CBDC, Cross-Border and ISO 20022

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ISO 20022

CBDCs in practice: What we’ve learned from the early movers

The Payments Association

JUNE 3, 2025

James Hurren explores what early CBDC deployments across Asia, the Caribbean, and Europe reveal about usage, adoption, and the future of cross-border digital money. Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have rapidly evolved from theoretical concepts into live pilots and national deployments.

CBDC

CBDC Cross-Border Central Bank Cross-Border Payments

CBDC in Corporate Payments and Transaction Banking

Finextra

JULY 27, 2025

Here’s a at the evolution, real-world potential, and future of CBDC-linked instruments in transaction banking. Retail CBDC Trials: India’s e₹ (Digital Rupee) pilot unlocks person-to-merchant (P2M) and person-to-person (P2P) payments via CBDC wallets, demonstrating zero counterparty risk transfers without commercial bank rails.

CBDC

CBDC ISO 20022 Transactions Payment APIs and Integration

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Digital Rupiah Inches Closer with Successful Completion of PoC

Fintech News

JANUARY 9, 2025

Additionally, integration challenges were resolved through the adoption of interoperability standards like ISO 20022, enabling compatibility with both domestic and international financial market infrastructures. The platforms met all criteria, showcasing their capability to effectively support the envisioned system.

Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)

Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Multi-Currency Interoperability ISO 20022

How Swift is moving the global financial industry towards instant and frictionless payments

The Payments Association

JANUARY 15, 2025

The recently published National Payments Vision sets a forward-looking strategy, outlining priorities such as enhancing the regulatory framework, advancing Open Banking, combating fraud, and building a world-leading payments infrastructure with cross-border interoperability. The result is an improved customer experience.

SWIFT

SWIFT ISO 20022 Cross-Border Cross-Border Payments

ESG-Linked Payments in Transaction Banking

Finextra

JULY 2, 2025

Tokenized Sustainability Credits: Corporates can settle parts of cross-border payments with on-chain carbon tokens or biodiversity credits, automating offset procurement during reconciliation. They can embed ESG tags in ISO 20022 MX messages to enable seamless cross-border sustainability tracking.

Transactions

Transactions ISO 20022 Payment APIs and Integration Payments

UAE closes in on launch of Digital Dirham

Finextra

AUGUST 11, 2025

The CBDC will soon be introduced in phases to mitigate risks, with an intermediated two-tier distribution model and wallet-based access. The retail CBDC will support peer-to-peer, online and in-store payments, business-to-consumer, business-to-business, and government-to-consumer transactions, and other use cases enabled by programmability.

ISO 20022

ISO 20022 CBDC Payment APIs and Integration Cross-Border Settlement

12 Years Ago: The First nexo Standards Transaction, a Milestone for European Payments

Finextra

JUNE 18, 2025

The initial protocols were refined, expanded, and formalized into a globally recognized suite of ISO 20022-based standards. Future-proofing with ISO 20022 compliance, worldwide migration to this modern structure providing flexibility for new and future services (cards, Instant Payment, CBDC, e-Invoicing, …).

ISO 20022

ISO 20022 Transactions Payment APIs and Integration Cross-Border

How are digital IDs reshaping industries for a secure and seamless future?

The Payments Association

JANUARY 22, 2025

In Europe, the EU’s eIDAS regulation promotes cross-border recognition of electronic identities, facilitating seamless travel within member states. The EU’s smart borders initiative exemplifies the innovative applications of digital identity in border control, using automated processes and biometric verification.

Security

Security Online and Mobile Banking Credential Verification

What will payments look like in 2030?

The Payments Association

AUGUST 8, 2025

From the decline of physical cash to the rise of blockchain-based systems, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and real-time cross-border settlements, payments are becoming faster, more secure, decentralised, and increasingly invisible. CBDCs could reduce settlement times to seconds and lower fees to near zero.

Cross-Border

Cross-Border Digital Currency ISO 20022 Real Time Payments

RS2 partners with Visa to optimise global payment processing

The Paypers

JUNE 25, 2025

The upcoming ISO 20022 migration deadline in November 2025 further intensified the need for banks to upgrade core systems or risk operational inefficiencies and non-compliance. Free Headlines in your E-mail Every day we send out a free e-mail with the most important headlines of the last 24 hours.

Global Payments

Global Payments Process ISO 20022 Payment APIs and Integration

Mastercard sandbox allows UK financial institutions to test payment methods

The Paypers

JUNE 25, 2025

The sandbox will conform to ISO 20022 standards, introducing various new features enabled by enriched data, such as optimised data flow alongside transactions. This rich data facilitates the development of augmented methods for improving fraud detection and reduction and supports future enhancements.

Visa

Visa ISO 20022 Payment APIs and Integration Payments

U.S. Faster Payments Council Explores the Practicalities of Cross-Border Payments in a Faster Payments World

Fintech Finance

JANUARY 11, 2024

Faster Payments Council (FPC) , a membership organization devoted to advancing safe, easy-to-use faster payments in the United States, today published its latest research report, titled The Practicalities of Cross-Border Payments in a Faster Payments World.

Cross-Border Payments

Cross-Border Payments Cross-Border Faster Payments ISO 20022

Federal Reserve’s Cunha on the State (and Timeframe) of Digital Dollars

PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

As many as 80 percent of the 66 central banks polled by the Bank of International Settlements said they were at some stage of CBDC development. China has been at the forefront of those efforts, at least as measured in terms of debuting an actual CBDC, and is in the midst of testing its digital yuan in various settings.

CBDC

CBDC Fed Federal Reserve ISO 20022

FPC 2023 Spring Member Meeting

Faster Payments Council

MARCH 15, 2023

Some are retail, some are wholesale, some are domestic, some are regional, and some are cross border. The panel will explore some of these initiatives including the New York Fed's CBDC pilot program with major banks, the recently concluded Boston Fed's Project Hamilton and other global CBDC projects.

FPC

FPC ISO 20022 Federal Reserve Cross-Border Payments

Indonesia Completes Rupiah Digital PoC, Advancing Wholesale CBDC Exploration

Fintech News

DECEMBER 15, 2024

This marks a critical milestone in the exploration of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). The PoC findings also revealed that DLT-based solutions could enhance liquidity management and security, ensuring seamless integration with both domestic and cross-border systems.

CBDC

CBDC Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ISO 20022 Cross-Border

The payments regulation roadmap: Q2 2025

The Payments Association

APRIL 14, 2025

Immediate focus areas include fraud prevention, ISO 20022 readiness, and stablecoin regulationbut longer-term success depends on active engagement with consultations, operational resilience, and global alignment. ISO 20022 also unlocks improvements in fraud detection, regulatory reporting, and data analytics.

Regulations

Regulations ISO 20022 Cross-Border Legal

Payments Space

CBDCs in practice: What we’ve learned from the early movers

CBDC in Corporate Payments and Transaction Banking

Trending Sources

Digital Rupiah Inches Closer with Successful Completion of PoC

How Swift is moving the global financial industry towards instant and frictionless payments

ESG-Linked Payments in Transaction Banking

UAE closes in on launch of Digital Dirham

12 Years Ago: The First nexo Standards Transaction, a Milestone for European Payments

How are digital IDs reshaping industries for a secure and seamless future?

What will payments look like in 2030?

RS2 partners with Visa to optimise global payment processing

Mastercard sandbox allows UK financial institutions to test payment methods

U.S. Faster Payments Council Explores the Practicalities of Cross-Border Payments in a Faster Payments World

Federal Reserve’s Cunha on the State (and Timeframe) of Digital Dollars

FPC 2023 Spring Member Meeting

Indonesia Completes Rupiah Digital PoC, Advancing Wholesale CBDC Exploration

The payments regulation roadmap: Q2 2025

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