The team is still on summer break, so stay tuned for our next series diving into data rich payments. 

News We’re Reading

• Banking Dive: Square buys BNPL player Afterpay for $29B

• Finextra: Swift takes on low-value cross-border payments

• Tearsheet: Worldpay from FIS reduces barriers to entry into the crypto market with MoonPay partnership

• Forbes: BIS Publishes A Blueprint For Instant Cross Border Payments Called Nexus

• Crunchbase: B2B Payment Platform Nium Valued Above $1B In $200M Funding

• Banking Dive: Neobank HMBradley shifts to invite-only, seeks more partner banks

• FTPartners: Q2 2021 FinTech Insights

• Finextra: Visa rolls out BNPL APIs for clients

• CNBC: Revolut, Europe’s $33 billion fintech giant, launches a travel booking feature

Up Next is Unpacking Data-Rich Payments

Following our series on Unpacking Fintech Themes, we will be diving into the world of Data-Rich Payments. 

Potential topics include:

• What is ISO 20022?

• How data changes the definition of Banking?

• What kind of Data does Data-Rich Payments encompass?

• Data Ownership, Monetization, Privacy & Liability 

If you have ideas or suggestions on topics we should cover, help us shape the series and leave a comment or reply with a note.

These musings on the developments in data-rich payments are assembled by 20022 Labs. See more issues and subscribe to get updates in your inbox.