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How Swift is moving the global financial industry towards instant and frictionless payments

The Payments Association

Swift drives global interoperability and innovation, aligning with the UK’s National Payments Vision to enhance seamless, secure payments. The UK governments preferred approach is to upgrade the UKs Faster Payments System (FPS) while assessing the longer-term requirements for the UKs retail payments infrastructure.

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Zepto Releases PayTo Index as Australia Shifts from Legacy Payment Systems

Fintech News

Zepto has called for coordinated action across government, banking, and industry stakeholders to accelerate adoption. The time for true industry collaboration is now so we can enable swift PayTo adoption across the market that puts consumers first.”

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The 19th NextGen Payments & RegTech Forum Brings Top Industry Experts to Cyprus, Limassol this November!

Fintech Finance

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CBDCs in practice: What we’ve learned from the early movers

The Payments Association

Solutions like Swifts CBDC connector , tested with 38 financial institutions, aim to bridge these silos using a hub-and-spoke model that interlinks various CBDC networks and even traditional fiat systems. Otherwise, people would treat it as a threat and would refuse to use this financial instrument.

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VISTA InfoSec Achieves CREST Membership a Milestone in Cybersecurity

VISTA InfoSec

Enhanced Compliance Support: Assisting clients in meeting regulatory obligations and boosting their security posture through focused penetration testing aligned with international standards and frameworks such as SWIFT CSP, PCI DSS, and GDPR. CERT-IN Empanelment : Recognized by the Indian government as a trusted security assessor.

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Singapore Forms New Entity SPaN to Oversee National Payment Schemes

Fintech News

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) have announced the incorporation of a new entity, Singapore Payments Network (SPaN), to oversee the administration and governance of the country’s national payment schemes. SPaN has been set up as a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee.

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India to take the lead in SoftPOS adoption?

NFCW

“India’s SoftPOS market is set to outpace global averages, driven by government initiatives, UPI integration, and a robust fintech ecosystem,” Worldline India reports in a new study which also predicts that more than half of all transactions in the Asia-Pacific region will be contactless this year.