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

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According to Reuters, the report urges increased use of the Cross-Border Interbank Payment System ( CIPS ) instead of the Belgium-based SWIFT system. In theory, this would help protect China’s global payments data from possible U.S.

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How Choice Drives Real-Time Payments Adoption With Canada's SMBs

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Connecting SMBs to real-time payments functionalities can be an important value add for businesses that need better management of their working capital and finances. This can be particularly troublesome for businesses waiting to receive payment, while for payers, the cost associated with these transfers is another common pain point.

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PayStand Brings Its Blockchain B2B Payments To Canada

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. “Today’s commercial payments infrastructure in Canada is built on many layers of outdated technology and processes that are needlessly complex and time-consuming, not to mention error-prone and labor-intensive,” said PayStand CEO and Founder Jeremy Almond in the statement.

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The Canadian Case For ISO 20022

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That’s probably sound advice for any market hoping to achieve faster, more efficient payments — especially cross-border — by adopting a unified payments messaging system. Now, Canada is taking on the education and marketing effort.

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Payment Rails Present Many Paths To B2B Payments Optimization

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National Institutional Facilitation Technologies (NIFT) and B2B FinTech Haball are collaborating to develop a new digital payment rail to facilitate B2B transactions in Pakistan, the companies recently announced.

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Can Faster Payments Meet Faster (And Higher) Consumer Expectations?

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In addition to offering users a simpler and potentially safer method of identifying payment recipients, some proxy solutions also offer a messaging service related to payment transactions. These messaging features can act as an invoicing tool to help users identify the purpose of a funds transfer or a request for payment.

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Can Mobile Payments Improve Healthcare Access in Africa?

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Kenya — the country that serves as the anchor for much of these trends — still represents one of the best examples of the continent’s embrace of mobile payments and commerce. The country’s finance minister recently proposed a tax increase that would fund “ free healthcare for all.”.