Ripple has partnered with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) to join its cross-border payments interoperability and extension (PIE) task force.
In a Wednesday tweet, the BIS shared a summary of its recent PIE task force meeting, which claimed that the members of the task force will work to “enhance cross-border payments and meet the quantitative targets for cross-border payments endorsed by the G20.”
The PIE taskforce is part of the BIS Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures, which consists of 33 entities and is led by Ulrich Bindseil, Director of General Market Infrastructure & Payments at the European Central Bank.
The purpose of the taskforce is to improve cross-border payments by enhancing access to payment systems, extending payment system operating hours, and creating connections between different payment systems.
“Engagement and partnership between the public and private sector is a key element of the G20 cross-border payments programme," the BIS wrote.
"Improvements to payment systems and arrangements underlying cross-border payments require global coordination, cooperation and the commitment of a wide range of public authorities and private sector stakeholders."
Ripple, alongside other organizations like Mastercard and SWIFT, will collaborate with BIS to achieve its goal of improving the interoperability of cross-border payments.
BIS also emphasized the importance of global coordination and cooperation between both public and private stakeholders in implementing these improvements to payment systems.
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