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How China Fuels Alternatives To Correspondent Banking

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For foreign payment service providers looking to facilitate cross-border B2B payments into China, the correspondent banking model often remains the only route to facilitate clearing and settlement. “Getting correspondent bank accounts is the biggest challenge every payment service provider is facing.

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Thunes Launches New Global Business Payments Service

Fintech News

Global payments company Thunes has introduced ‘Thunes Business Payments’ , a new service aimed at helping enterprises, merchants, banks, and mobile wallet providers streamline international business transactions. The launch is targeted at members of Thunes’ Direct Global Network.

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Greater Flexibility: BVNK Wallet Offers Stablecoin, Crypto and Fiat Payments All in One Place

The Fintech Times

Simon Griffin, chief product officer at BVNK Simon Griffin , chief product officer at BVNK, said: Stablecoins are redefining how we transfer value around the world, enabling 24/7/365, accelerated global payments. Why stablecoins?

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SWIFT Stands Behind Its Global Payments Innovation Initiative

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All of this has occurred as the company has continued to expand the pilot phase of its global payments innovation (gpi) initiative, thus far signing on dozens of major financial institutions to an effort aimed at streamlining cross-border payments. Since, SWIFT has reported three new cyberbreaches that occurred over the summer.

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RTGS.global and TransferMate Announce Strategic Partnership to Streamline Cross-Border B2B Payments

Fintech Finance

.” Transactions on RTGS.global’s network are conducted Payment vs, Payment (PvP), therefore no deduction fees are taken at the point of transaction, nor is there a requirement to pre-fund either bank account as with correspondent banking services.

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New BIS Project Explores Wholesale CBDC for Faster, Cheaper Cross Border Payments

Fintech News

Currently, FX services provided by correspondent banks are often costly, slow, and complex, posing liquidity, credit, and settlement risks to participants. Decentralised solutions, CBDC, and interconnected payment infrastructures offer promising paths to improve cross-border payments.

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Small Firms Demand Higher Speed, Lower Costs In Global Payments

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It seems that’s the journey for cross-border payments, which are in the midst of a digital disruption as innovators focus on addressing a range of friction points, from sluggish speeds to high costs. Only a few years ago, small businesses lagged in global payments technology uptake.