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UBS Successfully Pilots Blockchain-based Payment Solution for Cross-Border Transactions

The Fintech Times

Companies should also be able to manage intraday liquidity and adjust liquidity buffers on their accounts more easily in the future, thanks to enhanced visibility of their total cash positions. Cross-border payments often lead to delayed settlements, creating a fragmented view of liquidity positions for companies.

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Deep Dive: How Regulatory Compliance Tools Help Keep Remittances Flowing

PYMNTS

Reducing fees for remittances might push price points low enough that more consumers could resume sending money home, though, and some researchers believe that money transfer service providers could make such price adjustments if they are able to reduce their own expenses through more robust and cost-effective regulatory compliance measures. .

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Cloud Banking Next Step In FI Modernization

PYMNTS

These architectures rely on robust built-in automation so that [the platform can adjust capacity automatically] as volumes change,” Ramón Villarreal , global architect of financial services for Red Hat, told PYMNTS. “It The first is improved speed, shown by the adoption of cloud technology from global payments network SWIFT.

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TransferWise On The Faster Future Of Cross-Border Payments

PYMNTS

The traditional correspondent banking network is one major speedbump that stops financial institutions (FIs) from providing speedy, inexpensive, cross-currency and cross-border transfers, Lembo explained, but financial services providers can adopt new technology and approaches to safely streamline these transactions.

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New Report: Banking-As-A-Service Takes Friction Out Of Remittances

PYMNTS

Many consumers move to new countries to pursue economic opportunities, but adjusting to these locations also requires learning the ins and outs of new financial systems — a transition that can be filled with friction. Legacy banks often send remittances over correspondent banking networks, which can drive up costs.

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Corporates Play Payment Rail Musical Chairs

PYMNTS

The coronavirus pandemic has some organizations playing payment rails musical chairs in their accounts payable (AP) departments as they adjust payment strategies (and methods) to suit their needs in a volatile, remote working environment. Exploring Correspondent Banking Alternatives. ”

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Key learnings from 2024’s biggest financial crime fines

The Payments Association

Inadequate risk management and due diligence : Institutions faced challenges in ensuring effective customer risk profiling and due diligence, particularly for high-risk clients and correspondent banking relationships. October 2024: TD Bank$3 BillionAML TD Bank was fined $3 billion, including a $1.3