Adoption of Swift's Cross-Border Consumer Payment Initiative by RBC and TD Bank
Royal Bank of Canada and TD Bank Group have implemented a new Swift framework designed to improve the speed, cost transparency, and reliability of international retail transfers arriving in Canada.
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Royal Bank of Canada and TD Bank Group have gone live on Swift's new consumer payments initiative for inbound international transfers.
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The initiative aims to ensure recipients receive the full transaction amount without unexpected deductions and provides upfront visibility of fees and exchange rates.
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The framework allows for many payments to reach accounts within minutes, and potentially instantly depending on local banking system support.
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The initiative is intended to align with G20 goals for modernizing international payments, including targets for speed and transparency by 2027.
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RBC and TD will initially support inbound transfers from Australia and Belgium through this framework.
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Swift reports that over 60 banks across 25 countries are currently backing the initiative.
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Other banks that have recently adopted the framework include Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, and NatWest.
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The program is designed to specifically address delays in the 'last mile' of transfers, defined as the time between a payment arriving at the beneficiary bank and being credited to the account.
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Sebastian Becerra of RBC stated the bank is the first in North America to go live with this specific Swift initiative.
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Swift claims that 75% of transactions on its network currently reach the destination bank within 10 minutes.