In contrast to social media, all the messages arrive directly in your customer inbox - no algorithm can determine who receives it. SMS penetration of India. TRAI estimates that India has more than 1.2 billion mobile subscribers, which implies that virtually all households own a phone. Open rates of SMS can be 98% in comparison

European financial institutions should assess whether the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) can be extended into tokenized payments, Bank of Italy Deputy Governor Chiara Scotti said, as policymakers look for ways to keep euro-denominated settlement central to digital finance. Scotti called a tokenized extension of SEPA an “important area for reflection” during a Monday speech

May 5, 2026 A senior European Central Bank official argued on 5 May 2026 that tokenisation and distributed ledger technology (DLT) are reshaping payments and finance, according to a speech published by the ECB. The official stated that these innovations could improve financial services and reduce costs, but also carry significant implications for central banks.

5 May 2026 Intesa Sanpaolo’s IMI Corporate & Investment Banking Division took part in testing the new SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) orchestration platform, a neutral infrastructure connecting traditional capital markets with Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) networks. Outlook and benefits emerging from the trial The results of the trial of the new SWIFT

The landscape of business communication in India has been redrawn over the last five years. Once a freewheeling channel, bulk SMS, in 2021 it became one of the most regulated messaging environments in the world. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (TRAI) Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) framework, now governs how every commercial SMS reaches an