FIS to Modernize Real-Time Payments Infrastructure and Central Bank Digital Currencies for Countries Around the World
FIS has launched RealNet™ Central, a payment solution aimed at enhancing real-time payment infrastructures globally. This initiative addresses the need for countries to modernize or establish their payment networks, with 72% of the world's population expected to access instant payments. Additionally, FIS introduced a CBDC Virtual Lab, allowing central banks to experiment with digital currencies. This innovative platform supports over one million transactions per second, promoting faster and more secure transactions in an increasingly digital economy.
- Launch of RealNet™ Central to modernize real-time payment systems.
- Introduction of CBDC Virtual Lab for central banks to explore and pilot digital currencies.
- Support for over one million transactions per second with low latency.
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Key facts
- FIS is now offering a central infrastructure payment solution through RealNet™ Central, which enables countries to modernize or build their own real-time payments network.
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Additionally, FIS is launching a
Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) Virtual Lab that will allow countries to experiment, pilot and accelerate live CBDC implementations.
Currently, 72 percent of the world’s population has, or will soon have, access to instant payments, according to the 2022 Worldpay from FIS Global Payments Report. Many markets are also replacing or renovating their established real-time services, especially those that repurposed their corporate real-time gross settlement (RTGS) services to cater for instant payments, such as
As this shift occurs, RealNet™ Central will accelerate real-time payments adoption by connecting a country’s businesses, consumers, financial institutions and government entities to real-time networks, both domestically and internationally. FIS will also help central banks launch Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC). Through FIS’
“The global economy has rapidly shifted toward digital-first mindsets and methods. While the idea of making payments in real-time may sound simple, the reality of delivering on that promise is enormously sophisticated, especially when doing so across borders,” said
FIS has been shortlisted as a finalist on the G20 TechSprint 2022 CBDC challenge to build a prototype using the
For more information, visit the RealNet™ Central webpage.
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