Special edition of Swift’s RMB Tracker, for the Swift Greater China Regional Conference 2016, provides data and analysis of the Chinese currency for the first half of the year

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Breakthrough solves major challenge in digital ecosystem development Shows how digital currencies and assets could be used at scale across borders by leveraging existing financial infrastructure 14 central and commercial banks already testing new CBDC solution

What are the main blockers to achieving frictionless cross-border payments? What progress has been made so far? And what more needs to be done? Our expert panel discussed all this and more at Sibos 2021.

Despite most industries witnessing digital leaps forward over the past decade, the world of trade has kept its focus on paper-based documentation. In fact, trade documents such as promissory notes, bills of lading and performance bonds have remained relatively unchanged for centuries. Considering that the scale and sophistication of global trade has increased enormously since these documents were initially used by merchants, it’s now high-time for an update.

Cross-border payments are entering an exciting new era with the global introduction of the data-rich ISO 20022 standard. To find out what outcomes banks and customers can look forward to, Swift's Stephen Lindsay spoke to Isabel Schmidt, Co-Head of Payment Products, from BNY Mellon at Sibos.

Inefficiencies in the securities settlement process can have serious knock-on effects throughout the transaction chain. Charifa El Otmani, Director of Capital Markets Strategy at Swift, discusses how this is impacting asset managers today, and how transaction tracking can help.

Special edition of Swift’s RMB Tracker for Sibos 2016 shows new frontiers for RMB internationalisation in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)

What role can standards play in enabling the industry to meet its latest challenges? And what needs to happen for the full benefits of standardisation to be realised?

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