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

The Payments Association

Usage patterns differ, technological approaches diverge, and key challengesfrom privacy concerns to merchant adoptionremain unresolved. Early deployments across Asia, the Caribbean, and Europe reveal how people are using CBDCs, how merchants are responding, and what this means for cross-border payments in an increasingly interconnected world.

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The Journey of Payments and Clearing Systems in India

Finextra

Introduction of MICR Cheques (1980s): Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) technology was introduced for faster and more accurate processing of cheques, reducing manual intervention. Electronic Clearing Service (ECS) (1990s): Introduced for bulk, repetitive payments like salary disbursements and utility bill collections.

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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 UKs payments landscape is at an inflexion point. Swift uses its Payment Pre-validation service to connect different Verification of Payee (VoP) schemes.

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iNet Aligns With Saudi Vision 2030 Through ACI Worldwide Partnership Expansion

The Fintech Times

iNet , the independent Saudi Central Bank-licensed network service provider (NSP), is supporting the growth of the Kingdom’s fintech sector by becoming a part of global paytech ACI Worldwide ‘s Retail Payment Solutions (RPS) for Postilion programme.

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Oradian’s Core Banking Powers Salmon’s Quick Success in New Market

Fintech News

Banks throughout the world have accelerated down the road of technological advancement in the last decade. of all monthly retail payments to digital transactions. However, meeting the needs of customers unfamiliar with current banking technologies is its own challenge, requiring Salmon to adopt a very customer-centric approach.

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How are digital IDs reshaping industries for a secure and seamless future?

The Payments Association

The widespread shift to online reliance has created a greater demand for accessing various services online, including government public services and online retail payments. Additionally, standardisation of digital IDs is required to ensure they are interoperable with TSA systems.

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Finovate Global: Talking Fintech Regulation in the European Union with EverC’s Maya Shabi

Finovate

Many FIs need to significantly upgrade their payment processing systems to handle real-time transactions, which also need to uphold fraud detection and AML/CTF rules in real time. Egyptian financial services company Paymob secured a Retail Payment Services (RPS) license from the Central Bank of the UAE. raised $4.5