Canada’s payment system is moving toward real-time settlement, and Payments Canada’s Real-Time Rail (RTR) is the piece built to make instant fund transfers happen. That means the system’s settlement speed is now lining up with blockchain networks, shrinking the old time gap between bank transfers and crypto. Traditional payments still run on daytime batch processing. Slow stuff. Funds often sit in a kind of in-between state before they reach the receiver from the sender. Crypto networks changed what people expect by offering instant confirmation. Now Canada’s public infrastructure upgrade pulls those two systems closer on instant value transfer standards, though identity verification still depends on the service provider, according to CoinPedia.
Canada's Real-Time Payment System Converges with Crypto Settlement Speeds
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News EditorCanada's payment infrastructure is undergoing a significant shift towards real-time settlement. The Real-Time Rail system developed by Payments Canada allows for instant fund transfers, matching the speed of blockchain networks. This development reduces the time gap between traditional bank transfers and cryptocurrency transactions, which have long offered near-instant settlement. Traditional payment systems rely on batch processing, leaving funds in a pending state during the day. Crypto networks have set a new standard with immediate confirmation. Canada's public infrastructure upgrade is aligning with the instant value transfer standards of decentralized networks, though identity verification still depends on service providers. This convergence narrows the gap between conventional banking and the crypto ecosystem. (Source: CoinPedia)
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