Payments Source

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Blockchain and payments have come to go hand-in hand since it emerged to power bitcoin, but the real pain financial institutions are looking to solve is enhancing global currency transactions and shortening settlement cycles.

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Finextra

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Standard Chartered has used Ant Internal's Whale blockchain platform to deliver settlement of HKD-denominated intra-group transactions between various ANT entitites.

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Fintech Finance

MAY 1, 2025

In March 2025, Qatar National Bank (QNB) began leveraging Kinexys Digital Payments (KDP) as its blockchain payment system for USD corporate flows. Through the relationship, QNB can address the complex challenges in the industry for commercial settlements, such as cross-border payments and liquidity funding needs. Kinexys by J.P.

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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 2, 2025

KuCoin Pay is committed to reducing transaction fees and facilitating immediate settlement of crypto payments, simplifying the process for businesses to manage transactions efficiently. The platform supports an extensive range of cryptocurrencies and blockchain networks, significantly broadening the global reach of payments.

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Fintech News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Founded in 2021, Partior utilizes blockchain technology to transform clearing and settlement, and redefine the way value moves globally. One of Singapore’s entries is Partior.

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Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Traditional fund operations often face inefficiencies in subscription and redemption processes, including manual interventions, delayed settlements, and a lack of real-time transparency. The pilot used existing Swift infrastructure which enables end-to-end payment orchestration capabilities to settle fund subscriptions and redemptions.

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Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

As the first tokenized RWA integrated into the MTN, Ondo’s Short-Term US Government Treasuries Fund (OUSG) will allow participating businesses to earn daily yield via tokenized assets with 24/7 subscriptions and redemptions, without the need for stablecoins onramps or settlement windows.

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The Fintech Times

MAY 15, 2024

Standard Chartered , the international cross-border bank, has become the first Euro settlement bank to go live on Partior, the global unified ledger market infrastructure, and has completed Euro-denominated cross-border transactions between Hong Kong and Singapore.

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Finovate

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

“Blockchain payment adoption is growing because it offers an easy way to send and receive payments on a global scale,” Pair said. BitPay Send can be used for a number of different payment operations including payroll, customer cash-outs, contractor payments, rewards, and settlements with marketplace sellers.

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Fintech Finance

MAY 2, 2025

Rain announced it has joined Visa’s pilot program for stablecoin settlement. Rain has fully tokenized its credit card receivables and has transitioned all settlement transactions for its Visa cards to USDC, to now be able to settle with Visa 7 days a week, 365 days a year. ” This is just the beginning.

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Payments Source

DECEMBER 23, 2018

1 will open its Signet Platform to support real-time settlement for commercial payments. The bank is collaborating with truDigital Holdings, a New York-based blockchain infrastructure, exchange and settlement technology company. Signature Bank on Jan.

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Finextra

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Boerse Stuttgart says it has tested the settlement of exchange transactions with blockchain-based securities against central bank money - finding that using the technology can reduce settlement times from days to minutes.

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Fintech News

OCTOBER 20, 2024

DBS Bank has introduced DBS Token Services, a suite of banking services that uses blockchain technology to offer faster and more efficient transactions for institutional clients. The new services allow for 24/7 real-time settlement of payments and utilise smart contracts to increase security and transparency.

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Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Nuvei Corporation (“Nuvei” or the “Company”), the Canadian fintech company, has announces the launch of an innovative blockchain-based payment solution for merchants across Latin America (LATAM). The post Nuvei Launches Comprehensive Blockchain Payment Solution appeared first on FF News | Fintech Finance.

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Fintech News

APRIL 1, 2024

billion settlement with US authorities earlier this year. This leadership restructure is in line with Binance’s efforts to comply with regulatory standards following its legal settlement in the US. Completing the lineup are Arnaud Ventura, of Gojo & Co., and Xin Wang, CEO of Bayview Acquisition Corp.

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Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Through collaborative innovation with global financial institutions, we leverage blockchain technology to provide 24/7 real-time cross-border settlement serviceability to our global business and clients. In 2024, the blockchain solution supported over one third of Ant International’s total processing volume.

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Fintech News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

To address these issues, countries part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) joined hand with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub to collaborate on Project Nexus.

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Finextra

OCTOBER 22, 2024

At Sibos 2024, Sergey Nazarov, Co-Founder of Chainlink, highlighted the growing adoption of blockchain technology by asset managers, driven by efficiency gains in settlement, payments, and collateral management.

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Fintech News

AUGUST 12, 2024

DBS has initiated the pilot of the “DBS Treasury Tokens”, a blockchain-based solution designed for next-generation treasury and liquidity management, in collaboration with Ant International. This launch underscores how established financial institutions can utilise blockchain technology to offer advanced, 24/7 banking services.

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Finovate

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

“This funding accelerates our global expansion, enabling us to empower payment companies with seamless, real-time settlement infrastructure and drive the future of payments.” By leveraging USDT for real-time settlements and instant payouts, MANSA is solving critical pain points for payment companies operating in emerging markets.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

ECS Fin , which works in transaction processing optimization, will launch a pilot program to test the integration of blockchain services of Apifiny 's Roxe network to help companies save time and costs on B2B payments, according to a press release.

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Fintech News

MAY 5, 2025

The company is also in talks with regional fintechs and global merchant platforms to integrate real-time cross-border settlement into their products. Since launching operations in December 2024, XWeave has enabled real-time payments between Singapore and the Philippines. said Milind Sanghavi, Founder and CEO of XWeave.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

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Fintech Finance

AUGUST 14, 2024

Ant International will be able to use the digital form factor to achieve instant, multi-currency treasury and liquidity management on DBS’ permissioned blockchain for their entities across multiple markets. DBS Treasury Tokens enables Ant International to reduce the settlement of intra-group transactions from potentially days to seconds.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2020

This massive market, which includes a broad range of financial “plumbing” services, could be poised for a blockchain shake-up. But a growing number of companies want to employ distributed ledger technology (DLT) — which uses tech like blockchain to offer a simpler, streamlined way to verify transactions — to upend this status quo.

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Fintech News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Emirates NBD has entered a strategic agreement with Singapore-based blockchain platform Partior to improve its cross-border payment capabilities. The partnership will allow Emirates NBD to offer clients faster, around-the-clock payment processing through Partior’s blockchain-based platform for clearing and settlement.

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The Fintech Times

JANUARY 2, 2025

KuCoin Pay will reduce transaction fees and facilitate immediate settlement of crypto payments, aligning with the company’s goal of enhancing the blockchain ecosystem. Furthermore, the new platform will be able to broaden the reach of payments across the globe as it supports a large range of cryptos and blockchain networks.

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Finextra

MARCH 18, 2025

BX Digital, a subsidiary of Boerse Stuttgart, has received conditional approval from Swiss market regulators to operate a blockchain-based settlement system for digital assets.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Plus, blockchain makes new inroads in the B2B arena. As Canada gears up to launch its real-time payments system, the Real-Time Rail (RTR), Payments Canada , the entity at the head of the initiative, has announced that Mastercard -owned Vocalink has been chosen as the clearing and settlement solution provider for the new payment rail.

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Fintech Review

JUNE 25, 2024

Blockchain technology, initially synonymous with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin , has evolved beyond its origins. This article delves into the diverse ways blockchain is reshaping fintech, focusing on smart contracts, cross-border transactions, and enhancing transparency and security.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2020

Not all that long ago, blockchain and bitcoin were inseparable – shorthand for the Wild West of cryptocurrencies and speculation. One firm, tZERO Group , is betting that blockchain can help disrupt capital markets themselves. Blockchain can help automate compliance efforts and settle trades with speed. The Use Cases .

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Fintech News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Nium, a global payments infrastructure provider, announced a partnership with Partior , a blockchain-based clearing and settlement network, at the Singapore Fintech Festival 2024. Partior’s platform addresses key inefficiencies in global payments by cutting settlement times, lowering costs, and improving transparency.

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Fintech News

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain are being adopted at a fast pace, with generative AI becoming a critical tool for financial institutions. Finally, the fintech startup ecosystem continued to diversify, a trend which is evident in the rapid growth of Web 3.0,

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2020

patent on a computer system that would convert physical dollars and other fiat currencies into digital versions, complete with denominations and serial numbers and recorded via blockchain. Credit card giant Visa has filed an application for a U.S. The system would then remove the paper currency from circulation.

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 17, 2024

The UK’s Regulated Liability Network has chosen R3 , a company specialising in enterprise distributed ledger technology and services, as well as Quant , a blockchain provider for finance, to develop the technology prototype for its experimental stage.

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Payments Source

MARCH 29, 2021

dollar to settle transactions, as blockchain technology gains more acceptance in the established financial system. ]]. said its payments network will use a stablecoin backed by the U.S.

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Finextra

MAY 15, 2024

Standard Chartered is the first Euro settlement bank to go live on Partior, the global unified ledger market infrastructure, integrating blockchain innovation directly into the bank’s payment systems

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