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Successful Migration of the Kenya Electronic Payment and Settlement System to the ISO20022 Global Messaging Standard

Fintech Finance

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) announces that the Kenya Electronic Payment and Settlement System (KEPSS) has been successfully migrated to the ISO20022 Global Messaging Standard (“ISO20022 Standard”). It is the backbone of Kenya’s domestic and regional payment transactions.

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Temenos Launches Enterprise Service to Power Faster, Lower-Cost Cross Border Payments

Fintech Finance

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. The service is ISO20022 ready and supports SWIFT-based flows.

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Unpacking 3 Key Concepts From G20’s Enhanced Cross Border Payments Plan

Fintech News

Rapid globalisation and available technological advancements have spurred the demand for more efficient, transparent, and accessible cross-border payment systems. The G20 Roadmap for Enhancing Cross-border Payments of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) also lists them as a key priority for enhancing such payments.

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Cross border payments: Hitting G20 targets for speed, cost and transparency

Finextra

Watch this webinar on payment system interoperability; legal, regulatory and supervisory frameworks; and cross border data exchange and message standards.

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Technology necessitates change in the ISO 20022 messaging standard

Payments Source

As technology advances for business-to-business or cross-border transactions, the accompanying messaging standard must evolve at the same rapid pace.

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Integrated Workflows Fuel Cross-Border B2B Payments

PYMNTS

In 2020, many of the biggest pain points in B2B payments were revealed, particularly when transactions move across border. An estimated $10 trillion in B2B payment flows move across border every year, yet only a small fraction of that volume is digital. We tend to talk about payments as some independent component," said Holroyde.

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Swift, Lloyds deliver real-time cross-border payments in U.K. through GPI Instant

Payments Source

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.