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Fintech reporting from Global. Stories across banking, payments, infrastructure, capital and policy that touch this region.

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GLOBAL · 7 MIN READ · 24 JUL 2026

Instant Payments vs Real Time Payments: Are They the Same?

Instant payments vs real time payments explained: learn the key differences by market, what affects speed, and how to set clear user expectations.

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Five Minutes With… ChilliMint co-founder San Nakra-Shah

22 JUL 2026

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What Is Payment Orchestration? The Simple Explanation + Examples

20 JUL 2026

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BNPL’s New Rulebook Is a Windfall for the Firms That Sell Affordability

The consumer headline on 15 July was exclusion: how many current users the affordability checks might price out. That is the wrong place for an operator to look.

17 JUL 2026

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Treasury Targets Faster AI Adoption in Finance as Survey Shows City Already Ahead

HM Treasury's two AI Champions have published a plan setting out how the government, regulators and financial firms should speed up the safe adoption of artificial intelligence, with 10 recommendations the government says it has accepted where they fall to it.

17 JUL 2026

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The payments visibility gap: leaders want real-time data they can’t get

EMBARGO: Silverflow data held until 08:00 CEST, 16 July 2026. Internal review copy — do not publish before the embargo lifts.

17 JUL 2026

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Mansion House 2026: Britain bets on writing the rulebook first

Three announcements, one bet: open banking gets a permanent legislative home, stablecoins get transatlantic alignment, and gilts go on-chain. Britain is competing on rule-making speed, not capital. The gap between announcement and enforceable rule is the whole risk.

17 JUL 2026

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The £116bn that won’t move: open banking takes on idle cash

Britain's dormant cash pile is a friction problem, not a rates or awareness problem. Higher rates have already been tried and the money still didn't move.

17 JUL 2026

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FedNow Real Time Payments: What FedNow Enables (and What It Doesn’t)

FedNow real time payments bring 24/7 instant settlement, but not chargebacks or built-in fraud protection. Learn what FedNow enables and how to plan.

16 JUL 2026

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Five Minutes With… Kieran Watts at Digital Workforce

Digital Workforce’s Kieran Watts discusses agentic AI in financial services, operational adoption, governance, compliance and the build-versus-partner question.

15 JUL 2026

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Payment Orchestration Platform: Features That Matter Most to Merchants

Learn the payment orchestration platform features merchants need most—uptime, smart routing, integrations, reporting, and security—to boost approvals and cut outages.

15 JUL 2026

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What is RegTech? Regulatory technology, its categories, and the companies building it

RegTech helps regulated firms automate compliance, from AML and sanctions screening to regulatory reporting, cyber controls and risk management.

14 JUL 2026

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What is transaction monitoring? How it works, why it fails, and the fines behind it

Transaction monitoring helps firms detect suspicious payments and customer activity, but false positives, weak data and poor tuning can lead to major AML failures.

14 JUL 2026

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What is sanctions screening? The lists, the 50% rule, and why a name check isn’t enough

Sanctions screening checks customers, transactions and counterparties against official lists, but ownership rules and false positives make it more than a name check.

14 JUL 2026

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What is regulatory reporting? The types, the regimes, and the cost of getting it wrong

Regulatory reporting requires financial firms to submit prescribed data to supervisors, with failures triggering major fines and compliance costs.

14 JUL 2026