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SWIFT Signals Further Openness To Blockchain?

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Elsewhere, Forbes said, per an interview with Craig Ramsey, head of real-time payments (RTP) at ACI Worldwide, that 2019 will see “significant” strides in real-time payments. The year] 2019 is about Request For Payment (RFP). That is going to be a big driver [in new] services,” he said.

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Past Lessons May Prove Invaluable For US Real-Time Payments Rollout

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“Real-time payments support many use cases that previously were not achievable or which could only run over card rails, and the card rails are very suitable for a pull model,” Hay explained, “whereas real-time payments support the credit push model.”. Luckily, U.S. I think the U.S. is in a good position.