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Nium Enables Financial Institutions to Connect to Its Real-Time Payments Network via Swift

Fintech Finance

Nium , the leading global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, today announced that financial institutions can now leverage Swift capabilities and their existing Swift infrastructure to connect to Nium’s global real-time payments network. For more information on how to connect to Nium via Swift, visit here.

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The Not-So-Beaten Path To B2B Payments Real-Time Ubiquity

PYMNTS

According to Tom Halpin, head of payment products at HSBC , faster and real-time payment services don’t only provide the value of speed for corporate clients, especially in the context of cross-border transactions. Progress in Tackling Cross-Border Payments Friction.

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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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Smarter Payments Tracker Eyes Interoperability

PYMNTS

Payments messaging firm SWIFT has taken recent steps to promote interoperability of its payments network, recently announcing that it would allow blockchain platforms to loop into SWIFT’s global payments innovations (GPI) service to facilitate real-time transactions. Across the pond, meanwhile, the U.S.’s

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Banks to test Swift's payment error detection software

Payments Source

Fifteen major banks will test Swift's pre-validation service for Global Payments Innovation transactions, focusing on quickly identifying and eliminating errors or omissions in payment messages.

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Why Blockchain Holds Promise For Cross-Border Payments

PYMNTS

Blockchain has potential to securely transmit remittance data along with payments in cross-border B2B transactions, enable companies to use smart contracts to enforce business agreements in B2B trade and mitigate the risk of fraud in supply chain transactions. The new remittance scheme will be powered by Ripple’s xRapid and xCurrent services.

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Helping Corporates Get Over The Real Time Payments Hump

PYMNTS

And at the broader level, as the current market climate drives further adoption of digital payments, growing adoption of real-time transacting is contributing to the modernization of a cashless, resilient economy. Yet, according to Villarreal, one of the largest value propositions of real-time transactions goes beyond the movement of money.