On May 31, 2021, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) announced they were seeking response to their public consultation, Targets for Addressing the Four Challenges of Cross-Border Payments. The global targets proposed are intended to improve cost, speed, transparency and access to cross-border payments via the FSB’s Roadmap for Enhancing Cross-border Payments. “The quantitative targets proposed are a foundational step in the G20 Roadmap for Enhancing Cross-border Payments, which was endorsed by G20 Leaders in November 2020."

The FSB expects individual targets to be met by end of 2027, however, remittance cost targets are set for 2030 by the United Nations Sustainable Development Group Goal (UN SDG), which is endorsed by the G20.

The FSB anticipates that a final report consisting of final targets will be completed by October of this year. By this date the FSB states they will have developed an “implementation approach for monitoring the targets that will set out:

1. how targets will be measured and data sources and data gaps to be filled;
2. how progress towards meeting the targets will be monitored; and
3. the frequency of data collection and publication.”

More information on the FSB public consultation on cross-border payments can be found here and here.