The Fintech Times

JUNE 2, 2025

Al Etihad Payments (AEP), a subsidiary of the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), is enhancing Jaywan , the UAEs domestic card scheme, by signing co-badging agreements with international card schemes, including Discover , Mastercard , UnionPay and Visa.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2019

Federal Bank in India has partnered with blockchain payments company Ripple to facilitate cross-border payments, according to reports. Federal Bank confirmed the collaboration in an announcement to the Bombay Stock Exchange on Thursday (March 28). A central bank has to be on top to create regulations.

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

When you think about financial technology, it is easy to think about solutions which are making payments faster, easier and more accessible. Having discussed the myths , hype and usage of buy now pay later (BNPL), we now turn our focus to cross-border payments. Can any risks be mitigated pro-actively?

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Individual jurisdictions around the globe are pressing for both faster and more efficient cross-border payments. China’s central bank, for instance, took steps last month to boost the efficiency of cross-border transactions involving Chinese parties by lengthening its clearing window time span.

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The Payments Association

DECEMBER 16, 2024

In addition to navigating multi-country operations and handling diverse currencies for payments and receipts, they must also address foreign exchange (FX) riskor exchange rate risk. This article explores FX risks in international payments and outlines strategies to minimise them, ensuring efficient and cost-effective operations.

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Finovate

JANUARY 17, 2025

The acquisition, along with recent news that Airwallex has secured a payment institution license from Banco Central do Brasil, will enable the company to connect its international financial infrastructure with Brazil and Mexico, supporting local businesses. Here is our look at fintech innovation around the world.

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Finovate

MAY 2, 2025

Latin America and the Caribbean Uruguay-based cross-border payment platform dLocal announced a strategic partnership with online international education platform 51Talk. International identity verification firm Veriff opened new offices in So Paulo, Brazil.

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The Payments Association

JANUARY 21, 2025

Elkhan Nasibov CEO, Guavapay Beyond the broader digitalisation trendssuch as embedded payments, open banking, BNPL, contactless technology, and AItwo areas saw significant acceleration in 2024: cryptocurrencies and sustainability in payments. On a global scale, international currency trends, such as the U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2018

The central banks of Japan and Hong Kong are interconnecting their systems to support faster cross-border payments and trade between the two markets, according to Reuters reports on Tuesday (April 10). The Bank of Japan announced the plans that reports said may be the first of their kind by any central bank.

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Fintech News

JANUARY 30, 2024

Super apps with embedded finance capabilities have been one of the dominant payments across Asia even before 2024. The integration of instant payments into daily financial activities signifies a broader shift in consumer preferences and behaviours, reflecting a demand for quicker and more convenient transaction methods.

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

More appointments Quantum Group, the fintech and security incubator, has appointed James Radford as the CEO of Volopa, its foreign exchange, international payments and expense management company. He also joins the board of Quantum as director of fintech and banking, helping with its plan to list on the London Stock Exchange in 2026.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

There are other downsides to central bank-issued digital currency (CBDC), he explained. It could potentially alter how interest rates affect demand for money, and it could produce larger central bank balance sheets, a consequence that would make it necessary for asset buildup which could affect market liquidity.

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Fintech News

JUNE 19, 2024

Be it central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), a tokenised digital Singapore Dollar, or various initiatives backed by governmental regulators, stablecoins are one of the more pivotal developments in the world of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. The process flow to use StraitsX XSGD at the Singapore Fintech Festival 2022.

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Finovate

AUGUST 9, 2024

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the central bank of the Philippines, will lift its moratorium on the granting of new digital banking licenses starting on the first of January 2025. The move will allow as many as ten digital banks to operate in the Philippines.

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The Fintech Times

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Wise , the fintech focused on money transfer, has been granted direct access to the Philippines’ real-time payment system, InstaPay, enabling it to enhance the cross-border payment experience for around 13 million of its customers. per cent. .

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2018

The June announcement of One Pay FX and planned rollout across Europe, the company said in a release, allows speed and safety in cross-border payments, where, along traditional conduits, international transactions took three to five days to clear. With a nod to other fund flows, customers in the U.K.

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The Fintech Times

MAY 12, 2025

Not to mention a variety of use cases that are being explored, the biggest of which is cross-border payments that run outside of the traditional banking rails in what is, supposedly, a quicker, cheaper and more efficient, programmable digital rail. All the things stablecoins are not.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

Financial service providers are operating in a global payments market filled with disruption as they work to offer cross-border corporate payment services that live up to businesses’ standards. ISO 20022 will modernize international and domestic payment rails, enabling right and new payment services.”.

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Clearly Payments

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In this article, we give an overview of the complex ecosystem of payment processing, exploring the roles of various players, the dynamics of competition, and the ever-evolving landscape of financial transactions. The global B2B payments market is projected to reach a staggering $25.7

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

The Monetary Authority said it expects about 20 global banks to join the partnership, which aims to develop a blockchain-based network to facilitate trade between Singapore and Hong Kong via the transmission of digital documents and data. Shinhan Bank in South Korea and UnionBank of the Philippines). Visa Tests B2B Connect.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, the government of the Philippines is considering limiting the number of digital banks that run in the country, while Ripple introduced its Line of Credit beta offering. Philippine Government Considers Digital Bank Limits. Fed, Central Banks Frame Criteria For Digital Currency.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

However, blockchain is also gaining ground, and currency is offering a boost to the payments infrastructure. To that end, IBM said it launched its Blockchain World Wire , billed as a cross-border payment system that is powered by the Stellar blockchain network.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Elsewhere, in reference to the embrace of faster payments in Australia , last week the Central Bank Governor Philip Lowe announced that there are more than 400,000 transactions tied to the country’s New Payments Platform , and that two million PayIDs have been registered.

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 23, 2024

Nium, the real-time cross-border payments company, is teaming up with Artajasa, an Indonesian payment infrastructure companies. The partnership will ensure seamless, real-time, cross-border transfers between Indonesia and the world.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2018

In searching for a payments system that leverages digital conduits, boosting speed and boosting scale, said Cooke, keep in mind that there are very few people on the planet who do not trust any central banks at all. And in fact, a lot of central banks around the world hold a lot of U.S. dollar,” said Cooke.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2019

New research from Tipalti, conducted by Levvel Research, found that when it comes to cross-border B2B payments, wire transfers remain the most common method (cited by 69 percent of survey respondents), despite the high fraud risks and sluggish speed of the tool. All of these payment methods come with their drawbacks.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2019

In B2B, cross border payments are about much more than dollars and cents. That can be a logistical challenge for businesses making payments in currencies deemed exotic, defined as belonging to emerging economies in, say Africa, Asia and the Middle East. We mean that literally.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Without a simple way and a compelling value proposition to onboard suppliers and get, vet and keep their payments details secure, it’s hard to convince those suppliers to accept a new way of being paid. That’s not us.”. But c’mon, there’s so much funny business going on with these rails that it is, well, not funny. End of that story.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The FIs can use the solution to provide bank guarantees in markets in which they do not have a physical presence. Banks are also turning to APIs to support their regulatory work. Deep Dive: The Advantages Of APIs When Enabling Faster Payments. It is critical that their international payments reach the intended recipients.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2019

work to define the real-time payments future, other countries are working to expand their schemes and tackle uptake problems. The April Faster Payments Tracker charts the latest developments. Arou nd the Faster Payments World. While financial players in the U.S. Read more in the Tracker.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 29, 2016

As a part of the joint venture, SBI Holdings will launch an engineering and business development team to sell and install Ripple’s cross-border payments solutions for banks across the Asia region: Japan. The startup does this using a distributed open source payment network, creating a distributed currency exchange.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

This week, SWIFT picks the latter, while JPMorgan Chase grows its initiative using blockchain to make cross-border transactions, and Form3 announces a new international payment services that connects banks with global small business payments capabilities via application programming interface (API).

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Fintech Review

MARCH 5, 2025

Cross-border payments remain one of the most outdated areas of financial services. While fintech has transformed many aspects of banking, international money transfers still rely on slow, expensive, and inefficient systems. Banks process these payments through multiple intermediaries, increasing costs and delays.

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Tearsheet

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

While many countries worldwide are exploring the potential of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), China continues to expand its e-CNY in the market. China introduced its CBDC to the world at the Olympic Games in February 2022. Clearly, the US has an interest in preventing these scenarios.

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Fintech Finance

APRIL 14, 2025

Al Etihad Payments (AEP), a subsidiary of the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), has announced the signing of strategic co-badging agreements with leading international card schemes, including Discover️, Mastercard, UnionPay and Visa.

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Finovate

MARCH 21, 2025

dLocal partners with Temu, Belmoney Uruguayan fintech and cross-border payments company dLocal announced a pair of partnerships in recent days. ” Second, dLocal announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with Temu, the international e-commerce platform of China’s PDD Holdings.

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The Payments Association

APRIL 14, 2025

Related links: Financial promotion rules for cryptoassets Financial promotions data 2024 Top regulatory priorities for the payments sector Mandatory adoption of ISO 20022 for cross-border payments (final preparations Q2) The transition to ISO 20022 for cross-border payments is a fundamental shift in global financial messaging standards.

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