Payments between people and businesses at a domestic level have been getting faster and faster. Instant and real-time are the new norm domestically. But the historically ‘slower’ cross-border space is now catching up. Cross-border payments settled in a matter of seconds are now a reality, writes Harry Newman, head of banking at SWIFT.
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