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Project Guardian: Interoperability From Tokenised Bank Liabilities Could Save Firms $50bn in FX Fees

The Fintech Times

As a Project Guardian participant, Ant International also leveraged its blockchain-based Whale platform to develop a global treasury management use case for real-time multi-currency clearing and settlement. By enabling interoperability between bank solutions, payments can be completed 24/7 with FX settlement conducted in real-time.

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Digital Rupiah Inches Closer with Successful Completion of PoC

Fintech News

Indonesia has reached a significant milestone in its journey toward exploring the potential of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) with the completion of the Proof of Concept (PoC) for the wholesale Digital Rupiah under the auspices of Bank Indonesias Project Garuda.

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USDC Stablecoin Integrated into Core Banking by Matera and Circle

Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

This marks the first time a banking technology provider in the region has natively integrated USDC, aiming to bridge digital currencies and traditional financial systems. dollars, Matera’s clients can offer USDC as a balance option, enabling users to send, receive, and pay with USDC globally as easily as with local currency.

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Ripple Payments Combines With OpenPayd Fiat Infrastructure to Simplify Global Money Movement

The Fintech Times

Through the new partnership, OpenPayd will support Ripple’s cross-border payments solution, Ripple Payments, with its global fiat infrastructure, including real-time payment rails, multi-currency accounts and virtual IBANs.

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Fiserv unveils stablecoin for banks

Finextra

Using stablecoin infrastructure from Paxos and Circle, FIUSD is being pitched as a bank-friendly coin, offering clients an efficient and interoperable digital asset service for their banking and payment flows.

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

Fintech News

In particular, its DBS Globesend solution for cross-border payments spans 132 currencies and 190 countries. Nium operates a payout network that supports 100 currencies and which spans more than 220 markets, 100 of which in real-time. DBS Bank is also a participating bank in PayNow, Singapores consumer real-time payments service.

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Greater Flexibility: BVNK Wallet Offers Stablecoin, Crypto and Fiat Payments All in One Place

The Fintech Times

BVNK will hold on to or exchange balances and deal with third-party payments through its multi-rail access, all in a single product. But theyre not perfect for every use case and moving money between traditional currencies and stablecoins is still challenging. Why stablecoins?