Fintech Finance

AUGUST 6, 2025

Finzly , a leader in modern, API-first payment infrastructure, announced its preparation to support stablecoin and tokenized deposits —adding to its platform that already supports Fedwire, RTP, FedNow, ACH, SWIFT, and cross-border rails. globally when utilizing stablecoins according to CoinLaw.

Stablecoins

Finextra

JULY 27, 2025

Emergence of SWIFT & RTP: The 1980s–1990s saw global messaging standards (MT-103, MT-202) and real-time rails (Fedwire, TARGET2) democratize cross-border settlement but reliance on intermediaries, queue times, and compliance checks remained major pain points.

CBDC

Finextra

JULY 2, 2025

Companies published sustainability reports to satisfy investors and regulators, but these reports stayed in annual documents and never touched daily payment systems. Banks and Fintechs now add sustainability scores to every payment. ESG reporting started as a voluntary effort. Anticipated Future of ESG-linked Instruments 1.

Transactions

Finextra

JULY 9, 2025

With APIs, ISO 20022 messaging, and global collaborations, real-time payments are transforming the way companies operate across borders. With APIs, ISO 20022 messaging, and global collaborations, real-time payments are transforming the way companies operate across borders.

Real Time Payments

Finextra

JUNE 19, 2025

On-Demand 230 registered Online Join this Webinar How is the macro-economic environment reshaping global trade and payment requirements? Currency diversification is accelerating; how are geo-political tensions and shifting trade flows reshaping global payment demands?

Multi-Currency

Fintech News

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Nium, a global payments infrastructure provider, announced that financial institutions can now connect to its real-time payments network using their existing Swift infrastructure. This eliminates the need for complex and costly API integrations, making cross-border payments faster and more affordable.

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech News

AUGUST 8, 2024

This connectivity is not just a technical necessity but a strategic imperative for seamless settlement, reconciliation and post-trade operations, enhanced transparency, and operational efficiency. As the industry evolves, adopting robust standards like ISO 20022 becomes crucial for driving these benefits.

ISO 20022

Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Nium , the leading global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, today announced a partnership with Ecobank Transnational Incorporated., the leading independent pan-African financial services group, to enable seamless cross-border payments across 35 African markets for more than 32 million customers.

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Nium , the leading global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, today announced that financial institutions can now leverage Swift capabilities and their existing Swift infrastructure to connect to Nium’s global real-time payments network.

Real Time Payments

The Payments Association

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Based on the European Central Bank’s revealed statistics for 2024, the total number of digital payments in the euro area in the first half of 2024 increased by 7.4% Is the industry prepared to handle the growth in digital-first payments, or will slow adopters be left scrambling to retrofit legacy infrastructures?

ISO 20022

Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Volante Technologies , the global leader in Payments as a Service (PaaS) , is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Standard Bank , Africa’s biggest bank by assets, to modernise payment infrastructure across the African continent.

ISO 20022

Fintech News

JULY 3, 2024

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and its partners have revealed the comprehensive blueprint for phase three of Project Nexus, which seeks to address longstanding challenges in international money transfers by leveraging the power of domestic instant payment systems (IPS). trillion by 2025.

Cross-Border Payments

PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2019

Payments processing and financial message integration company Volante Technologies is expanding its Payments-as-a-Service offering for financial institutions in the U.S. and cross-border payments. and cross-border payments. financial institutions.

ISO 20022

Fintech Review

APRIL 9, 2025

Dubai, UAE, April 10th, 2025, FinanceWire XDC Network continues to strengthen its ecosystem with the launch of XDC.Cash, a Next-Generation Crypto Payment Solution powered by Encryptus. This integration ensures competitive, near-interbank ratesespecially in frontier markets where traditional financial services often fall short.

ISO 20022

The Payments Association

MAY 16, 2025

Merchant-facing regulation: What merchants need to know in 2025 15 May 2025 by Payments Intelligence LinkedIn Email X WhatsApp What is this article about? The regulatory framework governing payments continues to expand in scope, with increasing implications for merchants operating in the UK and EU. Why is it important? for credit.

Regulations

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The payment messaging entity SWIFT this past week began implementing its SWIFTNet Instant service that is tied to the Eurosystem’s TARGET Instant Payment Settlement service. The service, as has been reported, lets customers make instant payments from inside the Single Euro Payments Area (also known as SEPA ).

Instant Payments

The Fintech Times

JUNE 5, 2025

Deutsche Bank and Mastercard expand open banking payments Deutsche Bank and Mastercard unveiled a strategic partnership to expand open banking and transform payment experiences across Europe. The collaboration will enhance Deutsche Banks Merchant Solutions by integrating Mastercards open banking technology.

ISO 20022

The Fintech Times

MAY 28, 2024

Earlier this year, AccessPay , the bank integration provider, closed a strategic funding round at $24million to boost its expansion plans across the US and supercharge its R&D efforts in fraud and error prevention. Our bank integration solution connects back-office systems directly to banks. By accident, if I’m being honest.

ISO 20022

PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2019

Expanding operations to reach customers like these requires that businesses not only offer appealing products and services, but also provide payment experiences that are both convenient for consumers and easy for the companies to manage. Selling to overseas subscribers means businesses must handle payments in multiple currencies.

Cross-Border

PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2018

Corporate treasurer gets an alert via smartwatch that a payment is due to a supplier. Payment is due at 5:00 p.m. – Payment is done, B2B, with literally a flick of the wrist. The most important attribute of payments may be, via conventional wisdom, perceived to be speed. But to the swiftest goes the payments race?

B2B

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

And B2B payments , too. In a months-long series of interviews and fireside chats conducted and hosted by PYMNTS, payments executives, investors, bankers and economists weighed in on where we’ve been — and where we must go. Buyers and suppliers don’t really care about the network, but they want to have the payment.

Checks

The Payments Association

APRIL 14, 2025

Payments regulation roadmap: Q2 2025 14 April 2025 by Payments Intelligence LinkedIn Email X WhatsApp What is the roadmap about? It provides a structured view of the regulatory developments set to shape the payments sector from Q2 2025 onwardsacross the UK, EU, and international markets. Why is it important? What’s next?

Regulations