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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. ISO 20022 will modernize international and domestic payment rails, enabling right and new payment services.”

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SWIFT Reveals New API Standard For Pre-Authorization Of Funds

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The new pre-authorization standard is now available for developers of APIs to adopt and use. In July, SWIFT released its first set of guidelines for financial institutions using the ISO 20022 payments messaging standard to complete cross-border transactions.

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Smarter Payments Tracker Eyes Interoperability

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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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Collaboration Is Key For Consensus On Cross-Border Payments

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In an interview with PYMNTS , Citi’s Global Head of Payments and Receivables Manish Kohli explained how APIs that pre-validate payments data can reduce errors and costs while improving speed.

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

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In 2017, the European Payments Council launched the pan-European Single Euro Payments Area ( SEPA ) Instant Credit Transfer System, and Southeast Asian countries Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam agreed to establish a real-time cross-border payments network. and Australia’s NPP. Challenges Aren’t Universal.

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

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Indeed, making payments across borders remains one of the biggest pain points for small- and medium-sized businesses, as well as one of the biggest opportunities for FinTechs and other FinServ providers, thanks to the continued lack of transparency and speed in traditional global payment methods that rely on the correspondent banking system.