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John Winchcombe

24 Sept. 2025

5 min read

Brazil Loses $148 Million To Hackers in Less Than Three Hours

In Brazil, hackers have gained access to funds worth BRL 800 million ($148 million), held in accounts at the Banco Central do Brasil (BCB). They achieved this by exploiting the valid credentials of an employee associated with the BCB’s instant payment network Pix. The implications and consequences of this incident have led to doubts about the cybersecurity of Brazil’s financial system.

Crime Payments

John Winchcombe

24 Aug. 2025

5 min read

Payment News

A new Japanese survey has found that the most common method for cashless payments is to use a barcode or QR code displayed on a smartphone, with 84.2% of people using one.

Payments

Aftab Baloch

23 July 2025

4 min read

Beyond Bills: Pakistan’s Digital Leap Begins with Budget 2025

Pakistan’s 2025-2026 federal budget marks a decisive policy pivot toward cultivating a digitally empowered, future-oriented financial landscape.

Payments

John Winchcombe

23 July 2025

5 min read

The New Structural Instability of the Financial System

A new paper from the SUERF, the European Money and Finance Forum, explains that the rising systemic importance of Non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs), is sharply increasing the need for central banks to intervene to stabilise financial systems as banks become less able to provide liquidity.

Payments

John Winchcombe

23 July 2025

5 min read

Payment News

Five big banks in Belgium have joined the European Payments Initiative (EPI) with the intention of rolling out the Wero digital wallet and instant account-to-account (A2A) payment application to customers in the first half of next year.

Payments

John Winchcombe

30 June 2025

5 min read

Payment News

A survey of UK consumers by LHV Bank finds growing frustration with both traditional and digital banks.

News Payments

John Winchcombe

30 June 2025

2 min read

Challenges and Risk of Payment Complexity

If you pay for something with a banknote the transaction involves you and the merchant. With the arrival of cheques banks became involved. The credit and debit card required the four pillar model that remains the basic platform for most digital payments, involving four parties (issuer bank, acquirer bank, merchant and cardholder. This four pillar model has at least six steps between the card being tendered and the transaction being completed.

Payments

John Winchcombe

21 May 2025

3 min read

Pix: A Flag Bearer for Real Time Payments

Banco Central do Brasil launched Pix, its real-time payment (RTP) system, in November 2020. Pix has a sophisticated technological infrastructure that was developed and is operated, managed and regulated by the central bank.

Payments

John Winchcombe

21 May 2025

5 min read

Riksbank’s Priorities – Inclusion, Resilience, and Competition

Sveriges Riksbank (Riksbank) works to ensure that payments in Sweden are safe, efficient, and accessible. They need to function in peacetime, crisis, and states of heightened alert. The Riksbank publishes a payments report most years, although 2023 was an exception. The latest report describes and analyses developments in the payments market over the past year.

Payments

Latest News

Brazil Loses $148 Million To Hackers in Less Than Three Hours

Payment News

Beyond Bills: Pakistan’s Digital Leap Begins with Budget 2025

The New Structural Instability of the Financial System

Payment News

Payment News

Challenges and Risk of Payment Complexity

Pix: A Flag Bearer for Real Time Payments

Riksbank’s Priorities – Inclusion, Resilience, and Competition

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