Payments:Unpacked
An unfiltered, independent perspective on the payments ecosystem we navigate.
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High praise for the Bank of England
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) published a report on 29 April 2026 praising the Bank of England’s modernisation of its Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system as an almost uniquely successful example of public sector digital transform...
Free Banking From The Listening Bank
In 1984, Midland Bank made a bold decision that changed British banking forever: it stopped charging customers for everyday banking, as long as they stayed in credit.
Before that, banks would bill you for routine things like writing a che...
Extended Hours
For most of its existence, CHAPS - the UK’s high-value same-day settlement system - has been a creature of business hours. A weekday service.
That’s changing. And the pace of change is picking up.
We already knew that earlier morning open...
The Importance of Choice in Payments
In a recent speech given at the Banknote Conference in Washington DC Victoria Cleland from the Bank of England set out why preserving choice in payments is important, highlighting its role in supporting financial inclusion, strengthening sy...
It was all because of ice cream!
Since its launch over half a century ago, Bacs Direct Debit has certainly become an embedded, hassle free, frictionless and pre-eminent way of making recurring payments.
As the new recurring payment kids on the block continue to grab the l...
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