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BRICS payment rails are real, and they are at pilot scale visual preview

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BRICS payment rails are real, and they are at pilot scale

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BRICS payment rails are real, and they are at pilot scale

Five central banks are testing a settlement platform that does not touch SWIFT or the dollar. mBridge has been live since 2022, reached minimum viable product in mid-2024, and has moved about 55 billion dollars across roughly 4,000 transactions. SWIFT moves about 53 million messages on an average day. These are parallel rails for specific corridors, and infrastructure moves at infrastructure speed, not headline speed.

BRICS payment rails are real, and they are at pilot scale visual preview

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