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SWIFT Readies ISO 20022 For X-Border Payments

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Payments messaging firm SWIFT has released its first set of guidelines for financial institutions using the ISO 20022 payments messaging standard to complete cross-border transactions. ISO 20022 will modernize international and domestic payment rails, enabling right and new payment services.”

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Global Cross-Border Payments Expected To Grow, But Challenges Remain

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Financial institutions are facing increased pressure to make cross-border payments fast and seamless as consumers grow used to instant P2P payments and such products in other sectors. Recent American Express research found that greater transparency is one of the top priorities for firms that regularly make international payments.

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Smarter Payments Tracker Eyes Interoperability

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More recently, SWIFT also announced new guidelines for financial institutions to adopt the ISO 20022 payments messaging standard, a way to streamline communication and transmission of data between service providers to facilitate cross-border transactions in a more efficient manner.

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Why Payments Are Only A Piece Of SMBs’ Global Finance Puzzle

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Indeed, making payments across borders remains one of the biggest pain points for small- and medium-sized businesses, as well as one of the biggest opportunities for FinTechs and other FinServ providers, thanks to the continued lack of transparency and speed in traditional global payment methods that rely on the correspondent banking system.

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 For Faster Payments, Fiat Done Digitally?  

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To do a risk-free payment in real time, he said, is more appealing than might be seen with any other platform. That makes sense in a cross-border payments environment, where Cooke contends there are mountains of money sitting in front of institutions through the corresponding banking network, which is cumbersome and prone to fraud. “No