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Payments:Unpacked @ Mike Chambers

Hosted by Mike Chambers and guests · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 36 episodes

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Payments:Unpacked shines a spotlight on the payments landscape offering a unique perspective on payments at home and abroad.Hosted by Mike Chambers who has been at the heart of payments in the UK for almost 40 years and joined by friends from the payments niche we inhabit.A refreshingly independent viewpoint on payments.Contact: collaboration@northeypoint.co.uk

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Coins Of The Crown: The Hidden Meaning Behind Maundy Money

Apr 17, 20254m0

Coins Of The Crown: The Hidden Meaning Behind Maundy Money Today, we’re diving into a centuries-old tradition that still sparkles with silver and symbolism: Maundy Money. It’s Holy Week in the United Kingdom, and the Thu

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Scanned and Scammed: The Dark Side of QR Codes

Apr 12, 20259mEp. 9S4

QR Codes and Quishing Today 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 1994 by Masahiro Hara,

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The Tooth Fairy Goes Cashless

Apr 7, 20255mEp. 8S4

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 branches faster tha

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The Disappearing Act: Cheques and Other Vanishing Giants

Mar 28, 20253mEp. 6S4

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 happened? And what othe

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Coming, ready or not: ISO 20022 SWIFT Compliance Deadline

Mar 24, 202512mEp. 5S4

Coming, ready or not: ISO 20022 SWIFT Compliance Deadline The November 2025 deadline for ISO 20022 compliance is fast approaching, requiring all financial institutions handling SWIFT payments to adopt the new messaging s

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Walkers Crisps vs. Faster Payments – A Crunchy Showdown

Mar 18, 20255mEp. 4S4

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 Payments - the system that m

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What Barbie teaches us about digital payments

Mar 8, 20255mEp. 3S4

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 everything seems just right. But then, things start glitching, and she’

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Spitfire vs. Concorde: Learning from aviation’s icons

Feb 28, 20253mEp. 2S4

Spitfire vs. Concorde: Learning from aviation’s icons

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Bacstel-IP: In the room where it happened

Feb 24, 20256mEp. 1S4

Bacstel-IP: In the room where it happened Summary In this podcast episode of Payments Unpacked, Mike Chambers reflects on the Bacstel IP migration, a significant technological overhaul in UK banking that took place 20 ye

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Money Streaming: The need for a new payment method

Dec 2, 202421mEp. 9S4

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.

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We've made it - It's C-Day!

Oct 30, 20241mEp. 8S4

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 newsletter: With thousands of reads

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Are you ready?

Oct 11, 20244mEp. 7S4

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 check here in the UK. Si

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From CoP to VoP

Oct 7, 20242mEp. 6S4

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: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/

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Building better defences against financial crime

Oct 3, 202417mEp. 6S4

With eye watering levels of Authorised Push Payment fraud and the introduction of a mandatory reimbursement requirement this coming Monday (7 October 2024) now is a perfect time to get Fincrime Dynamic’s perspective on p

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Because APP shouldn't mean All Payments Pending

Sep 25, 202416mEp. 5S4

With eye watering levels of Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud and the introduction of a mandatory reimbursement requirement next month now is a perfect time to get Tunic Pay’s perspective on payment fraud and hear abou

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Helping women in Partnerships, Channel, and Alliances build their careers

Sep 5, 202423mEp. 4S4

Women in Alliances: Helping women in Partnerships, Channel, and Alliances build their careers. Annual Summit: 📅 15th October 2024, 🕑 3pm BST / 10am EST / 10pm SGT 🔗 Register now: https://registration.livegroup.co.uk/w

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From the Electron to new Rails: 360 Years of Payments

Jul 22, 202410mEp. 3S4

From the first recorded use of cash in Lydia (640BC) via banknotes causing excessive inflation in China (AD806) and a jailed Swedish banker (1600's) we arrive at the UK's first handwritten cheque in 1659. For 300 years n

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Izzy and Spencer ask the (payment) questions

Jul 8, 20245mEp. 2S4

From the first payment priorities for an incoming government, the future of cheques, the next steps for open banking and what to look for in a payment aggregator Izzy and Spencer ask Mike (payment) questions. Host: Mike

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The rest is..... Payments:Unpacked

Jul 6, 20241mEp. 1S4

In a month of political change, you've probably been getting your payments fix from The Rest Is Politics with Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart. And with a new Premier Football season around the corner, you'll probably

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Faster (than Bacs) Payments - a world first

Jun 21, 202425mEp. 2S3

Before 2008 payments were a real pain - this all changed when Faster Payments entered our lives. Faster Payments has transformed who we pay, how we pay and when we pay - socks, last nights pizza and household appliances

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