ASEAN is a 2.6 trillion US dollar market of over 622 million people. Lucrative opportunities abound and SWIFT aims to cash in via the instant payments services avenue. But as the name suggests, they better be able to make it fast! In fact, SWIFT recognises the key challenges in the cross-border payments space and recently embarked on a 17-banks-across-APAC-Europe-and-North America-wide trial of its instant payment services. The results are encouraging.To tell us more is Sharon Toh, Head of ASEAN at SWIFT.

<p>ASEAN is a 2.6 trillion US dollar market of over 622 million people. Lucrative opportunities abound and SWIFT aims to cash in via the instant payments services avenue. But as the name suggests, they better be able to make it fast! In fact, SWIFT recognises the key challenges in the cross-border payments space and recently embarked on a 17-banks-across-APAC-Europe-and-North America-wide trial of its instant payment services. The results are encouraging.To tell us more is Sharon Toh, Head of ASEAN at SWIFT.</p>

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