Payments & Liquidity

Send Me Money ASAP: Fast Payment Systems and the Cost of Remittances

Analyzes how fast payment systems affect remittance costs, focusing on whether real-time payment infrastructure can reduce the price of sending money across borders.

Topics: payments, regulation

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