Fintech News

JUNE 2, 2024

Swift, the global financial messaging cooperative, has announced two AI-driven experiments in collaboration with member banks to combat cross-border payments fraud which could potentially save the industry billions in fraud-related costs.

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Fintech News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The initiative showcases how regulatory requirements can be embedded directly into cross-border payment processes, aligning with G20 priorities to make these transactions faster and more cost-effective. We are optimistic about the potential of these early results to enhance cross border payments.”

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The Fintech Times

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Following its collaboration with Dandelion, HSBC now offers fee-free transfers to over 100 destinations in more than 60 currencies, providing a seamless, real-time payment experience that bypasses the traditional correspondent banking model. Reliance on multiple intermediaries often led to high costs and longer processing times.

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Payments Dive

AUGUST 24, 2023

The international cooperative reports improvements in meeting some G20 cross-border payments goals, but says the industry is falling short on others.

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Fintech News

MAY 21, 2024

Swift has announced a major upgrade aimed at improving the cross-border payment experience for corporate customers. The financial messaging network will extend ISO 20022 across the entire payment chain and provide banks with ready-to-use tracking services.

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Money20/20 , the global fintech show, is gearing up to return to Asia from 22 to 24 April 2025, with plans to spotlight cross-border payments. During this year’s show, Money20/20 plans to focus on Asias innovations, emerging payment networks, and regulatory leadership that shape the payment ecosystem in the region.

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Fintech News

DECEMBER 10, 2023

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has initiated discussions with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) , the US Federal Reserve, and the international payment platform SWIFT to explore the use of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) for cross-border payments.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Swift today published new data which reveals continued progress towards meeting the G20’s goal for the speed of cross-border payments, reporting that 90% of cross-border payments made over the Swift network reach the destination bank within an hour.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

SWIFT , a global provider of secure financial messaging, announced a new service Thursday (Oct. 1) that promises to improve the experience for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and consumers who send low-value payments across borders. SWIFT said this latest improvement is another building block for its new strategy.

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Fintech Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In this exclusive Fintech Review interview, Adam Swartzbaugh, CEO of Almond FinTech , discusses transformative cross-border payment technology. Almond’s blockchain-driven Settlement Optimization Engine (SOE) addresses critical speed, transparency, and cost challenges in cross-border payments.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The collaboration progresses a strategic relationship the two organisations announced in October 2022, and reflects a commitment by Swift, GSS and the GSS Advisory Board, comprising 35 of the world’s leading financial institutions, to reduce inefficiency in the global payments ecosystem.

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Fintech News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Global payments infrastructure provider Nium has launched Nium Verify, a real-time bank account verification service available in 50 markets. This helps to reduce payment failures, operational inefficiencies, and compliance risks in cross-border payments. ” said Alex Johnson, Chief Payments Officer at Nium.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Bank of America (BofA) is introducing a cross-border payment tracker and expanding SWIFT gpi to support more than 140 currencies, accessible through the integrated CashPro platform. Customers can make payments via Bank of America’s SWIFT gpi solution. and Ireland at SWIFT. . and Ireland at SWIFT. .

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 26, 2025

licensed digital bank offering a vertically integrated suite of traditional and digital asset banking and custody services, today announced its successful launch of its SWIFT code: ITTLPRS2XXX. This strategic milestone is significant for FV Bank clients as it expands inbound wire options alongside stablecoin-based payment rails.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Temenos today launched a SaaS enterprise service for cross border payments, empowering Payment Service Providers (PSPs), including banks, electronic money institutions (EMIs) and fintechs, to swiftly launch and lower the cost of cross border payment services.

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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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VISTA InfoSec

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) provides secure and reliable communication networks for over 11500 connected financial institutions to facilitate cross-border payments and securities transactions. What is SWIFT CSP, and why it was introduced?

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Finextra

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Japanese banks MUFG, SMBC and Mizuho are participating in a pilot using stablecoins and the Swift network for cross-border payments.

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Fintech Finance

APRIL 24, 2024

The Bank of England has provided a strong commitment to the international programme through the development of its new Real Time Gross Settlement System (RTGS) which sits at the heart of the UK’s national payments infrastructure. The UK is increasingly falling behind the world order in this space, with the inability of Pay.UK

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Swift today announced that it is rolling out new AI-enhanced fraud detection to help the global payments industry step up its defence as bad actors grow increasingly sophisticated. Available from January 2025, the service is the result of extensive collaboration with banks from around the world and a successful pilot earlier this year.

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Fintech News

JUNE 11, 2024

Licensed as a Major Payment Institution (MPI) by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), OPAL offers domestic and cross-border payments, payment accounts, and e-money services. These have since gone live and new features like payment, and foreign currency exchange are currently in the works.

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Fintech News

JUNE 4, 2024

This partnership will integrate Mastercard Move , a comprehensive suite of money transfer solutions, into Temenos Payments Hub. Mastercard Move’s solutions facilitate secure and swift international money transfers, offering cost-effective options to route and deliver funds through Mastercard’s extensive global network.

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Fintech Finance

APRIL 8, 2025

PayFuture Group , a rapidly growing payment provider specialising in emerging markets, has secured an Electronic Money Institution ( EMI ) license by the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) under the entity PayFuture FS MT Ltd. PayFuture ).

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Payments Source

DECEMBER 2, 2020

After tests with several banks that established Swift's ability to connect its Global Payments Initiative faster payments rail to domestic networks, the financial and messaging standards organization is activating the service in the U.K.

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Payments Source

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Swift is working with more than 20 banks in its network to test a service designed to help consumers and small and medium-size companies send low-value cross-border payments with the same speed and transparency benefits larger banks enjoy on Swift rails.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 11, 2025

Clear Junction , a global leader in cross-border payments for regulated financial institutions, has once again been recognised in the 2025 FT 1000 , the Financial Times’ prestigious ranking of Europe’s fastest-growing companies.

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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 20, 2025

Waza , a B2B payment provider for emerging market businesses, has announced the launch of Lync, its new multi-currency account platform that combines market-leading foreign exchange (FX) liquidity solutions with a cutting-edge banking experience to power a new age of global trade for emerging market businesses incorporated in the US, UK or EU.

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Payments Source

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

After two years of helping banks connect globally to domestic faster payments rails, Swift is planning to expand on that concept.

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Finextra

MAY 30, 2024

Banking co-operative Swift is working with global banks on AI pilots to tackle cross-border payments fraud.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

SWIFT , a global provider of secure financial messaging services, announced Wednesday (Sept. 16) that its cross-border platform will be retooled to enable financial institutions to deliver instant transactions. SWIFT said the planned platform will leverage its reach across more than 11,000 institutions in 200 countries.

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The Paypers

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Global provider of secure financial messaging services SWIFT has announced the translation availability for its ISO 20022 customer testing environment for cross-border payments.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Digital currencies could render the SWIFT global payments network unnecessary, RT.com reported, citing the Central Bank of Russia (CBR). In this case SWIFT it may not be necessary, because it will be a different kind of technological interaction,” Skorobogatova said during a virtual meeting, per RT.com.

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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. Our cloud payment platform is changing all that. Canada and Asia. A Larger Stage.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2019

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. Canadian payments network Interac has experimented with blockchain for consumer payments.

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Payments Source

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Pelican, a provider of payments and artificial intelligence technology, is supporting Swift's development of a new service for low-cost cross border payments across its Global Payments Initiative and high-speed rails.

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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 11, 2024

Faster Payments Council (FPC) , a membership organization devoted to advancing safe, easy-to-use faster payments in the United States, today published its latest research report, titled The Practicalities of Cross-Border Payments in a Faster Payments World.

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Clearly Payments

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The economy today is tech-driven and payment methods are a key part of that paradigm. From traditional options like credit cards to emerging solutions such as cryptocurrencies and biometrics, each payment method comes with unique advantages that cater to varying consumer needs. They remain a staple payment method globally.

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