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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. More than 110 banks from Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Americas are part of the SWIFT gpi, which has been in a pilot stage. innovations.
This month’s Deep Dive explores the frictions currently afflicting the B2B cross-border payments and P2P remittances spaces, as well as the solutions being developed to accelerate transactions and reduce pain points. Transfers are passed between FIs until they reach intended recipients, and each bank adds extra steps and fees along the way.
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Remittance and peer-to-peer (P2P) payment technologies have accelerated transaction speeds for consumers tired of waiting days for money to move across borders. Increasingly, the financial services industry is targeting slow speeds in corporates’ cross-border payments, too.
Ramsey noted that SWIFT gpi has been improving both the speed and transparency of cross-border payments. With SWIFT gpi, there is certainty that payments will arrive in a certain place at a certain time. The infrastructure is there for faster payments, and eventually, real-time payments done globally.
Throughout the year, that prediction has manifested into reality, as more traditional financial institutions (FIs) turn toward FinTech innovators to address the biggest pain points of the legacy correspondentbanking system. percent (compared to 6 percent for peer-to-peer [P2P] payments). ”
Blockchain is disrupting this system by offering a higher-security and lower-cost way to send peer-to-peer (P2P) payments — one that requires no intermediary. Bitcoin transaction volume grew by 118% in 2016 alone, although much of this was a function of speculative trading (and not P2P payments).
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