G20 Cross-Border Payments Roadmap (FSB)
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A G20 plan to make sending money across borders cheap and fast is openly falling short, and that failure is pushing the world toward crypto rails.
Who they are
The G20 Cross-Border Payments Roadmap, a Financial Stability Board program launched in 2020.
What they do
It set targets for end-2027: under 1% transaction costs and most payments settling within an hour.
How it works
An October 2025 progress report admits the old system is missing those targets, with person-to-person costs stuck at 2.6% versus the 1% goal.
Why it matters
The engine reads this shortfall as building pressure that forces stablecoins and digital assets in as the bypass around the failing traditional system.
The engine's record — word for word
Financial Stability Board program established 2020 targeting end-2027 averages of <1% transaction costs and 75% wholesale/retail settlements within one hour. October 2025 Consolidated Progress Report concedes legacy system is failing the targets; P2P costs stuck at 2.6% vs 1% target. Failure creates thermodynamic pressure forcing stablecoin/digital-asset bridges as structural bypasses.
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