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PYMNTS recently spoke with Saqib Sheikh, global head of SWIFT’s ISO20022 program, to learn more about SWIFT’s commitment to assist the financial community in the transition to the new standard in cross-border payments: ISO20022. However, at the moment, not all financial institutions are using the standard.
Swift drives global interoperability and innovation, aligning with the UK’s National Payments Vision to enhance seamless, secure payments. This is an example of how the scale of the Swift network can be leveraged to interoperate market infrastructures to enhance the user experience.
Bottomline helps financial institutions modernise their payments infrastructure and enable multi-rail connectivity, while also supporting their readiness for industry-wide mandates and initiatives such as ISO20022 and those similar to Project Nexus. Why is ISO20022 adoption crucial for banks aiming to leverage Nexus?
The processes included converting reserve account balances into digital Rupiah and vice versa, ensuring seamless interoperability with Bank Indonesias Real-Time Gross Settlement (BI-RTGS) system. Following the success of the Immediate State, the Intermediate State phase will expand digital asset usecases.
Tokenisation is now a core enabler of secure, interoperable digital paymentspowering embedded finance, asset tokenisation, and evolving identity flows. Once a system for masking sensitive data, tokenisation has evolved into a foundational technology for enabling secure, interoperable, and scalable digital payments.
Interoperability across multiple domestic and international card schemes without cobadging constraints. The initial protocols were refined, expanded, and formalized into a globally recognized suite of ISO20022-based standards. Initiatives are also exploring Instant Payment usecases based on nexo frameworks.
By addressing focused usecases, banks can reduce risk, improve ROI, and incrementally build toward a fully modernised, scalable banking, cards, loans and payments infrastructure.
The ISO20022 payments messaging standard — and faster payment networks’ adoption of it — has proven to be a significant value-add to financial service providers’ faster payments offerings. A lack of interoperability between local payment networks is among the largest of those hurdles, said Halpin.
As Nilixa Devlukia, CEO at Payments Solved, observes, these projects illustrate the benefits of shared infrastructure, adding that technical standards are beneficial to building interoperable CBDCs that function seamlessly across borders and jurisdictions.
Airlines already have mobile boarding passes generated at check-in to expedite boarding, and some work has been done within the airline mobile application; United is a good example usecase, eliminating a traditional ID requirement at check-in including baggage. Security does allow passengers to opt out of any biometric identification.
Faster Payments Council (FPC) , a membership organization devoted to advancing safe, easy-to-use faster payments in the United States, today published its latest research report, titled The Practicalities of Cross-Border Payments in a Faster Payments World.
Financial Institutions are enabling usecases and improving send reach that allows customers to manage their cash on hand and easily disburse payments up to the due date while maintaining a positive account status and avoiding late fees. Speakers: Laura Sullivan, Form3; Kenneth T.P.
Against that backdrop of moving away from paper payments, and toward ubiquitous real-time payments, TCH’s Waterhouse said there’s probably not a usecase “that’s going to tip the scale here.” But he pointed to a usecase that might be a bit under the radar. Interoperability In Focus .
ISO20022, which is designed to set the tone for global financial industry messages, provides a standardized approach to building messaging standards across financial services. “They are trying to maintain interoperability from a global perspective and also trying to achieve that standardization,” he explained.
And there’ll be quite a bit of tinkering with the technology (especially the infrastructure) and the usecases to get there. Interoperability Is Key. To get there, interoperability is key, said Cunha. Digital dollars are a maybe – but if so, not for a while. No Race To Rollout .
With the system joining the existing RTP system, both promising to modernize the way money moves and allow for greater use of instant payments, it seems the shift to real-time payments is 'inevitable'. Whether we will see these services gain traction is tied to what many believe to be a major hurdle–interoperability.
Banks must understand that shift in order to uncover the most valuable B2B usecases, he said – and that means not only embracing new payments technology, but also adopting new business models that can address the shifting needs of corporates. Uncovering The B2B UseCases. A Payments Culture Shift.
These comment letters highlighted the need for features to address accessibility, interoperability, security, liquidity, and fraud prevention,” Montgomery said. Looking Toward Interoperability And Scale . Interoperability is a core component” of FedNow, said Montgomery.
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. Depending on the usecase and the corporate need, he told Webster, supporting different rails makes sense.
and ISO20022 Compliance With the recent launch of XDC2.0, XDC Network is ISO20022 -compliant, aligning with the global messaging standard. ISO20022 is an international standard for electronic data interchange between financial institutions. Powered by XDC2.0
The Nets deal, he recounted, follows logically from recent acquisitions, like Vocalink, where infrastructure was the focus but now looks toward applications and new usecases as revenue drivers. The UseCases. The second usecase on offer revolves around bill presentment and payment.
Different countries operate on different messaging systems, a challenge that can be addressed by standards such as ISO20022. Usecases that are gaining ground in Australia, Houseman said, include property settlement — purchases of houses, for example. Signing On, With ROI in Sight.
Not all that long ago, the first usecases of faster payments were promoted and embraced by payments-focused firms such as payroll providers or third-party payment processors. Scaffidi said the security and transparency embedded in ISO20022 are especially valuable for cross-border B2B payments. “If
The increased use and adoption of P2P technologies, like Zelle and Venmo, demonstrates the consumer demand for this type of frictionless payment option. Settling funds faster, no matter the usecase, benefits the entire ecosystem, and takes liquidity risk out of the equation. The financial institutions in the U.S.
There are some really strong usecases [of real-time payments] that could address inefficiencies in government payments, if you look at it from a perspective of what the government could get done in areas like tax payments and disbursements like social security,” said Killam. “You What’s especially noteworthy in the current U.S.
The summit will focus on two key themes, AI and blockchain, and will explore visionary ideas, showcase real-world usecases, and discuss the foundational elements necessary for driving purpose-driven innovation in the financial market.
On the one hand,” he said, the initial uptake of the SEPA scheme shows that that “makes sense,” and that initial usecases and transaction limits (more on both in a moment) satisfy at least some demands coming from the markets. Data formats rely on ISO20022, as the EPC has stated in the past. The Spark, Then Ignition.
But speed is not enough, he added, as payment rails also need to include better data and widespread availability around the clock and interoperability that can support open usecases. Ubiquity and scale and standards, such as ISO20022, are necessary to move money.
This shift underlines the global race to upgrade core systems, particularly with looming deadlines for regulatory mandates like ISO20022. APACs focus on cross-border interoperability, in addition to domestic improvements, highlights the regions commitment to maximising the benefits of real-time payments. the previous year.
These tests explored questions on the applicability of DLT for the Rupiah Digital, the integration of smart contracts for transaction efficiency, and the system’s interoperability with Bank Indonesias Real-Time Gross Settlement (BI-RTGS) system and other financial market infrastructures.
Immediate focus areas include fraud prevention, ISO20022 readiness, and stablecoin regulationbut longer-term success depends on active engagement with consultations, operational resilience, and global alignment. ISO20022 also unlocks improvements in fraud detection, regulatory reporting, and data analytics.
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