PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Amid stricter checks for money laundering, banks are moving away from the international money transfer practice known as correspondent banking. The shift could possibly cause payments to move underground and particularly impact nations that are dependent on remittances, Reuters reported. Correspondent banking decreased by 4.1

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

Payments messaging firm SWIFT has released its first set of guidelines for financial institutions using the ISO 20022 payments messaging standard to complete cross-border transactions. “International payments often contain unstructured and ambiguous transaction data, causing unnecessary delays and failed processing.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Criticism of the world’s correspondent banking network continues to mount — and at the same time, the number of correspondent banking relationships is on the decline. The Financial Stability Board released analysis last year that found SWIFT interbank payment messages reflected a 4.1

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Fintech News

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Whether you’re a small company or a large bank, the challenge remains: ensuring that every payment instruction contains the correct data in the right format.” ” For FIs, the consequences are equally daunting, as they face expenses associated with the correspondent banking network.

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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.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

“We asked, ‘How can we achieve full payment so the beneficiary can get the money in full … and the senders know how much they’re going to be charged and [everyone] knows exactly when it gets there?’”. Cross-border payments have gained prominence for a few related reasons. Remittances on the Rise. Challenges Aren’t Universal.

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Most notably, the European Payment Council ’s ‘One-Leg Out Instant Credit Transfer (OCT Inst)’ scheme went live in December. “This creates the opportunity for correspondent banks to route and settle payments via a real-time payment infrastructure rather than the Real Time Gross Settlement rail, the only option previously.

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