Brad Pitt, Bitcoin & Banter 🎙️ Welcome to the second episode of Sixty Seconds! ⏱️ Inspired by the legendary Just a Minute on BBC Radio 4, Sixty Seconds is the fast-talking, side-splitting comedy game show where payments meet pure chaos and laughter. The rules? Simple — speak on a payments topic for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition… or fraud (okay, “deviation,” but we like our fintech spin 😏). Hosted by Mike Chambers, channeling his inner Nicholas Parsons with a fintech flair, each...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Brad Pitt, Bitcoin & Banter Here’s a sneak preview of the next episode of Sixty Seconds - you’ll have to wait until 8pm on the 3 November to see all the action from Zhenya, Laura and Teresa Spread the word Please share this link with your contacts and encourage them to subscribe - https://exceptional-founder-5817.kit.com/d2e10a41fe
3 months ago • 1 min read
Sixty Seconds: Pilot Inspired by the legendary Just a Minute on BBC Radio 4, Sixty Seconds is the fast-talking, side-splitting comedy game show where the rules are simple — speak on a payments topic for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition, or fraud (okay, "deviation" but we like our twist). Hosted by Mike Chambers, channelling his inner Nicholas Parsons with a fintech flair, each show dives into carefully curated, topical payments subjects — from Faster Payments to frictionless...
5 months ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader You are receiving this email as you recently subscribed to Payments:Explained - here's a test edition ahead of our formal launch. Thank you for being one of our test pilots, we'd love to receive your feedback - hit the button below and tell us what you think. Pilot feedback Here's a podcast we published on Spotify this morning. What Barbie teaches us about digital payments Think about Barbie’s journey in the film. She starts off in Barbie Land—a perfect, plastic world where...
11 months ago • 1 min read
Verification of Payee (VoP) The European Commission has announced that a Verification of Payee (VoP) solution needs to be adopted by banks Europe-wide, as part of the Instant Payments legislation. This ensures that instant payments in euro are affordable, secure, and processed without hindrance across the EU. How does VoP work? When making a transfer online, Verifcation of Payee verifies the entered account details of the beneficiary prior to the actual transfer. European Verification of...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read