Fintech News

APRIL 24, 2025

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FinTech

The Paypers

JUNE 17, 2025

Focus on real-time liquidity and blockchain integration By incorporating Circle’s Wallets infrastructure, OpenPayd plans to offer enhanced access to liquidity while facilitating the movement of funds across both traditional payment networks and blockchain rails.

Stablecoins

The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

With the digital asset market projected to reach $16trillion by 2030, he warned about the risks of digital islands isolated token ecosystems lacking interoperability. The real challenge isnt creating digital assets; its making them work seamlessly across financial systems, he noted.

Embedded Finance

Fintech News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

However, challenges remain, particularly regarding interoperability. To address this, stakeholders including NETS Group and Liquid Group are working on interoperable QR payment solutions that are designed to simplify processes for merchants, Chia said.

FinTech

Finextra

JULY 27, 2025

Commercial banks should onboard corporates as CBDC custodians, enable liquidity tokenization, and facilitate bridging CBDC to legacy payment rails like ACH and SWIFT. Critical Eanblers Interoperability Standards: Global alignment on token schemas and messaging extensions via ISO 20022 working groups or BIS led CBDC Alliances is critical.

CBDC

The Paypers

JUNE 25, 2025

Better real-time payouts in Canada By collaborating with the Canadian pay-by-bank provider, TerraPay’s network of money transfer operations can facilitate improved real-time payments to recipients in Canada.

Cross-Border

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

4) it inked a partnership with Banque Régionale de Marchés (BRM) to provide a digital currency in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). The company noted that the digital currency is a high security digital instrument that can be used in all mobile money and eMoney wallets.

Digital Currency

Fintech News

MARCH 25, 2024

Swift, the global financial messaging cooperative, revealed that the latest round of experiments conducted within a collaborative Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) sandbox has shown promising results for the application of CBDCs and digital tokens. said Tom Zschach, Chief Innovation Officer at Swift.

CBDC

Open Banking Excellence

MAY 2, 2024

Beyond the famed silk, this ancient route facilitated the exchange of porcelain, flourishing of tea culture and a vital connection between Europe and Asia. As a regulator, we aim to facilitate the entry of disruptors in areas including Open Banking and Open Finance in this concentrated and competitive market.

Interoperability

Fintech News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

SC Ventures, the innovation, fintech investment, and ventures arm of Standard Chartered, and Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) successfully completed a proof-of-concept (PoC) on the Universal Digital Payments Network (UDPN). Central Bank Digital Currencies must therefore be able to work together quickly, easily and securely across national borders.

CBDC

Fintech News

MAY 27, 2024

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have largely existed in the virtual realm, with transactions initiated primarily through web and mobile interfaces. It was a contactless payment on POS using a card issued by Eurasian Bank JSC on the Way4 digital payments software system.

CBDC

Fintech News

APRIL 10, 2024

As the adoption of these digital assets grows, the BIS stresses the importance of a regulatory framework that balances innovation with risk mitigation and highlights the potential for stablecoins to interoperate with other digital currencies, such as Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and tokenised deposits.

Stablecoins

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Tech-driven Interoperability and collaboration will finally bring trillions of dollars into the digital age, Kevin Phalen , head of global business solutions at Visa , told Karen Webster in a recent interview. Interoperability will get a boost with messaging standards such as ISO 20022. Delving Into Digital Currencies.

B2B

Clearly Payments

JANUARY 4, 2024

As digital currencies grow in popularity , merchants around the world are exploring the potential benefits of accepting payments in cryptocurrency. Among the frontrunners is Bitcoin (BTC), widely recognized as the pioneer in the digital currency space. This is covered in the below section. What are Stablecoins?

Cryptocurrency

Fintech News

MAY 21, 2024

As the financial landscape undergoes a digital revolution, institutional investors are increasingly turning their attention to digital assets such as cryptocurrencies and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). Key barriers restricting institutions from investing in digital assets.

Settlement

Fintech News

JANUARY 10, 2024

The top fintech trends in Singapore shaping this growth include instant cross-border transactions, generative AI across financial services, emerging digital currency uses, embedded finance “as-a-Service”, and increased ESG reporting and data convergence.

Cross-Border

Fintech News

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Developments include cross-border quick response (QR) payment linkages, connectivity between real-time national payment schemes, and the ongoing Singapore Response Code Scheme (SGQR+) project focusing on furthering QR code payment interoperability.

FinTech

PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

The appointment signals the Commerce Department’s interest in exploring distributed ledger technology to facilitate trade finance , an increasingly common use case for blockchain solutions. The digital currency is currently used by the R3 Corda platform in its settlement process to facilitate movement of money across borders.

Finance

The Fintech Times

JANUARY 24, 2024

Digital assets and digital currencies continue to grow in popularity and demand. The latest way in which it aims to do this is with the launch of R3 Digital Markets. R3 Digital Markets, powered by R3’s Corda , the regulatory-compliant tokenisation platform, is a solution built to connect financial markets.

Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)

Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

These cover financial crime, regulation, open banking, ESG, cross-border payments, digital currencies and financial inclusion. The policies for cross-border payments is targeted at reducing transaction costs and harmonising regulations to facilitate seamless and secure international transfers.

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech Finance

MARCH 26, 2024

Interoperability is critical to Swift’s strategy for instant and frictionless transactions. In securities, the lack of interoperability between tokenisation platforms is a barrier to the growth of tokenisation. More than 750 transactions were carried out over the course of the experiments. The full results report is available here.

Cross-Border

PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

The Global Consortium for Digital Currency Governance will be geared toward the development of transparent, interoperable and inclusive approaches to policy to regulate the crypto industry and facilitate work between the public and private worlds in emerging and developed economies, Cointelegaph reported.

Governance

PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2021

“As you progress, and digital assets start to integrate into finance, then you start to see companies looking to hedge [foreign exchange (FX)] exposure, or looking to reduce an emerging market currency volatility, by holding digital assets.”. According to Sully, the message is “modernize today so you can integrate tomorrow.”.

Treasury

The Fintech Times

JUNE 9, 2024

As much as 40 per cent of payment leaders report losing business due to cross-border payment issues, according to a new study by Thunes , a global money movement firm, and Visa , the digital payments giant. As commerce digitises further, payment interoperability will become vital.”

Cross-Border Payments

The Fintech Times

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Today our selection of leaders discuss the evolving payment landscape in 2024, touching on trends like convergence of personal and corporate payments, real-time cross-border payments, interoperability’s influence, and the significance of orchestration in streamlining payments in the travel sector.

Cross-Border

Faster Payments Council

MARCH 15, 2023

Whether we will see these services gain traction is tied to what many believe to be a major hurdle–interoperability. FedNow may not interoperate with RTP, and it doesn't seem to be a priority for either. Some banks may not be able to connect to both. These projects are taking different implementation approaches.

FPC

Fintech Review

JULY 10, 2024

For example, in Sub-Saharan Africa, platforms like Acala Network and Terra are providing stablecoin solutions that offer much-needed stability amidst volatile local currencies. These platforms enable users to transact and save in stable digital currencies, effectively overcoming the challenges posed by inflation and currency devaluation.

Finance

Fintech News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

It is particularly important in countries with a history of currency crises, where stablecoins can offer a tool for greater economic stability and resilience. These initiatives also seem to complement ongoing efforts to develop Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), as both digital assets aim to modernise traditional financial systems.

Stablecoins

PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

But what’s key is that these systems can interoperate and coexist with each other, said Long, adding that companies like Avanti should act as a bridge between these two ecosystems to support their coexistence.

Real Time Payments

Fintech Finance

JULY 4, 2024

The UK’s potential as a crypto hub The association calls on the Chancellor to ensure the UK becomes a world leader in digital finance by helping the UK payments industry fully embrace the digital world and create a flourishing, innovative digital currencies ecosystem.

Scams

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2019

MUFG’s Unconfirmed Digital Currency. Reports in The Japan News said that MUFG and Recruit are collaborating on a possible digital currency with the potential to facilitate B2B payments, and with plans to launch their joint venture in the first half of next year. Credit Unions Embrace RTP.

B2B

The Payments Association

MAY 7, 2025

However, for tokenisation to reach scale in this sector, the industry must establish interoperable token standards, common margin rules and regulatory clarity on re-hypothecation. With tokenisation, banks can realise significant savings through on-chain collateral pledging, real-time transfers and smart contract-based margin management.

Settlement

The Fintech Times

JUNE 6, 2024

This project aims to create a multi-central bank digital currency (CBDC) platform for instant cross-border payments and settlements, leveraging distributed ledger technology (DLT). Several commercial banks have already started using the mBridge platform to facilitate cross-border CBDC payments among participating jurisdictions.

Participant

Fintech News

AUGUST 23, 2024

Over the four-day event, more than 750 expert speakers will participate in 300+ sessions covering a wide range of topics, including AI, digital currencies, tokenization, ISO 20022, environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards, embedded finance, interoperability, and compliance.

APACS

Fintech News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Furthermore, a closer look will be taken at digital assets, including stablecoins, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and tokenised deposits, focusing specifically on interoperability and regulations.

FinTech

PYMNTS

AUGUST 30, 2018

This demand for efficient payments has propelled the emergence of several payment rail networks, each designed to help facilitate and accelerate the delivery of funds, including those offered by the Automated Clearing House (ACH) network, Fedwire and The Clearing House. And Ripple isn’t alone. About the Tracker.

Cross-Border

M2P Fintech

MARCH 28, 2024

Automated Clearing House (ACH) The ACH is a central system for electronic fund transfers, facilitating swift, secure, and cost-effective movement of funds between financial institutions. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) A CBDC represents a nation’s currency in digital form, administered directly by the central bank.

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