Fintech News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Swift has announced the launch of its first-ever “The Innovation Challenges” that invites participants to create AI-based solutions aimed at improving the efficiency and security of cross-border transactions. They will be granted access to the Swift Challenge sandbox environment.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

SWIFT , a global provider of secure financial messaging, announced a new service Thursday (Oct. 1) that promises to improve the experience for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and consumers who send low-value payments across borders. SWIFT said this latest improvement is another building block for its new strategy.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Swift today published new data which reveals continued progress towards meeting the G20’s goal for the speed of cross-border payments, reporting that 90% of cross-border payments made over the Swift network reach the destination bank within an hour.

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Fintech Finance

JULY 12, 2024

Cross-border payments are becoming increasingly important to international economies. The G20 roadmap for enhanced cross-border payments aims to improve the speed, access, transparency, and cost of international payments by 2030.

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Fintech Finance

APRIL 24, 2024

The replacement RTGS system, slated for readiness in August 2024, makes support for ISO 20022 a prerequisite for all international payments from the SWIFT deadline. The shift in cross border payments is the first step in what will become a broader adoption of the ISO 20022 standard in the payments environment as a whole.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Bank of America (BofA) is introducing a cross-border payment tracker and expanding SWIFT gpi to support more than 140 currencies, accessible through the integrated CashPro platform. Customers can make payments via Bank of America’s SWIFT gpi solution. and Ireland at SWIFT. . and Ireland at SWIFT. .

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 26, 2025

licensed digital bank offering a vertically integrated suite of traditional and digital asset banking and custody services, today announced its successful launch of its SWIFT code: ITTLPRS2XXX. This strategic milestone is significant for FV Bank clients as it expands inbound wire options alongside stablecoin-based payment rails.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Digital currencies could render the SWIFT global payments network unnecessary, RT.com reported, citing the Central Bank of Russia (CBR). In this case SWIFT it may not be necessary, because it will be a different kind of technological interaction,” Skorobogatova said during a virtual meeting, per RT.com.

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Fintech News

JUNE 11, 2024

Licensed as a Major Payment Institution (MPI) by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), OPAL offers domestic and cross-border payments, payment accounts, and e-money services. Customers can receive funds in up to 33 different currencies via SWIFT and local payout rails.

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Payments Source

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Bank of America has launched a cross-border payment tracker through its Swift GPI module that allows clients real-time visibility into their international payments.

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Fintech News

JUNE 4, 2024

This partnership will integrate Mastercard Move , a comprehensive suite of money transfer solutions, into Temenos Payments Hub. Mastercard Move’s solutions facilitate secure and swift international money transfers, offering cost-effective options to route and deliver funds through Mastercard’s extensive global network.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In today’s top news, Oracle and Swift team up to provide fast cross-border payments, and House Democrats are advocating for big changes to Big Tech. Oracle, SWIFT Add Fast Cross-Border Payments For SMBs. Oracle Banking Payments announced Wednesday (Oct. Macy’s Inc.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 28, 2024

PCBB and Finzly , two leading innovators in the financial payments industry, have formed a strategic partnership to deliver enhanced international payment services to Finzly’s customers. The post PCBB and Finzly Partnership Boosts International Payment Services appeared first on FF News | Fintech Finance.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2019

It may seem that cross-border payments were in the … well … crosshairs this past week, with a number of country-by-country and company-by-company initiatives using blockchain and other methods to speed payments and lower fees. These shortcomings make the cross-border payment industry ripe for disruption and innovation.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2018

SWIFT announced Sunday (October 21) successful test results of its new instant cross-border payments proof of concept, involving banks in China, Singapore, Thailand and Australia. In effect, this is already a live real-time cross-border payment, SWIFT said in the press release.

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Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Nium , the leading global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, today announced a partnership with Ecobank Transnational Incorporated., the leading independent pan-African financial services group, to enable seamless cross-border payments across 35 African markets for more than 32 million customers.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

SWIFT announced Thursday (March 21) that six Spanish banks, representing 85 percent of the cross-border payments market in Spain, have adopted SWIFT global payments innovation or gpi. SWIFT gpi enables banks to conduct end-to-end tracking of the cross-border payment.

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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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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 20, 2025

The platform offers multi-currency accounts, starting with USD, EUR, GBP, NGN and Stablecoins, with payments to more than 100 countries. The first step for Waza was providing competitive foreign exchange (FX) and cross-border payments for businesses.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Over the past year Wise Platform , Wise’s global payments infrastructure for banks, financial institutions and larger enterprises, has further enhanced its product suite for partners and significantly expanded its global regulatory footprint.

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Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

dLocal, the leading cross-border payment platform specializing in emerging markets, today announced a strategic partnership with MoneyGram, a leading global financial technology company that connects the world’s communities.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

Cross-border payments are expected to surge over the next few years as the economy becomes increasingly global and interconnected. The latest Smarter Payments Tracker looks at the infrastructure developments that are making cross-border payment systems faster, more seamless and interoperable.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The traditional correspondent banking network is one major speedbump that stops financial institutions (FIs) from providing speedy, inexpensive, cross-currency and cross-border transfers, Lembo explained, but financial services providers can adopt new technology and approaches to safely streamline these transactions.

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Having reflected on what the top priority is for businesses looking to enter the cross-border payments space, we now turn our attention to the future, and how the sector will evolve in 2024. “In 2024, cross-border payments volumes will continue to grow rapidly.

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Fintech News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Banking software provider Temenos has introduced a new service designed to make cross-border payments faster and more affordable. The Temenos Cross Border Payments Enterprise Service is available to banks, Payment Service Providers (PSPs), electronic money institutions (EMIs), and fintechs.

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Payments Source

MAY 23, 2017

Calling it a first in international payments, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication [Swift] is providing a cross-border, real-time payments tracker for banks handling global transactions.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Cross-border payments are a necessary, yet often frustrating part of the world economy, with international transactions prone to overlapping government regulations, excessive fees and slow processing times. Developments From Around The World of Payments Modernization. billion by the end of this year.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

DBS Bank has launched a real-time online tracking feature for cross-border collections, a press release says, which will give better digital services for corporate clients. DBS also plans to offer cross-border support in China, India, Indonesia, Taiwan and Vietnam as well in the next few months, the release says.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

international transactions per capita every year, up from 0.5 So, why do cross-border payments present so many challenges? Some payments providers are also leveraging blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) to meet these needs, expediting the cross-border payment process.

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Finovate

APRIL 30, 2024

International banking technology company Veritran announced a collaboration with financial messaging services company Swift. As part of the collaboration, Veritran has joined the Swift Partner Programme. Swift GPI Tracker enables users to check the status of cross-border payments.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

On the other hand, it also means they must learn to navigate a highly fragmented and complex international payments ecosystem. Each country has its own rules and regulations dictating how businesses can make and receive payments, as well as its own, unique financial infrastructure. To learn more, download the playbook.

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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

DECEMBER 18, 2018

SWIFT said Tuesday (December 18) that its SWIFT gpi payment service is being used for more than half of SWIFT’s cross-border traffic. The pace of its adoption since its launch in early 2017 is particularly impressive; less than two years since its launch, gpi is rapidly becoming the cross-border standard.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2020

In the latest edition of the Global B2B Payments Playbook , PYMNTS analyzes how the pandemic is affecting the O2C processes of businesses everywhere, especially those making cross-border transactions. It also examines what tools companies can tap to make these payments swiftly and securely. trillion reported in 2019.

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Payments Source

JULY 22, 2019

Russia and its BRICS partners are developing cross-border alternatives to U.S.-dominated dominated payments systems such as Swift, driven by the rise in cross-border trade and a desire to find non-dollar alternatives to international payments systems vulnerable to sanctions by the U.S.

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 27, 2024

Global tech firm Veritran has partnered with Swift , the world’s leading provider of financial messaging services, to enable financial institutions to offer an enhanced, streamlined and more transparent cross-border payment experience to their customers.

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Fintech Finance

APRIL 30, 2024

Veritran and Swift announce their collaboration that will enable financial institutions to offer an enhanced and streamlined cross-border payments experience to their customers. It’s vital that industry players work together in this way to overcome increasing fragmentation in the cross-border payments landscape.”

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