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Bank of Thailand Concludes Retail CBDC Pilot Programme, Reveals Key Findings

Fintech News

Transactions tested included retail transfers among individuals and retail payments with merchants for purchasing goods and services. The pilot revealed that the CBDC design functioned well for minting, distribution, and melting of CBDC and was well-integrated and interoperable with the existing payment infrastructure.

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Google signs deal to take UPI beyond India

NFCW

Google Pay is to take India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) real-time payments system to other countries after signing a deal with the service’s manager, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). NPCI is the umbrella organization for operating retail payments and settlement systems in India.

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Nepal Clearing House Taps ACI Worldwide to Pioneer Card Payment Central Infrastructure

Fintech Finance

Currently, domestic card transactions are routed through international payment gateways. .” ” NPS-NCS and NEPALPAY are part of the National Payment Switch (NPS) initiative, the core infrastructure for routing and settlement of retail transactions to ensure interoperability of card and non-card-based payments within Nepal.

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AFFIN BANK Partners With ACI Worldwide to Modernise Payments for Malaysian Businesses

Fintech Finance

It will enable interoperability among PayNet, RENTAS, and SWIFT using ISO 20022 standards. As the industry adopts ISO 20022 globally, this modernisation solution meets regulatory mandates, improves system resilience, and integrates future payment services. AFFIN will handle over 20% more transactions, supporting growth and scalability.

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Fintech in Singapore: 2023 in Review

Fintech News

Developments include cross-border quick response (QR) payment linkages, connectivity between real-time national payment schemes, and the ongoing Singapore Response Code Scheme (SGQR+) project focusing on furthering QR code payment interoperability.

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APAC Regulators Tackle Rising Card Fees

Fintech News

It also explores the increasing adoption of real-time payments, which many countries are embracing as a more efficient and cost-effective alternative to traditional card payments. In some countries, usage of pay-by-bank solutions has grown dramatically, surpassing the share of cards for retail payments in-store and online.

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Health care billers that don't shed paper will pay a price

Payments Source

The industry has the opportunity to expedite gains in interoperability and realize significant cost savings and productivity gains for both the clinical and administrative sides of the industry, writes Chris Seib, chief technology officer and cofounder of InstaMed.