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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. As the U.K. This is the latest initiative by the U.K. Earlier this year, the U.K.

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Swift bids to connects VoP schemes across Europe

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Bank-to-bank payment messaging network Swift is working to facilitate interoperability of Verifcation of Payee schemes across Europe as new research shows that 83% of SMEs across France, Germany, Italy and Spain rank upfront beneficiary checks as important to them in trading across borders.

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Swift hires Pérez-Tasso as new CEO

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Javier Pérez-Tasso has been named the new CEO of payments messaging standards provider Swift, replacing Gottfried Leibbrandt, who steps down from the post at the end of June.

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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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Bank Of China Advises Country’s Banks To Avoid SWIFT Messaging

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According to Reuters, the report urges increased use of the Cross-Border Interbank Payment System ( CIPS ) instead of the Belgium-based SWIFT system. In theory, this would help protect China’s global payments data from possible U.S.

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Swift extends KYC registry to global corporations

Payments Source

Payments messaging standards provider Swift has opened its global Know Your Customer registry to all the corporations it connects to following a successful test.

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Swift gains license for Eurosystem gateway connections

Payments Source

Payments messaging standards provider Swift has received a license to offer connections to all of the Eurosystem market infrastructures for payments, securities settlement and collateral management.

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