Disbursements

Taking The Swedish Approach To Instant Payments Ubiquity More than 70 percent of Swedes use the country’s mobile payments service, Swish, but eyeing the nation’s model as a blueprint for their own instant payments success must keep the banks', FinTechs' and other payment players' innovation goals aligned, says Bengt Nilervall, payment expert for the Swedish Trade Federation, in this month's Disbursements Tracker®.
Inside the February Tracker
  • An interview with Bengt Nilervall, payment expert for the Swedish Trade Federation, regarding how the Nordic region serves as a blueprint for a cashless society and why collaboration between financial players is key to bringing instant payments into the mainstream
  • Notable headlines from the space, such as why 74 percent of Nordic consumers are now using contactless payments and how the pandemic’s impact on digital adoption could set the stage for the next generation of instant payment solutions
  • A Deep Dive analyzing how U.S. entities can use the Nordic regions’ approach to instant payments as a roadmap for developing them in their own markets as well as the challenges that could hold them back