The Payments Association

JULY 3, 2025

Part 1 gives critical business insights into: Key trends expanding the cross-border payments economy How the ISO 20022 payments messaging standard will transform speed, data quality, and reconciliation globally. How Blockchain Technology Is Streamlining Treasury Management. Click here to download the report.

Cross-Border

The Payments Association

JUNE 9, 2025

Wider interoperability ISO 20022 interoperability RT2 implements ISO 20022 as its native messaging standard, unlocking enhanced interoperability and richer data capabilities across both domestic and international payment flows. This supports automated processes, better treasury management, and faster decision-making.

ISO 20022

Finextra

JULY 2, 2025

Tokenized Sustainability Credits: Corporates can settle parts of cross-border payments with on-chain carbon tokens or biodiversity credits, automating offset procurement during reconciliation. Data & Messaging Standards: ISO 20022 Extensions: Pacs.00x offset purchase) where needed. carbon score, green flag).

Transactions

Finextra

JULY 27, 2025

Large corporates built bespoke treasury systems to manage multi-bank transfers, FX conversion and reconciliation. ESG-Tagged Treasury Corporates earn “green rebates” when funds cycle through sustainable project wallets. End-to-End Flow Invoice Ingestion: Corporate ERP POSTs invoice data; triggers off-chain reconciliation rules.

CBDC

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Panelists included Sarah Billings , PNC’s senior vice president and head of payments product, operations and strategy; Bridgit Chayt , Fifth Third Bank’s senior vice president and director of commercial payments and treasury management; and infrastructure expert Domenico Scaffidi of Volante Technologies. Eyeing Efficiency . Looking Ahead.

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

Volante Technologies , which works in cloud payments and financial messaging, is working with Citi to expedite Citi’s adoption of the ISO 20022 financial messaging standard, according to a press release.

ISO 20022

PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

“Processing corporate payments as peer-to-peer, directly on blockchains, gives for instant settlement and, therefore, real-time reconciliation and accounting,” the company said. Real-time payments and reconciliation, the company added, could be a major boost to corporate cash management efforts, too.

Blockchain