All posts tagged "payments"

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  UK government launches GOV.UK digital services app for smartphones

  The UK government has launched the first version of its GOV.UK app to provide citizens with digital access to government services and benefits.   The app’s initial release to British

  • Posted July 2, 2025
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  Interview: why e-payments are a ‘game changer’ for digital public services in Italy

  PagoPA is best known in Italy for its payments platform but the state-owned organisation also plays a wider role in driving digital public services. CEO Alessandro Moricca speaks to Ian

  • Posted March 5, 2024
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  Ireland’s financial services minister to speak at Global Government Fintech Lab 2023

  Ireland’s minister of state with responsibility for financial services is to speak at the Global Government Fintech Lab 2023, being hosted in Dublin on Thursday 18 May. Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

  • Posted April 10, 2023
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  Canadian government races to collect Phoenix overpayments as deadline looms

  Canada’s federal government is racing to recoup an estimated C$552m (US$433m) in overpayments made to employees as a result of the botched Phoenix pay system before they must be written

  • Posted February 1, 2022
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  The top five threats to government procurement integrity

  Government procurement teams are responsible for managing billions of pounds of public expenditure, and taxpayers want more transparency on how their money is being spent. However, experts estimate that procurement errors,

  • Posted May 7, 2021
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  HMRC explores the potential of open banking to ‘streamline’ tax

  The UK’s HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is investigating how it can use small businesses’ and self-employed individuals’ real-time financial transaction data, obtained with their permission through open banking, to

  • Posted December 16, 2020
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  Singapore grants non-banks access to e-payments infrastructure

  Singapore’s central bank is opening up its retail payments infrastructure to non-banks from February 2021 to simplify e-payments for consumers and businesses. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced on Monday that

  • Posted December 3, 2020
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  Brazil central bank launches instant payments system ‘Pix’

  Brazil’s central bank launched a state-run instant payments platform this week for citizens, the private sector and government entities. The scheme, known as Pix, is part of Agenda BC#, which

  • Posted November 19, 2020
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  Tourism Recovery Requires New Insights and Ideas

  The COVID-19 pandemic has grounded much of the tourism industry with huge economic and social consequences. The United Nations World Tourism Organization estimates international tourism could drop as much as

  • Posted November 5, 2020
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  UK government sets out approach to protect cash system

  The UK government has set out proposals to protect access to cash. One suggestion is that retailers could provide cashback without requiring customers to make a purchase. The ‘Access to

  • Posted October 22, 2020
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