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Community Banks Accelerate FinTech Integrations

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Their announcement noted that The Peoples Community Bank’s current infrastructure does not support the ability to quickly build and launch new products, and with an infrastructure upgrade — which enables application programming interface (API) integration with Microsoft Azure — new products can be built and launched within a matter of days.

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Standard Chartered Taps Wise for Faster, Cheaper International Payments

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Standard Chartered announced a new partnership with Wise Platform to improve speed and lower costs for its international payments service, SC Remit. Wise Platform’s infrastructure includes over 65 licences and six direct connections to domestic payment systems including the latest one with Philippines’ InstaPay.

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Integrated Workflows Fuel Cross-Border B2B Payments

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There are a lot of moving parts in B2B payments that are keeping corporate finance executives busy as they work to modernize and optimize their operations. In 2020, many of the biggest pain points in B2B payments were revealed, particularly when transactions move across border. Marrying Payments With Data. Emerging Ecosystems.

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HSBC Debuts Corporate Treasury APIs For Integrated Payments

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financial institution HSBC is rolling out a suite of APIs (application program interfaces) designed for corporate treasurers to more seamlessly initiate financial transactions. Reports in Treasury-Management on Wednesday (Jan. 15) said HSBC announced the launch of its Treasury APIs in 27 markets around the world.

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Standard Chartered and Wise Platform Partner to Transform International Payments Experience

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In a significant move to strengthen its retail cross-border payments offering, leading global bank Standard Chartered and Wise Platform, Wise’s global payments infrastructure for banks, have announced a partnership, to power faster and cheaper international payments for the bank’s cross-border payment service, SC Remit.

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Open Banking Adds Intelligence To Treasury Management

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.” The friction associated with manually downloading data across banking and financial platforms, and then having to normalize it to make it usable, presents a significant opportunity for open banking initiatives and APIs in the corporate cash management space. Even so, Turner said U.S. ”

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BVNK Launches Layer1, a Self-Custody Infrastructure for Stablecoin Payments

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BVNK , global stablecoin payment provider, announces the launch of a new product, Layer1. This self-hosted, self-custody digital asset infrastructure helps businesses launch stablecoin payments quickly and securely, while keeping full control and privacy over their digital assets.