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XTransfer, OCBC Team Up to Provide Enhanced Financial Services for SMEs

Fintech News

Cross-border payment firm XTransfer and OCBC Bank have announced a partnership to provide small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with enhanced financial services for international trade. The collaboration focuses on payment processing, foreign exchange, risk management, and wealth management solutions tailored to SMEs.

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Real-Time Payments and the Future of Cross-Border Transactions: What Businesses Need to Know

Finextra

Real-time settlement across jurisdictions reduces reliance on intermediaries, slashes fees, and strengthens trust. Faster settlements : Transactions that used to take 2–5 days now clear in seconds or minutes. Cross-border payments also play a big role in family support, especially among immigrant households.

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Standard Chartered Utilises Blockchain for Cross-Border Transactions Between Hong Kong and Singapore

The Fintech Times

Standard Chartered , the international cross-border bank, has become the first Euro settlement bank to go live on Partior, the global unified ledger market infrastructure, and has completed Euro-denominated cross-border transactions between Hong Kong and Singapore.

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Ripple Completes $50M MoneyGram Investment, Gets ~10 Pct. Stake

PYMNTS

This initial success encourages us to expedite expanding our use of On-Demand Liquidity. MoneyGram said it’s going to use the capital to develop and expand the On-Demand Liquidity payment system, which uses XRP cryptocurrency. The deal was finalized and also announced by both companies Monday (Nov. 25), and according to the U.S.

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A Closer Look At Ripple’s Money-Saving Claims

PYMNTS

Collectively, Ripple’s solution surpasses a major portion of the bumpiness around contemporary cross-border payments: money moving between banks, each using their own, legacy systems, and each tacking on fees at each stop. For Ripple, XRP is the digital asset that operates on its infrastructure.

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Announced at Money20/20 Europe 2025: News Roundup

The Fintech Times

.” BVNK partners with LianLian Global to bring real-time stablecoin payments to 100 markets LianLian Global , a cross-border payments provider, has joined forces with BVNK , a UK-based stablecoin payments platform, to offer stablecoin payment capabilities to merchants in more than 100 countries.

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The Fed’s crypto pivot: Unlocking banking access and its impact on payments

The Payments Association

Limited access to banking services has, in turn, constrained these firms’ ability to operate efficiently within the broader financial system, including in areas such as payments, settlements, and liquidity management. The Federal Reserves shift on crypto banking access could impact payments, stablecoins, and digital assets.