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Ant International, Standard Chartered and Swift Collaborate to Pioneer Bank-to-Wallet Payment Solution Backed by ISO 20022
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SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 27, 2025-- Supported by Swift’s trusted infrastructure, Ant International, a leading global digital payment, digitisation and financial technology provider, and Standard Chartered Bank have launched live production trials for a bank-to-wallet payment solution using the ISO 20022 financial messaging standards. Through Alipay+, the global wallet gateway service under Ant International, the first transactions were completed successfully between a Standard Chartered Bank customer account and a partner e-wallet. Through simplifying global money transfers, the innovative solution leverages the Swift network of over 11,500 financial institutions in more than 200 countries and territories to connect to 1.7 billion user accounts on the 36 global digital wallets in the Alipay+ ecosystem, especially across fast-growing Asian markets.