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Payments On Fire is the industry’s leading resource center for payments professionals. Here, you’ll find the resources and thought leadership that only Glenbrook’s experienced team can provide. Curated news stories, insightful opinion papers, provocative podcasts, and more – it’s all the thinking you need to stay competitive in a dynamic payments world.

February 10, 2025

January 30, 2025

January 28, 2025

24/7/365 Borderless Payments Live In CMA Countries

BankservAfrica

“Showcasing the value of collaboration for delivering social good, BankservAfrica and FNB announced their partnership for the TCIB platform in November. Through the TCIB platform’s integration, FNB offers cross-border payments between its accounts in the different CMA countries via its Global Payments platform.”

January 27, 2025

January 16, 2025

Mastercard Move and the BCP Group Join Forces to Enhance Cross-Border Payments [Africa]

Business Insider Africa

“In collaboration with Mastercard, the BCP Group will leverage Mastercard Move’s money movement capabilities to enhance cross-border payments for their corporate and individual clients. The collaboration aims to enable near instant, traceable, secure and cost-effective cross-border payments to and from the multiple markets where the BCP Group operates in Africa.”

January 14, 2025

January 9, 2025

January 7, 2025

BIS Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures Takes Further Steps to Promote ISO 20022 Harmonisation for Enhanced Cross-Border Payments

BIS

“The BIS Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) announced further steps to promote the adoption of its harmonised ISO 20022 data requirements for more efficient processing of cross-border payments. The announcement should provide clarity to industry regarding the medium-term governance and maintenance of the harmonised data requirements during the period of global transition to […]

December 19, 2024

December 18, 2024

Pan-European OCT Inst Service Goes Live in RT1

EBA Clearing

“EBA CLEARING announced the go-live of an OCT Inst Service, which was implemented in the pan-European RT1 System on 17 November 2024 at the request of its users. The new service allows payment service providers to leverage the pan-European instant payment system for cross-border payments that have one euro leg inside and one leg outside […]

UnionPay International Partners With WeChat Pay to Enable Cross-Border Payments

TechNode

“UnionPay International announced a new partnership with WeChat Pay yesterday, enabling cross-border payments for international UnionPay wallet users through WeChat Pay’s payment system. The initial group of participating wallets includes Bank of China Hong Kong’s BoC Pay, Octopus, PayMe by HSBC, and Tap & Go in Hong Kong; Bangkok Bank Mobile Banking and K PLUS […]

December 16, 2024

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