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Collaboration Is Key For Consensus On Cross-Border Payments

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According to the new Simplifying Cross-Border Payments Playbook , there are five key criteria that an ideal cross-border payment solution should meet: speed, security, compliance, transparency and ubiquity. How Cross-Border Payments Are Made. So, what’s the problem? What’s Changing?

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SWIFT Readies ISO 20022 For X-Border Payments

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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. ” SWIFT pointed to the potential benefits of the ISO 20022 payments messaging standard for corporate payments in particular.

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Smarter Payments Tracker Eyes Interoperability

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Financial service providers are operating in a global payments market filled with disruption as they work to offer cross-border corporate payment services that live up to businesses’ standards. But as the Tracker explores, there are several initiatives in the works to tackle those challenges — including in the corporate sphere.

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SWIFT Reveals New API Standard For Pre-Authorization Of Funds

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In July, SWIFT released its first set of guidelines for financial institutions using the ISO 20022 payments messaging standard to complete cross-border transactions. ISO 20022 has the potential to promote efficiency in the correspondent banking community and modernize cross-border transactions.

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Global Cross-Border Payments Expected To Grow, But Challenges Remain

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Cross-border payments are expected to surge over the next few years as the economy becomes increasingly global and interconnected. The latest Smarter Payments Tracker looks at the infrastructure developments that are making cross-border payment systems faster, more seamless and interoperable. A Call for Transparency.

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 For Faster Payments, Fiat Done Digitally?  

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“The advantage of a digital, risk-free claim against the central bank is you remove the friction from the [payments] system,” Cooke said. Among the problems solved by digital fiat: Looking at speed, said Cooke, cross-border transactions can take a while. The problem exists on all fronts.

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Why Payments Are Only A Piece Of SMBs’ Global Finance Puzzle

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Yet as cross border trade picks back up, the foreign exchange and global payments needs of businesses will intensify. FXPress entered the market with a focus on cross-border payments and foreign exchange services. Beyond Payments Initiation. “But payments is just one side of the equation,” noted Conibear.