Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how fintech is disrupting the financial industry in Asia. Many a well-funded fintech upstart has burst onto the ...

SWIFT faces last-mile delays in cross-border payments as Ripple promotes near-instant settlement through the XRP Ledger ...

Ripple has received a U.S. patent for its blockchain-based cross-border payment technology. The system enables instant transactions without requiring full network consensus The news comes as SWIFT ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about international payments. Recent reactions to US policymaking and tariffs have contributed to a decline in the ...

Swift has moved its blockchain-powered shared ledger from the planning stage into full-scale development, marking a significant step toward modernizing international finance. The organization recently ...

Stablecoins are shifting from tools for crypto traders to the backbone of global finance and represent a "meaningful innovation for global payments," Jack McDonald, senior vice president of ...

A powerful coalition of democracies announced it would cut off some Russian banks from the global payment system Swift.

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva praised India's 'bold economic and structural reforms' - from revised direct and indirect tax laws to the mass rollout of a digital payments ecosystem - on the first day ...