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 40 years and joined by friends from the payments niche we inhabit.
A refreshingly independent viewpoint on payments.
Contact: collaboration@northeypoint.co.uk
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 goals to real-time payments expectations.
Vitus predicted a focus on upgrading legacy and siloed systems to enhance resilience and compliance, combat fraud, and transform automation in banking.
If you’re into financial messaging, digital banking, or just want to stay ahead in payments, this episode is packed with insights you won’t want to miss including:
The impending ISO 20022 deadline being the beginning of the beginning
How the G20’s cross border payment goals are causing a rethink of the traditional model
The benefits and challenges of pre-verification at scale
How real time payments are reshaping expectations
What does resilience really mean for regulators and strategic priorities?
Were Vitus’ predictions on the money?
7 Oct 2025
Exploring How SaaS Innovation and Data Intelligence Are Shaping Tomorrow’s Banks
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 Amrita Ghanekar, Senior Director at BNY Treasury Services, about the forces driving payments modernisation.
From SaaS as a strategic enabler to the rise of data-sharing ecosystems and real-time architectures, Amrita shares how banks can unlock agility, personalisation, and resilience.
Learn how global trends influence innovation and why the future of banking lies in contextual intelligence and customer-centricity.
20 Jul 2025
What Fiat Cars Can Teach Us About Fiat Money
Fiat: Let it be doneWhat Fiat Cars Can Teach Us About Fiat MoneySpoiler: They’re not related - but the metaphor works beautifully.
You’ve probably seen a Fiat 500 zipping down the street—small, stylish, undeniably European. But have you ever thought about what “Fiat” really means?
And more importantly…
What does a Fiat car have to do with fiat money?
It’s a fun question because while they come from completely different worlds—one automotive, one economic—they intersect in a surprisingly useful way.
Let’s take a drive through that connection.
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