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EXCLUSIVE: Bank of England’s CHAPS Payments System Goes Down – The Payments Industry Reacts

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According to The Bank of England in February 2021, the average daily value of CHAPS payments was £341 billion, and the bank-to-bank payments system is used by individuals who are buying expensive items like a car or to paying a deposit on a house. Retail payments, such as ATM and card payments, remained unaffected.

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Bank Of England Plans Panel To Standardize Payments Messaging

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continues its move to adopt the ISO 20022 payments messaging 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. payment ecosystem, including APIs for the financial services space. As the U.K.

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Is Project Nexus a Model for Global Instant Cross-Border Payments?

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The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and its partners have revealed the comprehensive blueprint for phase three of Project Nexus, which seeks to address longstanding challenges in international money transfers by leveraging the power of domestic instant payment systems (IPS). trillion by 2025.

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UK Continues Payments Industry Consolidation

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Checks will continue to be processed through the paper clearing system as well as the Image Clearing System, recently launched to support digital images of checks used for clearing and settlement. “This is our opportunity to create the future of retail payments in the U.K., economy. . for the benefit of people everywhere.”

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Faster Payments And The Fed, Two Years On

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Many of the newer services in the payments ecosystem do not (yet) have real-time settlement infrastructure in place. Said the Fed’s Theien, the institution has done “quite a lot of work … looking to enhance settlements.” The Fed will consider offering extended services that can support a directory environment. .

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Payments Rails, Laying New Tracks

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“To the extent that a payment rail allows others to innovate, it does support innovation,” said Estep. The ACH network also has evolved and is innovative relative to now having settlements in bank accounts” twice daily, which can be seen as an “internal type of innovation.”.