跨境贸易 · 2026-07-31

Real-value testing (RVT) of tokenization of wholesale cross-border payments demonstrated an average time from payment initiation to settlement of about 80 seconds, according to a report by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Project Agorá, a public-private collaboration exploring tokenization of wholesale cross-border payments, conducted the RVT in a controlled environment in July, the BIS […] The post Project Agorá Cuts Cross-Border Payment Times to 80 Seconds appeared first on PYMNTS

The company’s Q2 online store net sales grew 15%, but Amazon has pared back the public release of details on how the major sales event fared. 

With the rise of secondary markets and a stronger liquidity environment, more companies are choosing to stay private for longer, according to experts.

For years, the elevator pitch for B2B payments modernization was speed. Faster approvals. Faster settlement. Faster reconciliation. Faster access to working capital. However, moves from Mastercard and American Express point to a different phase of the B2B payments market, one where corporate payments are shifting from moving money faster to moving money with more control, […] The post Mastercard and Amex Turn B2B Payments Into a Living Control Layer appeared first on PYMNTS.com.

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