The Fintech Times

MARCH 25, 2025

Meeting both local and international regulatory standards, the platform integrates various components, including an Integration Platform for seamless connectivity, a Participant Portal for real-time transaction monitoring, and a Dispute Portal for efficient case resolution. Abdullahi, CBS governor and SPS chairperson Abdirahman M.

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Instant Payments Payments Settlement Central Bank 59

The Payments Association

JANUARY 13, 2025

It addresses how evolving regulations shape the digital asset landscape, influencing innovation, compliance, and global competitiveness. PSPs must adapt by enhancing compliance, leveraging new frameworks for innovation, and collaborating to shape practical regulatory solutions. This could slow innovation and hike costs.

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Fintech Finance

JULY 15, 2024

The two sides also agreed to work together to strengthen WorldFirst’s participation in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) scheme. BNP Paribas will sponsor WorldFirst’s participation in the SEPA scheme, allowing WorldFirst to leverage the bank’s expertise and products to expedite its integration and onboarding onto SEPA.

Cross-Border Payments 98

Cross-Border Payments Cross-Border Treasury Management Treasury 98

The Payments Association

JANUARY 13, 2025

These rigidities could significantly affect firms cash flow and liquidity management. This inflexibility could hinder their ability to offer competitive, innovative solutions, such as multi-currency wallets or cross-border payment services. The first being to engage with the regulatory process.

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Tearsheet

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Beyond extending our partnership with Mastercard, we intend to partner on innovating for the banks that use the network by looking for additional use cases that they’ve expressed interest in and that would help drive volume across RTP,” said Lee Alexander, Executive VP and CIO at The Clearing House.

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Finovate

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

” Founded in 2023, Money Squirrel was selected to participate in the SHIFT open finance communitys dedicated fintech incubator, Ignite. “We are thrilled to help simplify financial management and unlock growth opportunities for smaller businesses by powering Money Squirrel’s app with our API.

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API Liquidity Management Small Business Financial Inclusion 52

PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

One thing is customer service, but the other is liquidity management or cash flow forecasting, and that's new to a lot of organizations.”. To me, the bottom line is the more volume, the better the pricing for all participants in the industry,” she said. RTP Outlook.

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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). The participants noted significant improvements in the efficiency, cost, speed, and transparency of cross-border transactions.

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CBDC Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Cross-Border Central Bank 113

Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Following Adhara’s parallel simulation, participants will also have the opportunity to engage with its MarginBloc solution. Edward Budd, Co-Founder of Adhara, said: “Managing these margin payments for uncleared transactions has allowed us to see first-hand the benefits that can be brought to participants.

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Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Liquidity Management Central Bank Payments 96

The Payments Association

MAY 7, 2025

Benefits of tokenisation in financial services Despite incremental innovation, the global financial system still runs on decades-old infrastructure that is slow, fragmented and increasingly at odds with the needs of modern markets, clients and capital flows. Defined by profitability, this final phase marks the next generation of finance.

Settlement 88

Settlement Liquidity Management Treasury Blockchain 88

The Fintech Times

JULY 15, 2024

The two organisations have agreed to work together to strengthen WorldFirst’s participation in the Single Euro Payments Area ( SEPA ) scheme. BNP Paribas will sponsor WorldFirst’s participation in the SEPA scheme, enabling WorldFirst to leverage the bank’s expertise and products to expedite its integration and onboarding onto SEPA.

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Cross-Border Payments Cross-Border Payment Solutions Treasury Management 50

The Fintech Times

JANUARY 16, 2024

Over the past decade, a wave of innovation has swept through all corners of the payments landscape. As a result, the needs of market participants have evolved and they continue to do so at a substantial pace. Compliance controls, which are especially high for international payments, further increase costs.

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Payments Trends Risk Identity Theft Payments 98

PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2018

SWIFT has offered another update on its blockchain proof of concept (PoC), reiterating its potential to enrich transaction data, support real-time liquidity management and reconciliation and more. The PoC includes 34 banks, each with their own node in SWIFT’s DLT sandbox.

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Payment Savvy

MAY 15, 2023

Liquidity Management Tool To manage liquidity in this system, the FedNow service will offer a liquidity management tool. Cost efficiency: A well-managed liquidity position means banks can use their funds more effectively, maximizing returns on investments and reducing borrowing costs.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

This is good for credit unions because CACU will handle the settlement and liquidity management of its members’ participation in the network, something that would cost a lot more for credit unions to do on their own.

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Funding Agent Credit Union RTP Real Time Payments 52

Finovate

JULY 26, 2024

The funding is part of the Financial Sector Technology and Innovation Grant Scheme (FSTI 3.0) designed to support banks and other financial institutions as they innovate and develop capabilities in both quantum computing and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Here is our look at fintech innovation around the world.

AI 72

AI Cross-Border Payment APIs and Integration Multi-Currency 72

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

FinTechs are interested in providing value-added services to FIs — and can conceivably connect their offerings to the FedNow platform via participating depository institutions. Larger companies, he said, could leverage instant payments for better liquidity management, as they juggle payroll or invoices. Digital Dollars, Too? .

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Instant Payments FedNow Fed Interoperability 97

PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2020

While China continues to slowly open up its financial services market to foreign participants to drive competition in areas like mobile payments and banking, when it comes to B2B payments, the market remains dominated by Chinese traditional banks.

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Correspondent Bank Correspondent Cross-Border B2B 76

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2019

that aim to lower barriers for FinTechs to participate, she said. The more we look at this as a big bang or a rip-and-replace, the more hesitancy participants are going to have to move forward.”. On the other are regulations in place that Killam noted could hinder real-time payments progress, most notably U.S. In the U.S.

RTP 72

RTP Real Time Payments Faster Payments Cross-Border 72

PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2020

Whether through accelerating payments to suppliers or by integrating spend analytics functionality, this week’s look at the latest commercial card innovation efforts finds an array of finserv players promoting commercial card acceptance and adoption to strengthen SMBs’ financial positions.

Commercial Card 62

Commercial Card Payment APIs and Integration Card Issuer Multi-Currency 62

The Fintech Times

JULY 24, 2024

Both offer similar services, but FedNow participants can transfer funds from their Federal Reserve master account, which means they have an extra pool of resources for liquidity management. RTP, on the other hand, is interoperable which allows third-party apps like Zelle to access and build products on.

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FedNow Instant Payments RTP Federal Reserve 59

Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

APRIL 3, 2025

Participation is free, and interested parties can join via the X9 website. He encouraged experts and interested individuals to contribute to the forum’s efforts in developing innovative fraud prevention techniques. The forum will also work to raise awareness of strategies to mitigate check fraud risks.

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Checks Fraud Prevention Accreditation Non-Bank 40

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Operating as a funding agent will broaden community banking participation in RTP, Bankers’ Bank said, adding that it will also build a 24/7 liquidity management solution for RTP transactions within its cash management suite of services.

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B2B RTP Bankers' Bank Funding Agent 43

Faster Payments Council

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Leaders will need to make decisions more quickly; organizations will need to be more agile to opportunities for innovation. Participating organizations will share insights gained and how they will implement these standards to catalyze instant payments adoption with a streamlined RFP customer experience.

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FPC Federal Reserve RFP Faster Payments 88

Clearly Payments

AUGUST 1, 2024

By capping interchange fees, the IFR has reduced the revenue that issuing banks can earn from card transactions, prompting banks and other payment service providers to seek alternative revenue streams and innovate in their service offerings. These include payment gateways, secure checkout processes, and fraud prevention tools.

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Process Online and Mobile Banking Fraud Prevention Payments 52

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2019

The B2B space now sees the benefit [of real-time payments], which is not just about having the ability to do real-time liquidity management or the ability to make emergency payments,” he said. “It’s But with the U.S. It’s also about all of the value-adds it brings in.

Real Time Payments 40

Real Time Payments Instant Payments Value Added Service Payment APIs and Integration 40

Segpay

JUNE 25, 2024

Last year, Currence iDEAL and PQI, a Luxembourg-based payment solutions provider that served iDEAL in the Netherlands, Bancontact Payconiq Company in Belgium, and Payconiq in Luxembourg, were acquired by the European Payment Initiative (EPI) to establish a new innovative, and unified payment solution for Europe.

Online and Mobile Banking 52

Online and Mobile Banking Payments Settlement Transactions 52

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Though the manic blockchain hype of 2018 has died down somewhat, FinTechs, banks and corporates continue to collaborate and innovate as they develop distributed ledger technology solutions for a range of use cases, including faster cross-border transactions. Frazier offered the example of a U.S. client wishing to move $1 million from a U.S.

Blockchain 61

Blockchain Cross-Border Cross-Border Payments Liquidity Management 61

Fintech News

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The oversubscribed round was co-led by Quona Capital and PayPal Ventures, with participation from Citi Ventures. The company provides a unified Treasury Operating System (TOS) that streamlines financial operations, automates treasury processes, optimises liquidity management, and enhances financial decision-making and liquidity optimisation.

Treasury Management 98

Treasury Management Treasury Cross-Border Payments Multi-Currency 98

The Payments Association

MAY 20, 2025

It sets the legal foundation for stablecoins in financial services, shaping how firms can operate and innovate. The proposed framework gives much-needed regulatory clarity, which will accelerate innovation. The UKs new regulatory framework for stablecoins and its implications for payment firms. Why is it important? What’s next?

Stablecoins 88

Stablecoins Cross-Border Issuers Regulations 88

The Payments Association

APRIL 14, 2025

Active participation in the consultation process will be key to anticipating the impact and shaping future compliance strategies. Next steps/action required: Participate in upcoming FCA consultations to influence the development of regulations and stay informed about specific requirements. to 1.15% for debit cards and from 0.3%

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Regulations ISO 20022 Cross-Border Legal 88

The Payments Association

MARCH 18, 2025

The Feds move may reshape how crypto firms access banking services, with wide implications for payments and financial innovation. now takes a step toward embracing crypto by fostering a holistic approach that balances innovation with consumer protection. Why is it important? What’s next? Several large U.S.

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