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.

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CBDC Cross-Border Central Bank Cross-Border Payments 88

The Payments Association

JANUARY 15, 2025

The UKs roadmap to faster, more efficient payments A key area of focus outlined in the National Payments Vision is enabling interoperability between domestic and international systems, supported by the adoption of ISO 20022 messaging standards while ensuring the security of the UKs payment systems.

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SWIFT ISO 20022 Cross-Border Cross-Border Payments 88

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. Following the success of the Immediate State, the Intermediate State phase will expand digital asset use cases.

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Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Multi-Currency Interoperability ISO 20022 127

PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

And there’ll be quite a bit of tinkering with the technology (especially the infrastructure) and the use cases to get there. 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. Digital dollars are a maybe – but if so, not for a while.

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Finextra

JUNE 18, 2025

The initial protocols were refined, expanded, and formalized into a globally recognized suite of ISO 20022-based standards. Initiatives are also exploring Instant Payment use cases based on nexo frameworks. Work is actively underway to integrate Instant Payments use cases.

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ISO 20022 Transactions Payment APIs and Integration Cross-Border 52

The Payments Association

JANUARY 22, 2025

Airlines already have mobile boarding passes generated at check-in to expedite boarding, and some work has been done within the airline mobile application; United is a good example use case, eliminating a traditional ID requirement at check-in including baggage. Previously, these exchanges relied on in-person verification.

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Security Online and Mobile Banking Credential Verification 88

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.

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Cross-Border Payments Cross-Border Faster Payments ISO 20022 93