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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.

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Why Blockchain Holds Promise For Cross-Border Payments

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The rise of the global economy and the demand for swift and secure cross-border payments is driving the development of more efficient infrastructures, and spurring financial institutions (FIs) to experiment with emerging tech. The bank recently announced it had been testing moving international funds using Ripple.

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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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The Not-So-Beaten Path To B2B Payments Real-Time Ubiquity

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The global payments ecosystem’s path to faster and real-time payments ubiquity is an evolution, not a revolution. Among corporates, there is an increasing demand that their global payment activity is able to keep up with the pace of doing business. Progress in Tackling Cross-Border Payments Friction.

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Bank Of China Advises Country’s Banks To Avoid SWIFT Messaging

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In theory, this would help protect China’s global payments data from possible U.S. SWIFT is the world’s largest electronic payment messaging network, although it does not itself do any of the funds transfers.

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Global Payments Cybersecurity Task Force A Go

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16) said several central banks have confirmed the formation of a task force to explore cybersecurity of cross-border payments and banking to protect interbank transactions. With the pressure of cybercrime mounting in the financial services space, several central banks of the globe are joining together to figure out a strategy.

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India’s Axis Bank Joins Earthport In X-Border Payments

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Just weeks after receiving approval to facilitate cross-border payments originating from India, FinTech firm Earthport revealed its newest partner to get operations off the ground. 21) said Earthport is working with India’s third-largest bank, Axis Bank, to enable outbound global payments for its users.