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Championing Swift Connectivity for Private Banks and Asset Managers in APAC

Fintech News

As the industry evolves, adopting robust standards like ISO 20022 becomes crucial for driving these benefits. The Role of ISO 20022 in Seamless Settlement and Post-Trade Operations In 2018, the Swift community decided to adopt ISO 20022 for cross-border payments and reporting (CBPR+).

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U.S. Faster Payments Council Explores the Practicalities of Cross-Border Payments in a Faster Payments World

Fintech Finance

The Practicalities of Cross-Border Payments in a Faster Payments World also highlights the challenges faced by fintech companies, providing insights into regulatory compliance, security, foreign exchange rate risks, lack of transparency, high costs, interoperability, data privacy, competition with financial institutions, and liquidity management.

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How Visa, FIS, TCH, SWIFT, Nacha and Circle See The Future of Faster, Real Time Payments Rails

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The stage may even be set for the emergence of digital currencies, and as Circle’s Allaire said digital dollars (with 500 percent growth through the past several months), among others, have “really started to become not just a technical reality, but a legal and regulatory reality as well.”. Interoperability In Focus .

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Visa’s Phalen: Better Collaboration Will Push B2B Payments Into The Digital Age

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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.

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Federal Reserve’s Cunha on the State (and Timeframe) of Digital Dollars

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Earlier this month, as PYMNTS noted , the Federal Reserve said its Boston bank is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explore the possibility of issuing digital currency. Central bank digital currencies (or CBDCs) have been gathering steam, at least as a concept. Interoperability Is Key.

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FPC 2023 Spring Member Meeting

Faster Payments Council

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. Learn how to position ISO 20022 as a part of an organization's broader payments modernization strategy.

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Fed Says America Needs Instant Payments As Soon As Possible

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Federal Reserve Board members this week shed some light on the timing and mechanics of FedNow — an always-on, fully interoperable interbank-settlement service that will give rise to instant payments in the United States. For the Federal Reserve, real-time payments will take time — three or four years’ time, to be specific.

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