Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and Real Time Payments

13 APAC-Born Companies Recognized Among Top Global Cross-Border Payment Leaders of 2025

Fintech News

MAY 11, 2025

Launched as a pilot in 2011, the service allows users to make payments, transfer money and perform other financial transactions using the Airtel Thanks App or USSD. Airtel Money has been recognized in the Cross-Border Payments 100 list every year since its inception, highlighting its sustained relevance in global payments.

Cross-Border Payments

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Ripple Enables Real-Time Payments Into China Via LianLian

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

7) said Ripple announced a partnership with LianLian International, a Hong Kong-based, cross-border payments company, that plans to use Ripple’s xCurrent enterprise blockchain tool to process real-time payments coming into China. Reports in Blockchain News on Wednesday (Feb.

Real Time Payments

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SWIFT: Real-Time Payments Demands Real-Time Security And Compliance

PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2019

When it comes to payments, speed isn’t the only factor to consider in the deployment of real-time payments (RTP) systems. Security and compliance are also vital components in ensuring that payments are delivered safely and without delay. Rapid Growth. Financial crime is bigger than any one organization,” she said.

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Real Time Heats Up In B2B, While Blockchain Gains Traction

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

That includes advancements in Canada's upcoming Real-Time Rail, as well as adoption by Transcard of Mastercard's Track Business Payment Service to facilitate real-time, account-to-account transfers for businesses. Canada Taps Vocalink for Real-Time Rail. Volante Explores the Real-Time B2B Value Prop.

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RTP, Blockchain Make Inroads Within Corporations

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

are increasingly linking into the real-time payments infrastructure of the RTP network, according to a new survey by The Clearing House. Yet even more FIs have access to RTP as a result of third-party technology partnerships, a press release said last week. RTP Expands Across FI Base.

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SWIFT Signals Further Openness To Blockchain?

PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2019

The movement to bring blockchain to cross-border payments proceeds apace. Might SWIFT be giving a nod, at least partially, toward the use of distributed ledger technology (DLT)? Once we get the merchants and the big institutions recognizing the benefits of RTP, then adoption will rapidly settle in.

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Why Cross-Border Payments Still Present Challenges

PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

Some payments providers are also leveraging blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) to meet these needs, expediting the cross-border payment process. We are seeing a lot of worldwide initiatives to make the move to real-time or almost real-time payments.

Cross-Border Payments

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B2B Use Cases Drive Up Real-Time Demand

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

In this week's roundup of payment rail innovation, PYMNTS finds B2B payments use cases serve as an important driver of adoption, with FinTechs and financial service providers embracing payment rails old and new to enable real-time B2B payments and foreign exchange. OpenPayd Debuts Real-Time FX.

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5 Top Payment Trends Impacting Asia in 2024

Fintech News

JANUARY 30, 2024

Prototypes and proofs of concept are being developed for payment systems based on distributed ledger technology (DLT). These include cross-border Payment versus Payment (PvP) transactions and wholesale market Delivery versus Payment (DvP) transactions.

Payments Trends

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B2B Cross-Border Payments Are Speeding Up

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The latest Faster Payments Tracker examines developments in real-time payments with an emphasis on B2B cross-border transactions. FedNow , the Federal Reserve’s planned real-time payment system is not due to arrive until 2024, and it takes time for companies to realize new offerings.

Cross-Border Payments

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Gold: Sourced Digitally, Ethically And Via Blockchain

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

When it comes to supply chains, proponents say blockchain — specifically, distributed ledger technology (DLT) — holds promise. EmTech announced this week that it is introducing identity and biometric hashing technology into KYC processes across all its platforms. New Use Cases.

Blockchain

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For Payments Infrastructure, Still Some Blockchain Buzz

PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2018

Reports came this week that the much-touted distributed ledger technology (DLT) may be less savior for all manner of problems across the business landscape than thought. Blockchain, blockchain everywhere. Concerns of a slowdown overall?

Blockchain

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Tech Giants Make Their Blockchain Bets For 2018

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

According to reports in Cointelegraph this week, payments technology firm Mastercard filed a patent related to real-time payments using blockchain technology. HPE said its distributed ledger technology (DLT) solution is faster and more secure than bitcoin or Ethereum blockchains.

Blockchain

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This Week in Fintech: TFT Bi-Weekly News Roundup 25/01

The Fintech Times

JANUARY 25, 2024

Mastercard and The Clearing House (TCH ) have extended their multi-year partnership, bringing the companies together to collaborate on innovative capabilities for consumers, businesses and governments to evolve and embrace the digital economy through real-time payments (RTP) adoption on the RTP® network.

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Deep Dive: Emerging Response To B2B, P2P Cross-Border Payments Pain

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Distributed ledger technologies (DLT) have also been considered for facilitating both P2P remittances and B2B cross-border payments. Global financial companies like Circle provide zero-fee remittances via DLT, and Ripple began piloting xRapid for U.S.

Cross-Border Payments

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SIA’s Third-Party Approach To RTGS

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

De Lorenzo said that he expects blockchain to become more important, and, as such, SIA’s offering enables integration with solutions based on distributed ledger technology (DLT). “At At the moment, the [DLT] is still not mature,” he explained. “It

Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)

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Against The Odds, A Few Blockchain Projects See The Light Of Day

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Even some of the largest proponents of blockchain agree that distributed ledger technology (DLT) is still in its early days, and its impact on the financial services market probably won’t be fully understood for some time.

Blockchain

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Blockchain’s Real-Time Payments Use Case

PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2019

Players in payments and commerce keep trying to get their heads around blockchain technology, seeking out use cases and striving to determine if the reality can ever live up to the hype. Answers are relatively slow in coming, and skepticism abounds.

Use Case

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Rewiring the cross-border payments paradigm: Risk and security in correspondent banking confirmation

The Payments Association

MAY 14, 2025

Everything is becoming fasterthe technology is out there, said Khorsan. While digital infrastructure is advancing, including cloud-native solutions and distributed ledger technologies (DLT), legal frameworks are still rooted in outdated assumptions, creating friction in what should be frictionless systems.

Cross-Border Payments

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Payments Space

13 APAC-Born Companies Recognized Among Top Global Cross-Border Payment Leaders of 2025

Ripple Enables Real-Time Payments Into China Via LianLian

SWIFT: Real-Time Payments Demands Real-Time Security And Compliance

Real Time Heats Up In B2B, While Blockchain Gains Traction

RTP, Blockchain Make Inroads Within Corporations

SWIFT Signals Further Openness To Blockchain?

Why Cross-Border Payments Still Present Challenges

B2B Use Cases Drive Up Real-Time Demand

5 Top Payment Trends Impacting Asia in 2024

B2B Cross-Border Payments Are Speeding Up

Gold: Sourced Digitally, Ethically And Via Blockchain

For Payments Infrastructure, Still Some Blockchain Buzz

Tech Giants Make Their Blockchain Bets For 2018

This Week in Fintech: TFT Bi-Weekly News Roundup 25/01

Deep Dive: Emerging Response To B2B, P2P Cross-Border Payments Pain

SIA’s Third-Party Approach To RTGS

Against The Odds, A Few Blockchain Projects See The Light Of Day

Blockchain’s Real-Time Payments Use Case

Rewiring the cross-border payments paradigm: Risk and security in correspondent banking confirmation

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