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Partior Closes Series B at US$80 Million with Deutsche Bank Investment

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The bank plans to act as a Euro and US dollar settlement bank on Partior’s platform, aligning with its dbX initiative—a correspondent banking ecosystem launched to optimize financial institution client services. Established in 2021 and backed by DBS Bank, J.P.

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UniCredit Teams up With Wise to Integrate Foreign-Currency Payments Into Mobile Banking App

The Fintech Times

The initiative builds upon UniCredit’s track record of pioneering payments solutions, including the introduction of embedded FX conversion when making or receiving payments in over 120 currencies through UC PayFX, as well as advanced FX management and transaction monitoring through UC PayFX Webservice.

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Tietoevry Banking integrates Visa Direct to its Payment Hub

Fintech Finance

The 2024 Global Treasurer/Tietoevry Banking Future of Corporate Cash Management survey reveals almost half (48%) of businesses surveyed said they had challenges in correctly identifying and authenticating their payees up from 40% in 2022.

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UniCredit Becomes First Major Bank in Europe to Launch Fast, Secure Foreign-Currency Payments Through Partnership With Wise Platform

Fintech Finance

Raphael Barisaac , Global Head of Payments & Cash Management at UniCredit , commented: “Our mission is to transform payments into an agile, borderless experience, capable of moving with the speed and transparency of a fintech.

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Correspondent Banking’s Decline Disproportionately Impacts Islamic Banking

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A new report by the General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions (CIBAFI) said the decline of correspondent banking relationships disproportionately impacts Islamic financial institutions (FIs). Islamic banks in Southeast Asia added that cash management services were most impacted for them.

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SWIFT Readies ISO 20022 For X-Border Payments

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A press release issued Wednesday (July 31) said ISO 20022 has the potential to promote efficiency in the correspondent banking community and modernize cross-border transactions. “Adoption of ISO 20022 will continue the transformation of correspondent banking already ongoing,” SWIFT said in its announcement.

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Pandemic Wake-Up Call Drives Integrated B2B Platforms

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According to Rajiv Ramachandran , senior vice president of product strategy and management at Coupa , the pandemic was a “wake-up call” for many finance leaders who experienced a jolting breakdown of key functions. There were cases where some of these finance teams could not even understand what their cash visibility looked like.”.

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