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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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, […]

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Wero Attacks Margins, Visa and Mastercard Protect Rent

Paperjam

“With reduced costs and rapid deployment, Wero is establishing itself as a credible alternative to cards in Europe. Behind this pressure on everyday payments, the bulk of Visa and Mastercard’s profitability is based on cross-border flows, a high value-added segment that European infrastructures do not yet cover. Stablecoins, particularly at Visa, could strengthen this position.”

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Blockchain Digital Currency Global Payments Stablecoins

Episode 289 - Stablecoin Infrastructure in Emerging Markets, with Chris Maurice, Yellow Card

In this episode, Chris Maurice, the CEO and co-founder of Yellow Card, joins Drew Edmond to explore how stablecoins are transforming global payments, especially in emerging markets, by addressing liquidity issues, reducing costs, improving compliance transparency, and enabling faster cross-border transactions. Listen in as they highlight the challenges of legacy infrastructure, regulatory evolution, interoperability, and the evolving role of banks and technology platforms in this ecosystem.

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Thunes Brings Stablecoin Payouts to 11,500 Banks via Swift Connectivity, Bridging Traditional Finance and Digital Assets

Thunes

“Thunes unveiled a major breakthrough in cross-border payments by offering its Pay-to-Stablecoin-Wallets solution to banks globally through their existing Swift connectivity. This innovation enables the 11,500 institutions on the Swift network to send real-time payments to more than 500 million stablecoin wallets worldwide, with zero additional integration. Thunes acts as a bridge between the fiat […]

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Mastercard Move Expands China Connectivity With New Bank of Shanghai Collaboration

Disruption Banking

“Mastercard announced a collaboration between Mastercard Move, its money movement platform, and Bank of Shanghai (BoS) to enable seamless, bi-directional payment flows between China and global markets.   As international trade, migration and education continue to grow, people and businesses increasingly rely on fast, predictable and transparent global payments. The integration of BoS into Mastercard Move […]

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Swift: Transforming Consumer Payments: Banks Roll Out New Framework for Retail Transactions

Swift

“Last year, we announced plans to transform the cross-border payment experience with the launch of a new scheme, designed to ensure consistently fast, predictable and transparent payments worldwide. Thanks to progress in 2026, consumers and small businesses receiving payments across a range of countries, including five of the world’s ten largest remittance markets, will be […]

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Education: Demystifying Stablecoins: The Use Cases, the Pegging Mechanism, and the Implications on Financial Market

JPMorgan

“Stablecoins are primarily used as the “cash” or “base asset” for on-chain trading. with emerging use cases in cross-border payments, treasury management, and tokenization – offering faster, lower-cost, and more flexible alternatives to traditional financial services. Stablecoins offer a unique blend of crypto asset benefits and stability through their pegging mechanisms. Whether backed by fiat, crypto, […]

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