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BIS CPMI Takes Further Steps to Promote ISO 20022 Harmonisation for Enhanced Cross-Border Payments

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The announcement should provide clarity to industry regarding the medium-term governance and maintenance of the harmonised data requirements during the period of global transition to the ISO 20022 messaging standard.

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

Fintech News

Theme 1: Establishing Optimal Governance and Interoperability Frameworks Effective governance and interoperability frameworks will be crucial for managing the complexities of cross-border payments. To make multilateral payment platforms work well, there need to be clear rules and ways for different systems to work together.

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Worldpay Founder To Launch Banking-as-a-Service Disruptor

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Ogden revealed plans for ClearBank at a press conference attended by government officials, reports said, revealing that the company plans to launch in August of this year. Built on hybrid cloud technology via Microsoft Azure, the company offers an API developed on ISO 20022 messaging standards.

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What Can We Learn From Payment System Failures and Global IT Outage?

The Fintech Times

Better balancing risk “Things will always go wrong: it’s a question of when, not if,” says Dafydd Vaughan , CTO at Public Digital and co-founder of the UK Government Digital Service. “The government needs to consider the risk that comes with so few companies controlling so much of our essential infrastructure.

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Banks to Use Generative AI to Meet Instant Payments Project Challenges

Fintech Finance

There is also the global shift to ISO 20022 messaging standards. Internal governance, trust and a misunderstanding of risk. Meanwhile, banks in the US are trying to meet growing momentum for instant payments, while Canadian banks are preparing for the launch of their instant payments scheme as early as 2026.

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Mastercard Adds To Its New Payment Platforms Dev Team

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Oakes will work with a variety of entities – governments, regulators, central banks, schemes, and retail and commercial banks. Oakes is well-versed, Mastercard said, in the development of enhanced data and capabilities for real-time payments and the implementation of the ISO 20022 XML messaging standard.

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Open banking marks major milestone of 10 million users

Open Banking

The milestone comes days after the Government committed to introducing a Smart Data Bill in the King’s Speech, which will unlock the full potential of open banking and expand smart data schemes into other economic sectors. Henk Van Hulle, OBL CEO welcomed the Government’s announcement. Create security and messaging standards.