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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.

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More Banks Join SWIFT’s Global B2B Payments Pilot

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Payments messaging firm SWIFT is looking to gain support for its global payments initiative and, most recently, announced the latest backers of the pilot program. The company said it will hope to improve the transparency and speed of global payments with the program.

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Bulgarian Fibank Joins SWIFT gpi

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First Investment Bank ( Fibank ) is the first Bulgarian bank to offer the SWIFT Global Payment Initiative (gpi), according to a press release. There are other advantages as well, with real-time traceability through the identifying technology in the payment message.

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Italy Makes Its Move In Real-Time Payments

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Those transactions will be fully compliant with the European Payment Council’s SCTInst Scheme and aligned with ISO 20022 global payment messaging standards, reports added. Intesa Sanpaolo first partnered with Dovetail in 2012 and first offered a look into their European payments initiative a few months later.

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Fed Acknowledges Roadblocks In ISO 20022 Push

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The Federal Reserve is pushing for adoption of the ISO 20022 global payments messaging standard, a move industry analysts say could streamline B2B payments, especially cross-border. Banks could do all sorts of transactions for you, but they charge you for that and rightly so.”

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SWIFT Enters China’s X-Border Payments Efforts

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China has received some criticism and skepticism over its cross-border payments initiative, spearheaded as CIPS — the Cross-Border Inter-Bank Payments System. Analysts point out that the payments system operates just 11 hours a day and only out of Shanghai. and fees associated with payments using CIPS are unclear.

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A Security Lapse Is Just A Bump In The Road To Faster, Better B2B Payments

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Cyberattackers were able to steal $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank by compromising the SWIFT messaging system , forcing the company — and financial services players everywhere — to take a renewed look at payments security measures.