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Swift’s Global Payments Initiative Signs 73 New Banks

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As of today, 73 new banks have signed on to Swift’s Global payments initiative. The goal of the project is to expand the payment services and experience for customers by upping the speed, transparency and predictability of cross-border payments.

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Thinking Globally, Acting Locally For Cross-Border Payments

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The company, which uses a hybrid of blockchain technology and other payment rail infrastructure to enable cross-border payments, said it will look to capitalize on the demand spike for global payment services during the Olympic games, where hundreds of thousands of people will flock from all over the globe.

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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. In the U.K.,

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StoneX Announces Adoption of Swift’s Payment Pre-validation Service

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StoneX has announced that it is one of the first financial organizations to enable Swift ’s new leading-edge solution for cross-border payments. Cross-border payments have long been a complex area marked by ongoing regulatory and compliance changes, bank offline hours, and increasing competition.

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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. ” The FinTech boom is loud and growing louder. .

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IBM, SWIFT Cap X-Border Payments Initiatives       

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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. Africa As Greenfield Payments Opportunity.

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 World Bank Sees DLT Potential For Cross-Border Transactions

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The jockeying for cross border-payments continues, and SWIFT and Ripple continue to dominate the headlines. As noted, SWIFT has rolled out its gpi (short for global payments initiative). Ripple has xRapid, its cross-border payments solution.