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Thunes and Circle to Facilitate Faster Cross-Border Payments with USDC Stablecoin

Fintech News

This partnership aims to enhance stablecoin liquidity management in cross-border payments. By utilising USDC, Thunes aims to reduce capital costs and improve liquidity for its network participants. Settlements made with stablecoins provide exactly these four things.

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Project Ensemble: Hong Kong Embraces Asset Tokenisation With New Sandbox

The Fintech Times

Eddie Yue, chief executive at HKMA “Since the launch of Project Ensemble in March, we have been encouraged by the strong interest from the industry in pioneering innovative solutions to redefine the digital finance landscape,” explained Eddie Yue , chief executive of the HKMA.

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Banco Santander, Lloyds Banking Group, and UBS Successfully Settle Pilot Uncleared Margin Transfers in the Sterling Fnality Payment System

Fintech Finance

Following Adhara’s parallel simulation, participants will also have the opportunity to engage with its MarginBloc solution. Edward Budd, Co-Founder of Adhara, said: “Managing these margin payments for uncleared transactions has allowed us to see first-hand the benefits that can be brought to participants.

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BNP Paribas and Ant International Collaborate on Promoting Cross-Border Payment Solutions in Europe, and Tokenised Deposits for Global Treasury Management

Fintech Finance

The two sides also agreed to work together to strengthen WorldFirst’s participation in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) scheme. BNP Paribas will sponsor WorldFirst’s participation in the SEPA scheme, allowing WorldFirst to leverage the bank’s expertise and products to expedite its integration and onboarding onto SEPA.

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Mastercard and The Clearing House deepen their partnership to zero in on new instant payments applications 

Tearsheet

Beyond extending our partnership with Mastercard, we intend to partner on innovating for the banks that use the network by looking for additional use cases that they’ve expressed interest in and that would help drive volume across RTP,” said Lee Alexander, Executive VP and CIO at The Clearing House.

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BNP Paribas Plans to Bolster Cross-Border Payment Solutions Alongside Alipay+

The Fintech Times

The two organisations have agreed to work together to strengthen WorldFirst’s participation in the Single Euro Payments Area ( SEPA ) scheme. BNP Paribas will sponsor WorldFirst’s participation in the SEPA scheme, enabling WorldFirst to leverage the bank’s expertise and products to expedite its integration and onboarding onto SEPA.

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SC Ventures and G+D Complete Pilot on Different Types of CBDC Systems

Fintech News

SC Ventures, the innovation, fintech investment, and ventures arm of Standard Chartered, and Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) successfully completed a proof-of-concept (PoC) on the Universal Digital Payments Network (UDPN). The participants noted significant improvements in the efficiency, cost, speed, and transparency of cross-border transactions.

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