The Payments Trilogue

In this episode, Gerard Hartsink, former EPC chair, explains the ins and outs of international trade, covering the key documents, outdated laws, fragmented technical standards, and the ICC Digital Standardization Initiative. We debate whether more regulation helps or hurts, and which activities should be prioritised.

In this episode, Syed Musheer Ahmed explains the current state and future potential of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) across Asia, exploring various projects (incl. mBridge), use cases, and regional differences. Discover how CBDCs are done elsewhere to transform payments, cross-border trade, and financial inclusion.

In this episode, Scott McInnes from Bird & Bird explains the outcome of the PSD3/PSR trilogue and what to expect from the 3rd revision of this legislation. We cover liabilities, fraud, open banking, exemptions and the missing agentic AI provisions. Scott provides valuable insights into regulatory challenges, market impacts, and future trends in the payment industry.

In this episode, we are discussing again the rapidly evolving landscape of fraud in the payment industry. This time with Richard Harris, EVP Head of Strategy & Advisory at Feedzai, who is explaining the shift from card-based to account-to-account (A2A) fraud, the organization of cybercrime, and strategies for defense.

This episode explores the future of digital money, focusing on tokenisation, trust, regulation, and the evolving landscape of central bank digital currencies, commercial bank money tokens and stablecoins. The 3 authors of the book "Tokenisation of Money", Selim Yazıcı, C. Coşkun Küçüközmen, and Michael Salmony, who are experts from academia, central banking, and industry share insights on how technology and regulation shape the new monetary ecosystem.

In this episode, Sophia Furber from S&P Global's FinTech and Payments research practice, shares insights on the evolving landscape of payments, stablecoins, open banking, and Europe's payment sovereignty. Discover how this relates to their ratings business (or not) and what their research activities are showing.

In this episode, we discuss payments in the Nordics with Ville Sointu, Chief Strategist, Transaction Banking at Nordea. The Nordics are traditionally ahead of other regions and we discover why that is and what we can learn from their innovations in relation to retail payments, blockchain projects, open banking, electronic identity, and the digital euro.Fintech Daydreaming Podcast: https://fintechdaydreaming.com/The Payments Trilogue Website: https://thepaymentstrilogue.com/

In this episode, Charles Damen, Non-Executive Director of the UK Payments Initiative, explains this new venture, and we discuss its impact on open banking and the future of payments in Europe. Discover how the UK's open banking approach is shaping the industry, the regulatory enforcement and competition policy behind it, what it changes for merchants and retail payments, and what European payments sovereignty can learn from it.

In this episode, we host Lars Hupel, Chief Evangelist at Giesecke+Devrient, to discuss the realities and myths of blockchain, DLT and smart contract technologies in finance. We explore programmability, consensus mechanisms, legal limitations, offline CBDC and the future of digital currencies.

In this episode, we discuss the success of the Girocard in Germany with Matthias Hönisch, Head of Card Business Department at BVR, and how it will fit into the future of European payment schemes, especially in relation to Wero and the digital euro. We also explore local schemes more generally, as well as standardization efforts such as CPACE, and strategic visions for payment sovereignty.