Payments – A Crunchy Showdown
In this “crunchy showdown” we take two completely unrelated things and force them into a head-to-head battle for no good reason.Walkers Crisps - the undisputed king of British snacks.Faster…
S4E3 What Barbie teaches us about digital payments
What Barbie teaches us about digital paymentsThink about Barbie’s journey in the film. She starts off in Barbie Land—a perfect, plastic world where everything seems just right. But then, things start…
S4E2 Spitfire vs. Concorde: Learning from aviation’s icons
Spitfire vs. Concorde: Learning from aviation’s icons
S4E1 Bacstel-IP: In the room where it happened
Bacstel-IP: In the room where it happenedSummaryIn this podcast episode of Payments Unpacked, Mike Chambers reflects on the Bacstel IP migration, a significant technological overhaul in UK banking…
S4E9 Money Streaming: The need for a new payment method
Join Richard Ney from Lerex as he shares his thoughts on: Money Streaming and the need for a new payment method and The compliance and technology gap.
S4E8 We've made it - It's C-Day!
We've made it - It's C-Day! 31 October 2024 is the mandatory deadline for the implementation of Confirmation of Payee (CoP) in the United Kingdom Sign up for the free Payments:Unpacked…
S4E7 Are you ready?
Are you ready ...... for Confirmation of Payee? With 21 days (10 October 2024) to go Richard Koldwijn from SurePay shares his thoughts on the rapidly advancing mandatory deadline for account name…
S4E6 From CoP to VoP
What comes after Confirmation of Payee? It’s time to start preparing for EU Verification of Payee (VoP) for mainland / EU operations. Webinar: Thu 24 Oct at 10:00 – 11:00 BST Regster:…
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