Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Nium , the leading global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, today announced that financial institutions can now leverage Swift capabilities and their existing Swift infrastructure to connect to Nium’s global real-time payments network.

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Payments Source

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The network says more than $100 billion in Swift GPI payment messages are sent daily, enabling payments to be credited to the end beneficiaries within minutes — and some within seconds.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

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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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2020

According to Reuters, the report urges increased use of the Cross-Border Interbank Payment System ( CIPS ) instead of the Belgium-based SWIFT system. In theory, this would help protect China’s global payments data from possible U.S. Gaining richer payments data is one of the key selling points for the new standard.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Just weeks after receiving approval to facilitate cross-border payments originating from India, FinTech firm Earthport revealed its newest partner to get operations off the ground. 21) said Earthport is working with India’s third-largest bank, Axis Bank, to enable outbound global payments for its users.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

PYMNTS recently spoke with Saqib Sheikh, global head of SWIFT’s ISO 20022 program, to learn more about SWIFT’s commitment to assist the financial community in the transition to the new standard in cross-border payments: ISO 20022. These infrastructures and processes form the backbone of the global correspondent banking model.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

16) said several central banks have confirmed the formation of a task force to explore cybersecurity of cross-border payments and banking to protect interbank transactions. With the pressure of cybercrime mounting in the financial services space, several central banks of the globe are joining together to figure out a strategy.

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Payments Source

APRIL 24, 2019

Javier Pérez-Tasso has been named the new CEO of payments messaging standards provider Swift, replacing Gottfried Leibbrandt, who steps down from the post at the end of June.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2017

A new report from financial services company Nordea says corporates are waiting for their banks and other FinServ providers to standardize payment processes. The majority of companies surveyed by Nordea for its Future of Payments report said they are working with at least five banks for their payments and collection needs.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2020

There’s no single path to payments infrastructure innovation. This week’s examination of the latest initiatives to target B2B payments friction from the ground up finds a mix of strategies. For some, like Currencycloud and Steamchain, the path involves bypassing legacy payment rails and embracing blockchain.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

Yet as cross border trade picks back up, the foreign exchange and global payments needs of businesses will intensify. Beyond Payments Initiation. FXPress entered the market with a focus on cross-border payments and foreign exchange services. A Holistic Approach.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

In corporate payments, high-value transactions with tall demands for compliance, transparency, speed, efficiency and security aren’t just placing a burden on the businesses sending and receiving funds. International payments often contain unstructured and ambiguous transaction data, causing unnecessary delays and failed processing.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2018

Singapore bank DBS is introducing the ability for small businesses and larger corporates to track their cross-border payments in real time. Corporate cross-border payment volumes have increased by 25 percent in the last 12 months,” said Navinder Duggal, DBS head of cash product management.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2017

12) said SWIFT will launch a proof-of-concept test to explore the use of blockchain technology for cross-border payments and settlements by banks. It’s no certainty, however, that a working application using blockchain for cross-border payments will emerge, SWIFT said. An announcement Thursday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2018

Payments messaging company SWIFT is hoping to launch real-time payments services in the Asia Pacific region, according to Verdict reports on Friday (April 20). SWIFT gpi , launched last year, provides financial institutions with infrastructure to facilitate transparent, faster cross-border payments.

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Faster Payments Council

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The Fall Member Meeting will bring together FPC members for two days filled with presentations on the most pressing issues in faster payments, panel discussions with industry experts, roundtables on timely topics, and engaging networking opportunities. How can we look to this rapidly growing business for new use cases for instant payments?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2016

Payments messaging firm SWIFT is looking to gain support for its global payments initiative and, most recently, announced the latest backers of the pilot program. The company said it will hope to improve the transparency and speed of global payments with the program.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2019

The growing traction of faster payments continues, especially across a cross-border backdrop. In news reported by MoneyControl.com, SWIFT, the payments messaging giant, is reportedly looking at testing instant international settlements with local networks in India to speed transactions and make them more transparent.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

A new report from Ernst and Young LLP (EY) and Payments Canada finds Canadian businesses are spending as much as $5.2 billion on payments processing. The analysis was released as Payments Canada moves forward with its Modernization initiative to promote faster payments in the country while ensuring security.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2019

Payments messaging firm SWIFT will allow blockchain companies to connect into its global payments innovation (gpi) platform, SWIFT said in its latest report on the future of payments. The initiative follows a collaboration between SWIFT and R3 that was announced in January, reports noted.

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The Fintech Times

MAY 9, 2024

. “This includes cross-border payments , KYC and anti-money laundering (AML), external provider matching, international supply chain relationships, environmental, social and governance ( ESG ) reporting, and digital identity applications.

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Payments Source

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Fifteen major banks will test Swift's pre-validation service for Global Payments Innovation transactions, focusing on quickly identifying and eliminating errors or omissions in payment messages.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

Reports have said the move by the payments messaging company positions the firm take on payments giants Visa and Mastercard. ” Reports noted the importance of SWIFT expanding into the SMB payments arena beyond high-value complex corporate transactions. Sila Raises Funding to Nix ACH. and Sweden, it noted.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Amid the continuing movements by governments and nations to overhaul payments operations, Vocalink said Wednesday (Dec. 12) that it has secured a contract with Cámara de Compensación Electrónica (CCE), the automated clearing house in Peru, to help transform payments infrastructure in that country.

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Payments Source

JUNE 15, 2017

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication plans to add instant payments messaging for the European market by late 2018, marking another step in its ongoing faster payments projects.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The payment messaging entity SWIFT this past week began implementing its SWIFTNet Instant service that is tied to the Eurosystem’s TARGET Instant Payment Settlement service. The service, as has been reported, lets customers make instant payments from inside the Single Euro Payments Area (also known as SEPA ).

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

Paper checks are often pointed to as an example of how difficult it can be for corporates to change their payment behaviors. With newer digital, automated payment technologies emerging in the B2B space, businesses continue to stick to what’s familiar: paper. A Different Kind Of Challenge.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

The guarantees mean that B2B suppliers will be guaranteed payment, even if end customers do not pay. BitPay customers are leveraging the promise of blockchain payment technology — and, with XRP, can offer a payment option that is fast, cost-effective and scalable,” said Sean Rolland, director of product at BitPay, in the announcement.

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Payments Source

JUNE 3, 2019

Payments messaging standards provider Swift has received a license to offer connections to all of the Eurosystem market infrastructures for payments, securities settlement and collateral management.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2017

The largest retail bank in Italy has made its first major step onto the stage of real-time cross-border payments. Intesa Sanpaolo announced Tuesday (April 18) that it has successfully completed its first testing activities with EBA Clearing, using technology by Dovetail for pan-European real-time payments.

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The Payments Association

MAY 16, 2025

Merchant-facing regulation: What merchants need to know in 2025 15 May 2025 by Payments Intelligence LinkedIn Email X WhatsApp What is this article about? The regulatory framework governing payments continues to expand in scope, with increasing implications for merchants operating in the UK and EU. Why is it important? for credit.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2016

China has received some criticism and skepticism over its cross-border payments initiative, spearheaded as CIPS — the Cross-Border Inter-Bank Payments System. Analysts point out that the payments system operates just 11 hours a day and only out of Shanghai. China International Payment Service Corp.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2018

A new deal involving SWIFT and 10 Chinese banks represents the latest move in the global competition to facilitate cross-border payments. In a statement , the payments messaging company said the financial institutions (FIs) “have gone live” with the SWIFT Global Payments Innovation (GPI) initiative.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Payment rails are getting more attention these days, and there is an increasing focus on offering a standardized, relatively seamless experience that can be locked and loaded by various operators with minimal hassle. Payment rails are undergoing significant innovation, a trend that promises to continue into the 2020s in various areas.

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Payments Source

APRIL 4, 2019

Payments messaging standards provider Swift has established a new group to help it promote and assure smooth migration of the cross-border ISO 20022 standard.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2019

Payments messaging company SWIFT is expanding its gpi for Corporates (g4C) initiative, adding treasury management technology company BELLIN to its roster of early adopters of the tool. The tool expanded and began requiring SWIFT customers to include their UETR in all payment instructions, even for institutions not part of gpi.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2018

Payments infrastructure news tends to be global in scope, as firms and stakeholders eye efficiency and speed in transacting in new and existing markets far-flung in nature. That latter solution lets users access multiple instant payment systems across Europe via single access point, leveraging existing SWIFT infrastructure.

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