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SWIFT Readies ISO 20022 For X-Border Payments

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Payments messaging firm SWIFT has released its first set of guidelines for financial institutions using the ISO 20022 payments messaging standard to complete cross-border transactions. ISO 20022 will modernize international and domestic payment rails, enabling right and new payment services.”

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How Will the Cross-Border Payments Space Evolve in 2024? With Swift, OpenPayd, Chargebee and More

The Fintech Times

Practical improvements await Rachel Levi, global head of innovation engineering, SWIFT Rachel Levi , global head of innovation engineering, Swift , the cross-border payments provider, notes how the company and ecosystem are working to make practical improvements to international payment speed.

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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. SWIFT data shows that about 36 percent of gpi transfers reach their destination within 5 minutes. Fibank lets its customers make international transfers in over 110 currencies.

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Venezuela Considers Russian Payments System As SWIFT Alternative

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Sources have revealed that Venezuela might use a Russian-operated international payments messaging system in an effort to get around U.S. Bloomberg reported that press officials for the Venezuelan and Russian central banks didn’t immediately comment, while SWIFT declined to comment.

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SWIFT Enters China’s X-Border Payments Efforts

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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 payments messaging service SWIFT has been brought on by China to help strengthen CIPS’ capabilities. China International Payment Service Corp.

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Hackers beat a Russian bank out of USD 6 mln in an attack using SWIFT

The Paypers

(The Paypers) Unknown hackers have stolen USD 6 million from a Russian bank in 2017 in an attack using the SWIFT international payments messaging system.

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Hackers beat a Russian bank out of USD 6 mln n an attack using SWIFT

The Paypers

(The Paypers) Unknown hackers have stolen USD 6 million from a Russian bank in 2017 in an attack using the SWIFT international payments messaging system.

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