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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Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

It replaces ISO 15022, which has been in place since 1992 and was designed to overcome interoperability and integration challenges between different clearing systems, improving the transparency and speed of transaction data in payments messages.

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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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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. ”

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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

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

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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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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The Payments Association

MAY 16, 2025

Regulatory developments previously confined to financial institutions and payment service providers are now extending to the systems, practices, and commercial relationships of merchantsparticularly where digital payments, cross-border transactions, and customer data are concerned. to 1.15% for debit and from 0.3%

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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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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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Faster Payments Council

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The issuance and use of a CBDC for cross-border payments could potentially help simplify intermediation chains, increase speed and lower costs. The issuance and use of a CBDC for cross-border payments could potentially help simplify intermediation chains, increase speed and lower costs.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

And that brings us to the world of global payment rails, the subject of a recent PYMNTS discussion featuring Karen Webster and Steve Kirsch, CEO of M10 , an affiliate company of Token.io M10 focuses on creating a digital money solution to help global banks quickly and affordably handle international transfers, settlements and remittances.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

One of the most prominent payment industry trends to support real-time payments adoption is the focus on ISO 20022 payment message standardization, said Cooley. This is particularly true, he said, when supporting faster payment capabilities across borders.

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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

MAY 29, 2019

and China, are sending ripple effects well beyond these countries’ borders, impacting many other areas of the global economy. Recently, several FIs went to work to link businesses with the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) scheme for faster international payments in Europe.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Separately, a number of retailers, among them giants Target and Walmart, have requested that the Federal Reserve create a real-time interbank settlement system. The Fed, of course, has been eyeing the creation of a faster payments system, and yet there may be some challenges afoot, noted The Wall Street Journal.

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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 15, 2019

In today’s digital age, however, speedy transactions depend on payment rails that support rapid settlement and messaging standards that enable sending and quickly processing comprehensive payment details. . Federal Reserve and TCH, Europe’s Eurosystem and EBA CLEARING and the U.K.’s

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

Cross-border payments, trade finance, smart contracts — blockchain has the potential to disrupt B2B processes, but FinTech players are only beginning to take these concepts onto a real-world stage. Real-time payments and reconciliation, the company added, could be a major boost to corporate cash management efforts, too.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Such concerns about external threats — and balancing acts focused on minimal friction — are especially urgent when it comes to faster payments, he said. In the always-on economy, cross-border payments are fraught with friction. As funds move across banks, from accounts to account, they can be hard to track.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Some have picked up on the irony in SWIFT’s embrace of the blockchain; since its $6 billion payments messaging service is one of the technologies “widely perceived to be at risk for disintermediation” by blockchain technology. Interestingly, Ripple recently hired former SWIFT board member.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

For today’s payment service providers, accelerating payments across borders means either developing new infrastructure, or making use of existing rails, to move money around the world. Below, PYMNTS looks at the latest news in cross-border payments innovation as industry players complete, collaborate and innovate.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

With the tool, banks can quickly resolve instances where operational, regulator or compliance information is incorrect or is missing from the payment instructions. SWIFT said the tool complements its gpi pre-validation service that identifies and eliminates errors and omissions in the payment messages before the payment is initiated.

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The Payments Association

APRIL 14, 2025

Related links: Financial promotion rules for cryptoassets Financial promotions data 2024 Top regulatory priorities for the payments sector Mandatory adoption of ISO 20022 for cross-border payments (final preparations Q2) The transition to ISO 20022 for cross-border payments is a fundamental shift in global financial messaging standards.

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