Citi launches multi-market instant payments on Swift scheme

Citi has launched a new system that allows businesses to process cross-border payments instantly using a single bank account. By leveraging the Swift network, this move simplifies how retailers and service providers receive money from international customers or pay overseas vendors. Instead of dealing with the friction of multiple local bank accounts and multi-day clearing times, businesses can now see funds move in seconds across different global markets. For retailers, this reduces the 'settlement gap'—the time between a sale and having that cash available to reinvest. It also streamlines the back-end accounting for companies operating in multiple countries. While this is a banking-level infrastructure update, the practical result is a smoother checkout experience for high-ticket international sales. If you deal with international clients or rely on global supply chains, this technology lowers the barrier to entry for real-time commerce. It essentially brings the speed of domestic peer-to-peer payment apps to the world of international business-to-consumer and business-to-business transactions.

Source: Finextra

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