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Unpacking 3 Key Concepts From G20’s Enhanced Cross Border Payments Plan

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Building upon this achievement, ongoing efforts are underway with five countries – Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand – in 2023 to establish the necessary building blocks for a future production-ready multilateral platform based on the Project Nexus blueprint.

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EU Parliament Eyes New Rules On Cross-Border Payment Fees

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Separately, in terms of individual company news, and also in Europe, EastNets and Bankingblocks said they have teamed up to present modular “banking blocks” aimed at faster cross-border payments. The site noted that Lynx will replace Canada’s current Large Value Transfer System, and will be based on the global ISO 20022 messaging standard.

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Red Hat: Innovating Payments The Open Source Way

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As Caldeira told PYMNTS, “You need to integrate all these networks together to exchange the messages … nothing else can happen without industry-level agreements.”. However, even with messaging standardization undertaken at country or industry level, there is still a risk that cross-network integration gets done on a peer-to-peer basis.

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Blockchain Tracker: Edits, Approvals, Music & Bono

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The International Organization for Standardization — knowns as ISO — has reportedly given Australia clearance for its proposed blockchain standards development plan. Standards Australia will head the committee to guide implementation of blockchain technology and the messaging standards. and the European Union.

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Deep Dive: Security In The Time Of Faster Payments

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According to a report , real-time payments schemes that use global messaging standards could incur new risks. These messaging standards attach more data to the transactions. Additionally, FIs should, in some cases, hold payments when transactions appear suspicious, but not strange enough that they should be blocked.

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XDC-to-Fiat Off-ramp Now Live on XDC.Cash, Powered by Encryptus

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the network now offers a 3-block finality, settling transactions in 3 to 4 seconds. XDC Network is ISO 20022 -compliant, aligning with the global messaging standard. ISO 20022 is an international standard for electronic data interchange between financial institutions. Powered by XDC2.0

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Deep Dive: Why Cross-Border Payments Need Transparency Overhaul

PYMNTS

Many companies are choosing to implement ISO 20022 as a common messaging standard to achieve greater interoperability between payment systems, with the system seeing more than 80 implementations in over 40 markets. Some FIs are also turning to blockchain-based solutions to improve transparency and interoperability.