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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
Mike Chambers and guests hosts Payments:Unpacked @ Mike Chambers, a news show with 36 episodes published.
Sibos 2025 has been and gone Just before SIBOS Owen McDonald and Vitus Rotzer from Bottomline broke down the likely hot topics for the event - from the seismic ISO 20022 migration shift and G20 goals cross-border payment
SaaS represents a shift from business structure to intelligence - by flipping the script this podcast proves that SaaS is not just about upgrading legacy technology. Hear Owen McDonald from Bottomline speaking with Amrit
Fiat: Let it be doneWhat Fiat Cars Can Teach Us About Fiat Money Spoiler: They’re not related - but the metaphor works beautifully. You’ve probably seen a Fiat 500 zipping down the street—small, stylish, undeniably Europ
Dining out on acronyms We use abbreviations every day - in writing, texting, note-taking, talking and, of course, in payments There are a few different categories of abbreviations, and acronyms is one of them When you sh
🎧 The Billion-Pound Scam: Fraud in 2024 In 2024, fraudsters stole over £1.17 billion across the UK — and the threat isn’t slowing down. In this episode, we unpack the latest UK Finance fraud report and explore: The rise
On Monday make sure you raise a glass to Sir John Lubbock the patron saint of banking What’s a Bank Holiday, Anyway ? Ever wondered why they’re called Bank Holidays —or why you’re suddenly seeing Public Holidays in your
Baked Beans, Spaghetti Hoops & Macaroni Cheese A Light Hearted Tinned Food Tour of UK Payment Systems 📌 Episode Summary: In this fun and food-themed episode of Payments:Unpacked , host Mike Chambers serves up a light-he
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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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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
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.
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
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
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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