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Thunes and Ecobank Group To Power Africa's Instant Payments for the Next Billion Users

PR Newswire

“Thunes and Ecobank Group, the leading pan-African financial institution, announced a collaboration which will enable instant cross-border payments for millions of individuals and businesses across Sub-Saharan Africa. The partnership operationalizes the landmark memorandum of understanding signed between Ecobank and TransferTo, Thunes’ holding company, in 2024. That agreement envisioned a fundamental transformation of financial access and cross-border […]

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Visa Unveils Key Partnerships and World-class Payment Innovations at Global Fintech Fest, 2025

ptinews

“Visa unveiled a range of cutting-edge solutions at the recently concluded Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2025. Across the three days Visa made multiple announcements and product launches, highlighting their commitment to shaping the next chapter of digital payments in India, focusing on security, cross-border convenience, and the transformative potential of AI.”

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Zelle® Goes International: Early Warning Expands $1T Payments Network with Stablecoin Initiative

Early Warning

“Early Warning Services, the network operator of Zelle®, announced a new initiative to enable Zelle to deliver faster and more reliable cross-border money movement. The effort marks an important step in expanding the reach of Zelle globally by leveraging stablecoins. Zelle is a preferred way of moving money to people they know and trust, designed to […]

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Industry

Future-Proofing the Architecture of Real-Time Payments

OMFIF

“Real-time payment systems are reshaping how value moves across economies, accelerating domestic commerce and transforming cross-border trade. Yet their rapid growth introduces new risks and infrastructure challenges, according to a new report from OMFIF, produced in partnership with Mastercard.”

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Episode 276 - Fanning the Flames - Stablecoin Economics

In this Fanning the Flames episode, Russ Jones and Yvette Bohanan take you behind the scenes to show the "making of" our new stablecoin economics slide. Listen in as they discuss the points of monetization and key revenue streams in the stablecoin value chain, and address questions around practical usage and the evolving landscape.

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BofA’s Moynihan Explores Outlook for Digital Assets

ABA Banking Journal

“Amid investor and financial sector interest in payment stablecoins, Bank of America Chairman and CEO Brian Moynihan said it was incumbent on large banks to build the infrastructure, working through industry utilities, that ensures payment products remain broadly accessible and interoperable. Early use cases for stablecoins include cross-border transactions, business payments and settlement over weekends […]

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Visa: Stablecoins Beyond Payments: The Onchain Lending Opportunity

Visa

“With the GENIUS Act now signed into law, financial institutions both domestically and globally are deepening their exploration of stablecoin products and technologies. Among the key questions we encounter daily are: “What are the use cases?” and “What capabilities do stablecoins offer that traditional fiat currencies cannot?” The natural starting point for this exploration is […]

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Alipay+ Expands Payments and Digital Ecosystem as Mobile Wallets Become a Catalyst for New Travel Habits and Inclusive Growth

Alipay Plus

“Alipay+ revealed three trends impacting tourism in 2025 and beyond. Alipay+ has expanded its payments ecosystem in three ways: Growing cross-border payment acceptance for Alipay+ to more than 100 markets, and expanding its partner ecosystem to 40, representing 1.8 billion users; supporting Bluecode (Europe), PayPay (Japan) and KBank (Thailand) users to pay with their banking […]

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Global

African Trade Bloc COMESA Launches Digital Payments System

Reuters

“The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa has launched a digital payments system to cut transaction costs by allowing businesses to settle deals in local currencies. COMESA, which has 21 member states including Egypt, Kenya and Ethiopia, joins efforts by the African continent to push for local currency payments systems to cut trade costs by eliminating […]

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Industry

G20’s Cross-Border Payments Push Set to Miss 2027 Target

Reuters

“Global financial authorities are set to miss a 2027 target set by the G20 group of nations to make international cross-border payments faster, cheaper and more transparent, the G20’s Financial Stability Board said on Thursday. Goals set in 2021 included cutting the global average cost of a retail payment to no more than 1% and […]

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2025 AFP® Digital Payments Survey: A Roadmap for Today’s Businesses

JPMorgan

“With the notable shift to digital payments in full force, the timing has never been better for the latest edition of the 2025 AFP Digital Payments Survey: A Triennial Publication. Conducted by the Association for Financial Professionals® (AFP) and sponsored by J.P. Morgan, this year’s edition dives into the data regarding B2B payment trends, cross-border payments […]

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Qatar National Bank Joins JPMorgan’s Blockchain Payment Network

Banking Exchange

“Qatar National Bank (QNB) has adopted JPMorgan’s blockchain-based payment network, Kinexys, in a move designed to modernize its US dollar settlement infrastructure and accelerate cross-border transactions. The system enables payments to be processed in as little as two minutes, a sharp improvement from the delays often seen in traditional clearing mechanisms.”

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Corpay and Mastercard Move Extend Near Real-Time Payments to New Markets

Business Wire

“Corpay and Mastercard announced an expansion of their long-standing collaboration to enable corporates, small businesses and financial institutions to make near real-time payments to 22 new markets across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. This milestone, revealed at the annual Sibos conference leverages Mastercard Move’s money movement capabilities and its extensive network […]

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Swift to Add Blockchain-Based Ledger to Its Infrastructure Stack in Groundbreaking Move to Accelerate and Scale Benefits of Digital Finance Across More Than 200 Countries and Territories Worldwide

Swift

“Swift announced that it will add a blockchain-based shared ledger to its technology infrastructure, a pivotal step for global finance that promises to make instant, always-on cross-border transactions possible at unprecedented scale. Swift already has kicked off work with a group of more than 30 financial institutions globally to design and build the ledger, focused […]

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Global

Swiss National Bank, European Central Bank Explore Linking Up Instant Payment Systems

Reuters

“The Swiss National Bank and the European Central Bank are exploring interlinking their instant payment services, Switzerland’s central bank said on Monday. “This initiative supports the general goal of making cross-border payments faster, cheaper, more transparent and more accessible,” the SNB said in a statement.”

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