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Can FinTech Walk The FinTalk?

PYMNTS

with supporting use cases mostly related to financial services and cross-border settlement, for a grand total of $242 million in 2018. In January, the International Data Corporation (IDC) reported worldwide spending on blockchain solutions would increase to $2.1 billion by 2021. billion growing to $120.7 trillion in 2021.

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Rewiring the cross-border payments paradigm: Risk and security in correspondent banking confirmation

The Payments Association

Banks in developed economies are reducing their exposure to institutions in high-risk jurisdictions, she noted, leaving those players cut off and often reliant on less-regulated alternatives. Everything is becoming fasterthe technology is out there, said Khorsan. Can real-time cross-border payments be safe?