Global

Russia Advances Sweeping Crypto Bill With Provisions for 'Circumventing Sanctions'

Decrypt

“Russia’s State Duma passed a crypto regulation bill, establishing the country’s first framework for digital asset regulation while maintaining restrictions on domestic cryptocurrency payments. The legislation would classify cryptocurrency as property, enabling legal protection in court proceedings including bankruptcy and divorce cases. The bill’s provisions for cross-border crypto transactions could provide Russian companies a payment […]

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Nium and Coinbase Partner to Power Global Stablecoin Payments and Settlement

PR Newswire

“Nium, the global infrastructure leader for real-time cross-border payments, announced a partnership with Coinbase to enable USDC stablecoin payments across its platform. The integration is now live and available to Nium’s clients, with Coinbase serving as the stablecoin payments and liquidity infrastructure, wallet provider and regulated custodian. Nium clients can now send and receive stablecoins […]

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Thunes Launches Real-Time Payments into New Zealand

PR Newswire

“Thunes, the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, announced the expansion of its Direct Global Network with the launch of direct, real-time Pay-to-Bank services into New Zealand. This expansion enhances Thunes’ cross-border payment capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region. With this launch, users can easily transfer NZD directly to New Zealand bank accounts. Transactions […]

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dLocal Launches Seamless Stablecoin Integration for Payments in Emerging Markets

dLocal

“dLocal the leading cross-border payments platform connecting global merchants to Emerging Markets, announced the launch of Stablecoin Full, a complete stablecoin solution that enables merchants to collect, convert, and pay out funds using stablecoins across high-growth economies. Stablecoin Full enables global merchants to accept and send payments in stablecoins, fund and settle transactions in digital […]

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The Fed Is Building Competition for XRP’s Core Payments Use Case Into the Fednow Banking System

CryptoSlate

“Over the past several days, the most consequential development around XRP has come from outside crypto. On April 8, the Federal Reserve proposed allowing U.S. banks and credit unions to use intermediaries through the FedNow Service, a change the central bank said could support private-sector cross-border payment solutions. In the Fed’s own proposal details, the logic is […]

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Global

Latam Insights: Global Pix, Mercado Libre Ends Token

Crypto News

“The Central Bank of Brazil has revealed its next steps to keep improving and growing Pix, the ubiquitous instant payment system used by almost all adults in the country. According to local media, the Central Bank plans to launch International Pix, a standard feature that would allow individuals and companies to complete cross-border payments and […]

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Industry

Innovation Across Borders: Fednow® Service Plans Future Support for Global Payment Experiences

FedNow

“In response to industry feedback, the FedNow Service — the Federal Reserve’s instant payment network — is laying the groundwork to expand beyond its original domestic-only framework in the future. Leveraging enhanced ISO® 20022 message formats, FedNow participants would be permitted to process instant payments on the network even when the ultimate sender or receiver […]

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CHIPS® Delivers Record Value and Resilience for Participants in 2025

The Clearing House

“The CHIPS® network, the largest private-sector high-value payment system in the world, reported increased network usage, economic value, and resilient liquidity performance in 2025, demonstrating the growing importance of its patented liquidity algorithm to participant banks and their customers. In 2025, the CHIPS network activity increased materially with average daily value rising nine percent year-over-year […]

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Circle Rolls Out USDC Payments Platform That Lets Users Pay Without Holding Stablecoins

The Block

“Circle launched a stablecoin settlement service that allows payment service providers, fintechs, and banks to benefit from the efficiency of using blockchain-based rails without having to hold digital assets like USDC. The platform is meant to facilitate cross-border settlement using USDC, help merchants accept stablecoin payments, and lower FX costs.”

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The Infrastructure Layer for AI Agents in Institutional Finance

Fireblocks

“We are quickly entering an era where AI agents are executing B2B payments, moving capital, settling transactions, and managing treasury operations autonomously. While the use cases are exciting (think treasury rebalancing, liquidity management, and cross-border payment routing), there’s a gap that the industry is just now starting to uncover: these agents need to be able to move […]

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Western Union Completes Acquisition of Singtel’s Dash

The Edge

“Western Union has completed its acquisition of Dash, the Singapore-based mobile wallet owned by Singtel. The deal gives Western Union access to a platform with more than 1.4 million users in Singapore. Launched in 2014, Dash offers payments, remittances, savings, insurance and investment services within a single app. The acquisition marks Western Union’s first wallet […]

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Industry

Global Payment Systems Are Fragmenting. Here’s What the G20 Can Do.

Atlantic Council

“Global payment systems are fragmenting due to market, technological, regulatory, and geopolitical forces, leaving end users with slower, costlier, and less transparent cross-border payments. Geopolitics is a powerful but under addressed driver of fragmentation, as states weaponize payment infrastructure and build rival systems. With the G20 Roadmap’s 2027 deadline approaching, the G20 must shift from […]

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SWIFT Blockchain Pivot Puts XRP Back in Cross-Border Spotlight

Yahoo Finance

“SWIFT is building blockchain-based cross-border payment infrastructure with more than 40 global banks targeting a live scheme by mid-2026, and the plumbing it is laying quietly positions XRP crypto as an optional liquidity rail inside that network. The mechanism is not a partnership announcement or a headline integration, it runs through Thunes, a payments company […]

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ISO 20022 Milestone for November 2026: Unstructured Addresses to Be Removed

Swift

“As the global payments community continues its transition to ISO 20022, the new global standard for cross-border payments, a new milestone is on the horizon. A key component of the transition will be the removal of unstructured postal addresses, planned for November 2026 as part of the SR 2026 standards release. The removal of unstructured […]

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SWIFT Expands Blockchain Payments With 50+ Banks, Challenging XRP and XLM Use Case

CCN

“Over 50 banks are adopting a new framework designed to make cross-border retail payments faster, more transparent, and predictable. The initiative promises upfront fee transparency, full-value delivery, faster settlement, and end-to-end tracking. Up to 80% of payment delays occur after funds reach the destination bank, something SWIFT aims to fix with this new framework. As SWIFT improves speed, […]