1、 Enhancing Cross-border Payments Stage 1 report to the G20: Technical background report 9 April 2020 The Financial Stability Board (FSB) coordinates at the international level the work of national financial authorities and international standard-setting bodies in order to develop and promote the imp
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4、.fsb.org/terms_conditions/ iii Contents Introduction . 1 1. Existing arrangements for cross-border payments . 2 1.1 Introducing the cross-border market . 2 1.2 Retail end-user facing environments (front end) . 8 1.3 Architecture of cross-border payment services (back end) . 10 2. Challenges and fric
5、tions in existing arrangements for cross-border payments. 12 2.1 Challenges in existing arrangements . 13 2.2 How frictions affect the cross-border payment process . 18 2.3 Considerations for policymakers . 22 3. Areas to explore further in developing the roadmap . 26 Annex Trusted ledger arrangemen
6、ts for payment arrangements . 29 iv 1 Introduction The Saudi Arabian G20 Presidency has asked the FSB to coordinate amongst the relevant stakeholders on a three-stage process to develop a roadmap to enhance cross-border payments: Assessment (Stage 1): The FSB, in coordination with relevant internati