Finextra

JUNE 18, 2024

Bank-to-bank payment messaging network Swift is working to facilitate interoperability of Verifcation of Payee schemes across Europe as new research shows that 83% of SMEs across France, Germany, Italy and Spain rank upfront beneficiary checks as important to them in trading across borders.

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SWIFT Payee Interoperability Payment Message 132

PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2017

Financial messaging firm SWIFT made its first public embrace of blockchain technology last year with a whitepaper exploring the use of the technology for smart contracts. 12) said SWIFT will launch a proof-of-concept test to explore the use of blockchain technology for cross-border payments and settlements by banks.

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SWIFT Cross-Border Payments Blockchain Cross-Border 41

PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2018

SWIFT has offered another update on its blockchain proof of concept (PoC), reiterating its potential to enrich transaction data, support real-time liquidity management and reconciliation and more. The PoC includes 34 banks, each with their own node in SWIFT’s DLT sandbox.

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SWIFT ISO 20022 Blockchain Liquidity Management 43

PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2017

A new report from financial services company Nordea says corporates are waiting for their banks and other FinServ providers to standardize payment processes. The majority of companies surveyed by Nordea for its Future of Payments report said they are working with at least five banks for their payments and collection needs.

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ISO 20022 ISOs B2B Message Standards 77

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Payments messaging firm SWIFT announced on Tuesday (Feb. SWIFT noted that these cases present KYC challenges because data exchanged between all these parties is often incomplete or out of date. SWIFT’s KYC Registry offers entities a unified platform through which they can upload and share standardized KYC data.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

Payments messaging firm SWIFT has taken recent steps to promote interoperability of its payments network, recently announcing that it would allow blockchain platforms to loop into SWIFT’s global payments innovations (GPI) service to facilitate real-time transactions. Across the pond, meanwhile, the U.S.’s

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Interoperability ISO 20022 Cross-Border Correspondent Bank 61

PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

Financial institutions are facing increased pressure to make cross-border payments fast and seamless as consumers grow used to instant P2P payments and such products in other sectors. Recent American Express research found that greater transparency is one of the top priorities for firms that regularly make international payments.

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Cross-Border Payments Cross-Border ISO 20022 ISOs 81