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Mastercard Transforms Cross-Border Payments for Banks With Industry-First Innovation

Fintech Finance

Mastercard introduced a new product innovation, Mastercard Move Commercial Payments, that will enable banks to facilitate near real-time, predictable and transparent commercial cross-border payments. Fully compatible with existing correspondent banking arrangements between respondents and correspondents.

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Report: Helping Banks Speed Payments Cross Border And Make A Clean Correspondent Bank Break

PYMNTS

Cross-border payments are a necessary, yet often frustrating part of the world economy, with international transactions prone to overlapping government regulations, excessive fees and slow processing times. The rising global value of cross-border payments has been slowed somewhat by the ongoing pandemic.

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

The Fintech Times

Global asset manager and Swiss bank UBS has developed and successfully piloted a blockchain-based payment solution, aiming to increase efficiency and transparency, as well as enable the programmability of money movements for corporate and institutional clients. UBS Digital Cash looks to facilitate timely payment processing to combat this.

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Re-Examining The Role Of Correspondent Banking

PYMNTS

More money crossing borders digitally. Fewer correspondent banks to move that money. For instance, the number of active correspondent banks fell about 23 percent in advanced economies, but as much as 41 percent in developing nations. And the hallmark of that money movement — a lack of transparency and speed.

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New Mastercard Move Commercial Payments Solution Addresses Cross-Border ‘Pain Points’

The Fintech Times

Payments giant Mastercard has launched a new cross-border payments solution in a move to simplify operations, optimise liquidity, reduce counterparty risk and provide end-to-end visibility for banks and their customers.

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New BIS Project Explores Wholesale CBDC for Faster, Cheaper Cross Border Payments

Fintech News

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has launched Project Rialto to test the potential for improving instant cross-border payments through a combination of a modular foreign exchange (FX) component and wholesale central bank digital currencies (wCBDC).

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Mastercard to Offer Real Time Cross-Border Payments for Commercial Clients

Finovate

Mastercard launched Move Commercial Payments , a real-time cross-border payments solution that operates 24/7. Mastercard unveiled an offering this week that will allow commercial users to make cross-border payments in near-real-time. These elements help banks maximize operational efficiency while minimizing risk.