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Kledjona Mollaj, Consultant at Be | Shaping the Future UK, discusses the latest changes in Russia’s internal payment system and the challenges faced by the government amid the invasion of Ukraine.
Russia Ukraine War, local payment method, remittance, SWIFT, debit card, credit card, Issuer, central bank, mobile payments, online payments
Mexico-based cloud payments company Volante Technologies has partnered with Banca Afirme to modernise its payments infrastructure.
partnership, SWIFT, product upgrade, ISO 20022, payment processing
US-based Routable has launched its new cross-border payments solution, allowing businesses to pay vendors and contractors across 220+ countries.
product launch, cross-border payments, expansion, gig economy, API, SWIFT
Russian online bank Tinkoff has suspended outgoing SWIFT transfers in foreign currencies until October 2022, after it had struggled with such transactions due to restrictions on Russia's banks.
SWIFT, regulation, financial sanctions, Russia Ukraine War
Russia’s Rostec Group, a government organization, has developed a blockchain platform to launch a digital system for international payments capable of replacing the global SWIFT system.
payment processing, cross-border payments, SWIFT, DLT
Nasir Ahmed, SWIFT Head of UK and Ireland, discusses recent developments on ISO 20022, release plans, and the challenges and opportunities faced by banks and financial institutions when embarking on this migration.
ISO 20022, banks, financial institutions, transactions , data, payments , cross-border payments, risk management, compliance, SWIFT
Charles de Rougé, Head of SaaS – Financial Messaging at Bottomline, shows why there is a change in perspective when considering the Chief Operation Officer’s job description in the age of the cloud.
Bottomline Technologies, cloud, ISO 20022, SWIFT
Europol has supplied European data from the SWIFT financial transaction system to the US Treasury Department, ending up with the CIA.
data, SWIFT, financial data, transactions , data breaches
Michalis Michaelides, Global Business Development Director at BPC, discusses the importance of using local payments to build customer trust and enhance cross-border ecommerce.
ecommerce, cross-border payments, cross-border ecommerce, local payment method, online payments, SWIFT, PSP, account-to-account payment
As sanctions against Russia continue to impact the country, MRC explains how cryptocurrency provides an extra layer of obfuscation for those who wish to bypass traditional means of currency transfer.
financial sanctions, Russia Ukraine War, cryptocurrency, banks, financial institutions, SWIFT, KYC, identity verification, cryptocurrency exchange, digital assets
US-based First Bank has chosen to implement Finzly’s payment hub to improve the bank’s payment and digital capabilities.
banks, payments , partnership, ACH, SWIFT
EBA CLEARING, SWIFT, and The Clearing House (TCH) have planned to launch a pilot service for immediate cross-border (IXB) payments with the support of banks from both sides of the Atlantic.
cross-border payments, partnership, financial institutions, banks, EBA clearing, SWIFT
The Paypers sat down with Colin Wood and Charles De Rougé from Bottomline to find out more about the benefits coming with ISO 20022, the November 2022 deadline for its SWIFT integration, and more
Bottomline Technologies, SWIFT, ISO 20022, banks, ISO, data
Singapore-based payments and card issuer Nium has launched a new brokerage payments solution that offers FIs an alternative to SWIFT settlements.
Nium, SWIFT, product launch, cross-border payments, investment
Dr. Leo Lipis, Chief Executive of Lipis Advisors, offers a lucid account of the ways in which the EU and US must pay attention to the loopholes the Russian banks can use to bypass some of the economic sanctions, now that it’s more important than ever for them to take effect in discouraging the military campaign.
Russia Ukraine War, financial sanctions, online banking, SWIFT, Visa, MasterCard
Business software giant Oracle Corp has announced it has suspended all operations in Russia, amid the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
Russia Ukraine War, financial sanctions, regulation, SWIFT
ThetaRay has announced that its system can identify attempts to circumvent economic and trade sanctions and help governments and financial institutions maintain uninterrupted correspondent banking activities.
banks, financial institutions, Russia Ukraine War, cross-border payments, SWIFT
European Union ambassadors have agreed to exclude seven Russian banks from the SWIFT system, but spared Sberbank and a bank part-owned by Russian Gazprom.
regulation, banks, SWIFT, Russia Ukraine War, financial institutions
Global payment processors and card issuers Visa and Mastercard have blocked multiple Russian financial institutions from their network, in compliance with the US government sanctions imposed over the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Russia Ukraine War, central bank, Visa, MasterCard, credit card, SWIFT, Swift messages, cross-border payments, regulation
Poland-based fintech Igoria Trade has partnered with Banking Circle to give its customers more multicurrency card and account solutions.
Banking Circle, partnership, fintech, SEPA, SWIFT, IBAN