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continues its move to adopt the ISO 20022 paymentsmessaging standard, the Bank of England is reportedly planning to create a panel aimed at streamlining the adoption of the standard for more efficient payments in the country. As the U.K. This is the latest initiative by the U.K. Earlier this year, the U.K.
Reuters had previously reported last week that such a task force would form following the $81 million bank heist from Bangladesh Bank , a crime that infiltrated the SWIFT paymentsmessaging network. The funds were stolen from Bangladesh’s central bank’s account at the New York Federal Reserve.
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and fees associated with payments using CIPS are unclear. This makes China’s international payments play a bit unconvincing to some. But paymentsmessaging service SWIFT has been brought on by China to help strengthen CIPS’ capabilities. CIPS is largely seen as an effort to propel the yuan onto the global currency stage.
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