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Payments Benchmarks 2022 report – on the shores of a digital future
The world is seeing a boom in new payment methods. There are new opportunities to increase efficiency and cut costs, but also challenges in developing and managing technologies. Data from the Payments Benchmarks 2022 shows three-quarters of central banks are on the path to CBDCs. More than half of central banks are planning to upgrade their real-time gross settlement system in the next year. Most central banks will have implemented the ISO 20022 standard by 2025.
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