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Re-Examining The Role Of Correspondent Banking

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Fewer correspondent banks to move that money. What might replace a clunky system in a world where payments are becoming ever more global? For instance, the number of active correspondent banks fell about 23 percent in advanced economies, but as much as 41 percent in developing nations.

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

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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. Developments From Around The World of Payments Modernization. Developments From Around The World of Payments Modernization.

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How China Fuels Alternatives To Correspondent Banking

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China is a notoriously challenging jurisdiction for foreign payment service providers to operate as the nation prioritizes local industry leaders. In addition to dwindling correspondent banking relationships, this model to move funds across borders limits visibility into a payment’s progress, and often means lengthy transaction times.

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Wise Granted Direct Access to Philippines’ Instant Payments Infrastructure, Gets Settlement Account With BSP

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Wise, the global technology company building the best way to move and manage the world’s money has been granted direct access to InstaPay, the Philippines’ real-time payment system, and can also directly settle with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) real-time gross payment system, PhilPaSS Plus.

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Partior Closes Series B at US$80 Million with Deutsche Bank Investment

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Deutsche Bank’s additional investment reinforces Partior’s plans to scale its operations globally and enhance cross-border capabilities as well as develop functions like Intraday FX swaps and Just-in-Time multi-bank payments. Established in 2021 and backed by DBS Bank, J.P.

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Correspondent Banking Continues Its Decline Despite Regulator Efforts

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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.

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Bank of Kigali and KCB Group Join Pan-African Payment and Settlement System

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Kenyan bank KCB Group and the Rwanda-based Bank of Kigali have joined the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), which was launched by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat.