PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

These challenges are only exacerbated when payments move across international borders, usually accomplished via correspondence banking. Banks are typically required to establish direct links with financial institutions (FIs) in other nations to make or receive cross-border payments.

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Payments Source

AUGUST 8, 2018

The fact remains that the vast majority of international payments are still done via banks and through the correspondent (SWIFT) network, writes Rosie Faulkner, vice president and money laundering reporting officer at Earthport.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2018

Competition in the cross-border payments market is on the rise as blockchain firm Ripple and payments messaging company SWIFT vie for market leadership. The company also launched a partnership earlier this year with Spain’s Banco Santander to develop a cross-border payments service based on XCurrent.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2018

SWIFT said Tuesday (December 18) that its SWIFT gpi payment service is being used for more than half of SWIFT’s cross-border traffic. The pace of its adoption since its launch in early 2017 is particularly impressive; less than two years since its launch, gpi is rapidly becoming the cross-border standard. “The

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

When PYMNTS asked cross-border payments experts at the end of last year what they thought the driving trend would be for the industry in 2018, the consensus was all about collaboration , particularly between banks and FinTech firms. “The modern-day client expects a seamless transaction experience,” he said.

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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. “Adoption of ISO 20022 will continue the transformation of correspondent banking already ongoing,” SWIFT said in its announcement.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

PYMNTS recently spoke with Saqib Sheikh, global head of SWIFT’s ISO 20022 program, to learn more about SWIFT’s commitment to assist the financial community in the transition to the new standard in cross-border payments: ISO 20022. In 2004, financial institutions around the world had had enough.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2018

In this case, distance applies to cross-border activity. SWIFT , the messaging service, said earlier this week that its SWIFT global payments innovation (gpi) service is being used for a majority — as in 55 percent — of its cross-border traffic.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2019

It may seem that cross-border payments were in the … well … crosshairs this past week, with a number of country-by-country and company-by-company initiatives using blockchain and other methods to speed payments and lower fees. These shortcomings make the cross-border payment industry ripe for disruption and innovation.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

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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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 2, 2024

StoneX has announced that it is one of the first financial organizations to enable Swift ’s new leading-edge solution for cross-border payments. Cross-border payments have long been a complex area marked by ongoing regulatory and compliance changes, bank offline hours, and increasing competition.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

For example, tech giant IBM said it launched, via blockchain, its Blockchain World Wire, which is billed as a cross-border payment system that is powered by the Stellar blockchain network. It further adds: “It all means funds can now be transferred at a fraction of the cost and time of traditional correspondent banking.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

A new API standard for the pre-authorization of funds is being rolled out by SWIFT, clearing a path for a revolution in financial services enabled by open banking, the company said in a press release on Thursday (Sept. Earlier this year, SWIFT rolled out its Pay Later API standard. “In

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Cross-border payments still present challenges , but the landscape is changing rapidly. . Swift recently announced that its gpi service can integrate with domestic real-time systems to facilitate rapid cross-border transactions. Traditionally, most cross-border payments are made through Swift.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2019

The modern-day financial services landscape has a need for speed, and one of the slowest areas of the market can be seen in cross-border payments. Remittance and peer-to-peer payment technologies have accelerated transaction speeds for consumers tired of waiting days for money to move across borders.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Rather than relying on the global SWIFT system, which can often incorporate numerous correspondent banks and take longer to resolve, the Emburse Global Reimbursements technology will use TransferWise's own accounts to exchange foreign currency using the mid-market exchange rate.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Money constantly flows across borders in the increasingly interconnected global economy, from workers overseas back to their families, and from buyers to their suppliers. Distributed ledger technologies (DLT) have also been considered for facilitating both P2P remittances and B2B cross-border payments.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2016

SWIFT’s year has been filled with controversy, the apex of which occurred when reports surfaced that cyberthieves infiltrated Bangladesh Bank via the SWIFT messaging system in February, resulting in $81 million stolen from the bank’s account at the New York Federal Reserve.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Individual jurisdictions around the globe are pressing for both faster and more efficient cross-border payments. China’s central bank, for instance, took steps last month to boost the efficiency of cross-border transactions involving Chinese parties by lengthening its clearing window time span. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2017

SWIFT is opening up its KYC registry to more banks around the globe. Expanding access to the registry means its members will benefit from more information and collaboration in their correspondent banking and funds distribution networks, SWIFT said. The Registry enables banks and FIs to share and access KYC data and documents.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2017

With lack of visibility into the correspondent banking system a top challenge for B2B payments, SWIFT is rolling out a way for payers to track their cross-border payments in real time. SWIFT gpi targets companies with a global presence conducting cross-border transactions.

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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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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

To that end, IBM said it launched its Blockchain World Wire , billed as a cross-border payment system that is powered by the Stellar blockchain network. The company said that the Blockchain World Wire can simultaneously clear and settle cross-border payments in near real time. SWIFT, Too.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Bank Of America Wields SWIFT gpi. Bank of America has built a new solution using SWIFT's gpi rail, which integrates with domestic rails, to enable cross-border payment tracking for its corporate customers. Scotiabank Launches Real-Time Payments For Businesses.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

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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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Earlier this year, Spain-based CaixaBank was one of six financial institutions in the country to sign up for the Swift global payments innovation (Swift gpi), the new standard for cross-border payments that promise to improve the customer experience by increasing speed, transparency and end-to-end tracking.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Consumers may secure the majority of payments innovation efforts, but when it comes to cross-border payments, the opportunity undoubtedly lies in corporate transactions. The next-highest category, consumer-to-business (C2B) cross-border payments, paled in comparison at just $54 billion.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2019

One of the most promising use cases, he said, is in the friction companies experience moving money within the organization itself — that is, making payments to subsidiaries or business units, particularly when those entities exist across borders. Cross-Border Payments Friction. Yet the pain points continue.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 21, 2024

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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Finovate

APRIL 9, 2024

This includes offshore banking for international contractors, banking platforms for nonprofits and cross-border businesses, and white-label bonding solutions for insurance agents. Infinity is a banking and payments platform for cross-border businesses in India.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

The urgency to develop more efficient infrastructures is being driven by the rise of the global economy, with banks and businesses seeking solutions that enable them to move money between borders swiftly and securely. The SWIFT gpi pilot is not the only partnership aimed at improving the cross-border payments infrastructure.

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The Fintech Times

OCTOBER 21, 2024

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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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

It seems that’s the journey for cross-border payments, which are in the midst of a digital disruption as innovators focus on addressing a range of friction points, from sluggish speeds to high costs. Only a few years ago, small businesses lagged in global payments technology uptake. In the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2016

Payments messaging firm SWIFT is looking to gain support for its global payments initiative and, most recently, announced the latest backers of the pilot program. Their commitment is a testament to the initiative and our joint ambition to significantly improve the cross-border payments experience for corporate customers,” he continued. “As

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2016

As of today, 73 new banks have signed on to Swift’s Global payments initiative. The goal of the project is to expand the payment services and experience for customers by upping the speed, transparency and predictability of cross-border payments.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Many consumers’ financial needs revolve around international transactions, meaning they require banking services that can help them smoothly make or receive cross-border payments. Many barriers stand in the way of swift and affordable remittances, however. Legacy Remittance Pains. percent on average. A BaaS Boost.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2020

And as cross-border transactions grow more difficult as traditional correspondent banking relationships dissipate, the demand for alternative methods of moving funds will grow. “Crypto is just another payment channel, like SEPA, SWIFT or payment cards,” noted Karalevi? ”

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