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Payments pulse: Tech, trends, and tipping points in cross-border commerce

The Payments Association

Part 1 gives critical business insights into: Key trends expanding the cross-border payments economy How the ISO 20022 payments messaging standard will transform speed, data quality, and reconciliation globally. How Blockchain Technology Is Streamlining Treasury Management. Click here to download the report.

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Three Years On, Open Banking Broadens For Business Banking

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Citi is accelerating its migration to the ISO 20022 payments messaging standard and has tapped a third-party FinTech to aid in the process. Citi is using Volante’s VolPay for ISO 20022 Migration technology to build out its core ISO 20022 capability, which will allow the bank to send and receive messages that use the standard.

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Real Time Heats Up In B2B, While Blockchain Gains Traction

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Plus, blockchain makes new inroads in the B2B arena. The partnership supports Payment Canada's need for RTR to enable ISO 20022 messaging standards and remain in compliance with the Bank of Canada 's risk management standards for payment systems, an announcement revealed. Canada Taps Vocalink for Real-Time Rail.

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Blockchain Tracker: Edits, Approvals, Music & Bono

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Blockchain proponents would argue in favor of that concept, especially after this week’s announcement from Ujo Music. The startup has its eyes — or, in this case, ears — on disrupting the $15 billion music industry , which Forbes said could stand to benefit from blockchain. No middleman (or woman). Ujo Music isn’t the first to do this.

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Blockchain Makes Headway Over Legacy X-Border Rails

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For some, like Currencycloud and Steamchain, the path involves bypassing legacy payment rails and embracing blockchain. The ISO 20022 payments messaging standard is a key focus for payments innovators looking to improve upon legacy payment rails. Steamchain Lands Investment For Blockchain Tech.

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ERP Data On The Front Lines Of Blockchain Adoption

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Cross-border payments, trade finance, smart contracts — blockchain has the potential to disrupt B2B processes, but FinTech players are only beginning to take these concepts onto a real-world stage. For one firm, Finlync , the key to unlocking the potential of blockchain in B2B processes is unlocking the underlying data of that activity.

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Canada Central Bank Votes ‘No’ On Blockchain — For Now

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After an inquiry to examine the potential for blockchain to play a role in the nation’s interbank system, the Bank of Canada has ultimately decided against the technology. The hurdles identified in the column include the incompatibility between blockchain and the need for privacy around some wholesale payments, as well as scalability.