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BBVA Becomes First Spanish Bank to Launch Swift's Global Retail Payments Scheme
BBVA becomes the first Spanish bank to launch Swift's Global Retail Payments scheme, positioning itself as a leader in cross-border retail payment infrastructure in Europe.
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The Wire takeaway
If you build cross-border payment rails or regional payment software, BBVA just proved Swift's retail scheme is now live and bankable in Europe - the incumbent payment networks are moving faster than expected, and your window to integrate or compete is narrowing. Call your European bank partners this week to understand their Swift GRP roadmap before they've already chosen their tech stack.
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Topics: Fintech · swift-grp · cross-border-payments · retail-payments · banking-infrastructure · europe