Real-time gross settlement (RTGS)
Kenyan RTGS system transitions to new messaging standard
Central bank says ISO 20022 will help it monitor fraud and facilitate cross-border payments
BoE’s high-value payment system hit by ‘global payments issue’
Settlement of some payments delayed after problem originating with Swift; ECB delays closure of Target systems
Payments Benchmarks 2024 – model banks analysis
Breakdowns of key data from the payments benchmark shed light on how the function is governed
Payments Benchmarks 2024 report – towards tokenisation
Benchmarks highlight optimism on tokenisation, hostility to crypto and efforts to upgrade RTGS
Non-banks in RTGSs: greater efficiency or more risk?
Policy-makers and practitioners from central banks in Brazil, Hungary, Israel, Romania, Rwanda and the US share their perspectives
BIS project aims to redesign global payments infrastructure
“Most ambitious” innovation hub project to date will test BIS’s “unified ledger” concept
EU considering shift to T+1 or T+0 – Cipollone
ECB board member says markets are on brink of “significant shift” in digital settlement
ECB invites entrants for wholesale ‘digital euro’ trial
CBDC work in 2024 will test Banque de France, Bank of Italy and Bundesbank DLT solutions
Central banks of Korea and Italy boost co-operation on payment systems
Bank of Korea and Bank of Italy to exchange knowledge on RTGS and CBDC
E-krona could boost competition and safety, say Swedish retailers
Riksbank analyses consumers and retail traders payment preferences
Vanuatu launches new automated payments network
Island nation opens interbank rails and central securities depository
BoE’s RTGS system goes down for nearly six hours
Database problem prevented high-value payment system from opening at usual time
Guillermo Avellán on BCE independence, capacity-building and dollarisation
Central Bank of Ecuador general manager speaks about the need to bolster the central bank’s legal autonomy, dollarisation challenges, payments developments and monetising local gold production
Payments Benchmarks 2023 – executive summary
Payments are undergoing rapid technological change, creating opportunities – and challenges
Payments Benchmarks 2023 report – moving money in shifting conditions
Data reveals differences in CBDC paths, RTGS systems, instant payment plans and budgets
Third-party risks are a first priority for central banks
Cyber and concentration risks crystallise co-operation between critical infrastructure providers
Federal Reserve denies FedNow is a CBDC
Online sources post disinformation on payment system as anti-CBDC sentiment grows
Papua New Guinea phasing out cheques
Central bank will stop processing cheques from larger businesses from end-2023
São Tomé gets loan for RTGS upgrade
Island country lacks automated system
There’s work to be done on RTGS contingencies
Central bankers from Canada, Thailand, Singapore and Brazil discuss RTGS backup planning, including how redundancy, cost and complexity prevent central banks from operating more contingency sites
Law change set to make Fed reveal holders of master accounts
Amendment grew out of dispute between Republican senators and Kansas City Fed