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. Tokens move from corporate CBDC wallet to beneficiary’s account.

CBDC

PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2019

Payments messaging company SWIFT said it will test gpi Link, “a gateway to interlink eCommerce and trading platforms with the SWIFT gpi payment service.”.

SWIFT

PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2019

Payments messaging company SWIFT said it will test gpi Link, “a gateway to interlink ecommerce and trading platforms with the SWIFT gpi payment service.”.

SWIFT

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2016

23, the industry welcomed the rollout of ubiquitous faster payments to every consumer and business in the U.S. NACHA’s launch of Same Day ACH ushered in three settlement windows, enabling ACH payments to be received same day. via all banks and credit unions. The Road To Process Improvement.

Same Day ACH

PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

The faster payments landscape is changing rapidly, most recently with the U.S. Federal Reserve’s announcement that it will launch its own real-time payment and settlement system called FedNow.

On-Demand

PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2017

Real-time payments initiatives are under way all across the globe, but there is little consistency across jurisdictions regarding how the financial services sector takes on the initiative or where each market is at in terms of progress in achieving real-time payments capabilities. In the U.S.,

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

To move forward, the Fed said it will support a working group and other collaborative efforts to continue developing a faster payments ecosystem for the nation, and work with industry stakeholders to address gaps and requirements for real-time payments settlement.

Fed