SurePay appoints Robert Soetens as Chief Product Officer

Table of Contents Press Release SurePay appoints Robert Soetens as Chief Product Officer Utrecht, 22 September 2026 – SurePay, a leader in payment verification and fraud prevention, today announced the appointment of Robert Soetens as Chief Product Officer (CPO). Soetens will lead the growth of the company’s fraud risk intelligence platform, built on the payment […]

Best practices for managing payment fraud risk

Table of Contents Deep-dive article Best practices for managing payment fraud risk The core best practice is multilayered “defence in depth”: no single control stops payment fraud, so you stack independent controls that cover each other’s weaknesses, governed as a program rather than a set of tools. The seven practices that matter most in 2026 […]

How to verify an IBAN code for a transaction

Table of Contents Deep-dive article How to verify an IBAN code for a transaction Two actions are required in order to verify an IBAN for a transaction. Firstly, validate that the IBAN is structurally correct, and secondly, confirm the account actually belongs to the person or business that you’re paying. Validation catches typos; payee verification […]

Comparing the options for preventing authorised push payment (APP) fraud

Table of Contents Deep-dive article Comparing the options for preventing authorised push payment (APP) fraud No single tool stops APP fraud – the proven approach is layered, and the layers do different jobs. The main options are: Payee verification (Confirmation of Payee / Verification of Payee): name-checks the account before the payment leaves. The front-line […]

The Digital Euro Is Coming, and Consumers Will Expect to Know Who They’re Paying

Table of Contents Deep-dive article The Digital Euro Is Coming, and Consumers Will Expect to Know Who They’re Paying Continue reading

There’s something about Canada

Table of Contents Deep-dive article There’s something about Canada Payments Canada Summit left a notable impression on me.  Without doubt, one of my absolute highlights was hearing from Canada’s Minister of Finance and National Revenue, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne. The team and I also had the privilege of a private meeting and wow, his energy […]

6 Things We Took Away from Nacha Smarter Faster Payments

Table of Contents Deep-dive article 6 Things We Took Away from Nacha Smarter Faster Payments We attended Nacha Smarter Faster Payments. Here’s what the industry is actually talking about, and what it tells us about where fraud prevention in North America is heading. By Eelco Rietveld (Head of Product Management) and Richard Koldewijn (Regional Director […]

Scammers target Dutch taxpayers as the Belastingdienst bank switch creates new fraud risk

Table of Contents Press release Scammers target Dutch taxpayers as the Belastingdienst bank switch creates new fraud risk SurePay launches free IBAN checker to help citizens verify payments and stop cyber criminals exploiting the Dutch tax authority account switch While the bank migration is an ordinary administrative step for the Belastingdienst, it creates an ideal […]

The most important decision in Nordic payments isn’t about the rails.

Table of Contents Deep-dive article The most important decision in Nordic payments isn’t about the rails. When markets implement Verification Of Payee (VOP) bank-by-bank, they get partial protection. When they implement it as a country, they get infrastructure. The Nordics are at that fork in the road right now and the choice they make will […]

VOP: Key Lessons Learned According to the CTO

Table of Contents Deep-dive article VOP: Key Lessons Learned According to the CTO Verification of Payee is a banking service that verifies whether the name of the beneficiary matches the IBAN provided by the payer before a payment is authorized. It is designed to combat Authorized Push Payment (APP) fraud (where fraudsters trick victims into […]