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The share of the euro currency in global cross-border settlements via the SWIFT messaging system last month declined to an all-time low, transaction data compiled by the global financial service showed on Thursday.

A move away from conducting financial transactions through Western payment systems, including SWIFT, is vital for Russia and its trading partners, the head of the country’s second-largest lender has said.

The global shift away from the Western-based payment network, now used as a sanctions tool, has been gathering pace The…

SWIFT cross-border transactions in the single currency have nosedived to three-year lows The use of the euro for international settlements…