Agustin Carstens, former general manager of the Bank for International Settlements, has eased his stance on stablecoins and publicly mentioned the possibility of their coexistence with fiat money. Speaking at the Point Zero Forum, he said stablecoins could contribute to financial innovation, inclusion and lower costs, and called for conditions enabling coexistence. Analysts say the BIS stance has not changed, as it continues to warn of trust and stability risks.

Swift has warned it will no longer allow free-form, unstructured postal addresses in cross-border payment messages from November 2026, saying non-compliant payments may be delayed or rejected. The change applies to its CBPR+ framework and requires structured sender and recipient address data. Swift described the move as an industry-agreed evolution of standards. The announcement has drawn attention to Ripple and XRP, though industry figures stress ISO 20022 is a messaging standard, not a payment service.