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Spanish Banking Community Joins Instant Cross-Border Payments Plan
Spanish Banking Community Joins Instant Cross-Border Payments Plan
November 18, 2024  |  Banking

Spain has become Europe’s first banking market fully connected to the European Payments Council’s One-Leg Out instant payments plan. The country’s banking industry achieved that milestone earlier...

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Swift Says It Beat G20 Cross-Border Payments Speed Target by 15%
Swift Says It Beat G20 Cross-Border Payments Speed Target by 15%
October 17, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

By 2027, the G20 wants 75% of international payments processed within an hour. Global messaging service Swift said its network is meeting that target, and...

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Report: Digital Currency Projects Underway in 134 Countries
Report: Digital Currency Projects Underway in 134 Countries
September 17, 2024  |  CBDC

New research shows that 134 countries are exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Those countries account for 98% of the world’s economy, according to findings released Tuesday...

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TerraPay Enables Cross-Border Payments to 2.1 Billion Mobile Wallets
TerraPay Enables Cross-Border Payments to 2.1 Billion Mobile Wallets
July 23, 2024  |  Mobile Wallets

TerraPay says financial institutions can now send money to mobile wallets via the Swift system. The announcement Tuesday (July 23) by the money movement company applies to 2.1...

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G20 Lays Out Cross-Border Payments Roadmap
G20 Lays Out Cross-Border Payments Roadmap
February 29, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

In 2020, the G20 leaders endorsed a roadmap to improve cross-border payments experiences and infrastructure.  The goal was to make cross-border payments cheaper, faster, more transparent, and...

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FSB to Recommend Measures to Control Bank Runs Spurred by Social Media
FSB to Recommend Measures to Control Bank Runs Spurred by Social Media
January 22, 2024  |  Bank Regulation

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is set to deliver a report to the G20 in October, shedding light on the influence of social media in accelerating bank deposit outflows...

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Payments Experts: G20 Faster Payments Goals Could Foster Financial Crime
Payments Experts: G20 Faster Payments Goals Could Foster Financial Crime
January 07, 2024  |  Faster Payments

Will the G20’s campaign for faster payments have unintended negative consequences? A new report by the U.K.’s Future of Financial Intelligence Sharing (FFIS) said plans to make...

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BIS Sees Promise, Challenges in Interlinking Faster Payment Systems
BIS Sees Promise, Challenges in Interlinking Faster Payment Systems
October 23, 2023  |  Faster Payments

Faster payments have the potential to vastly improve cross-border payments, particularly across retail payments and remittances. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said in a...

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G20 Countries Want ‘Swift’ Passage of Global Crypto Rules
G20 Countries Want ‘Swift’ Passage of Global Crypto Rules
September 10, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

The heads of the G20 nations are calling for rapid adoption of global cryptocurrency rules. A report Sunday (Sept. 10) by Cointelegraph said this framework...

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