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Strategic agreement between EPI and EuroPA: building a unified European digital payments network

Finextra

EuroPA is an alliance of national digital payment champions โ€“ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜(Italy), ๐—•๐—ถ๐˜‡๐˜‚๐—บ (Spain), ๐— ๐—• ๐—ช๐—”๐—ฌ (Portugal), ๐—•๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ (Poland), ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ (Greece), and ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜† (Nordics). Wero enables instant, account-to-account (A2A) payments without relying on traditional card networks.

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The Not-So-Beaten Path To B2B Payments Real-Time Ubiquity

PYMNTS

According to Tom Halpin, head of payment products at HSBC , faster and real-time payment services donโ€™t only provide the value of speed for corporate clients, especially in the context of cross-border transactions. Progress in Tackling Cross-Border Payments Friction.

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India's Bharat QR rolls out, backed by payment card networks

Payments Source

India's latest government-supported payments initiative, Bharat QR, officially launched on Monday, aiming to provide an interoperable mobile payments platform linking small merchants and consumers across channels via several major card payment networks.

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Will National Payment System Interoperability Pull the Rug From Under Stablecoins?

The Fintech Times

As national payment infrastructures become more interoperable and networked on a regional, and soon global, scale, stablecoins may start to lose their perceived โ€˜indisputableโ€™ advantages in the cross-border sector. Will the rug be pulled from under stablecoins by incumbent instant payment schemes?

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AFFIN BANK Partners With ACI Worldwide to Modernise Payments for Malaysian Businesses

Fintech Finance

It will enable interoperability among PayNet, RENTAS, and SWIFT using ISO 20022 standards. As the industry adopts ISO 20022 globally, this modernisation solution meets regulatory mandates, improves system resilience, and integrates future payment services. AFFIN will handle over 20% more transactions, supporting growth and scalability.

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To Accelerate Payments, Mix Rails Or Nix Rails?

PYMNTS

Jack Henry Associates announced last week that it has on-boarded an additional 15 financial institutions to The Clearing Houseโ€™s RTP network in the latest sign of faster payments gaining traction in the U.S. Faster Payments Interoperability is a Must. A new report from the U.S. On Monday (Nov. 4), the U.S.

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Rediscovering The Missing Principles Of Faster Payments

PYMNTS

Developing and deploying faster payments initiatives is top of mind for many countries around the globe, but making those talks a reality is a whole different story. market specifically, itโ€™s up for debate whether the many faster payment schemes are actually complementary or conflicting. In the U.S. Coopetition Is Key .