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ISO20022: The big shift to structured addresses

Finextra

Soon, ISO 20022, a messaging standard designed to improve how payments are processed and communicated, will become the global norm. ISO 20022 was introduced in 2004 and has since been part of a long and complex journey to improve international payment messaging. The benefits are far-reaching.

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

PYMNTS

In 2017, the European Payments Council launched the pan-European Single Euro Payments Area ( SEPA ) Instant Credit Transfer System, and Southeast Asian countries Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam agreed to establish a real-time cross-border payments network. and Australia’s NPP. innovations.

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Smarter Payments Tracker Eyes Interoperability

PYMNTS

Payments messaging firm SWIFT has taken recent steps to promote interoperability of its payments network, recently announcing that it would allow blockchain platforms to loop into SWIFT’s global payments innovations (GPI) service to facilitate real-time transactions. Across the pond, meanwhile, the U.S.’s

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Collaboration Is Key For Consensus On Cross-Border Payments

PYMNTS

Last week, seven European payments operators announced the European Mobile Payment System Association initiative, a new pan-European network focused on cross-border mobile payments.

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Payment Industry Trends to Watch in 2024

Evolve Payment

More Instant Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Payments Waiting days for payments to clear will become a thing of the past in 2024. Instant payments will become the norm, enabled by technologies like real-time payment networks and blockchain.