Bank integration with blockchain is often not about creating one more wallet—it’s about keeping legacy systems running.
On September 17, Bottomline announced the launch of Global Pay Connect and a strategic partnership with Chainlink: banks can continue using their existing Bottomline connection to connect to multiple blockchain networks via a single unified interface. Chainlink infrastructure corresponding to $LINK is part of this effort.
What I care about more is this kind of incremental transformation: payment messages, data, and compliance controls must still be seamlessly connected—making the network accessible is only the first step. The customer coverage mentioned in the announcement cannot be taken directly as the number of banks that are already on-chain; the total payment volume handled by the company over the year is also not the on-chain flow for this new service.
What’s worth looking at next are specific bank go-live cases, the supported payment routes, and verifiable evidence of actual usage. #Bank Payment Interconnection
On September 17, Bottomline announced the launch of Global Pay Connect and a strategic partnership with Chainlink: banks can continue using their existing Bottomline connection to connect to multiple blockchain networks via a single unified interface. Chainlink infrastructure corresponding to $LINK is part of this effort.
What I care about more is this kind of incremental transformation: payment messages, data, and compliance controls must still be seamlessly connected—making the network accessible is only the first step. The customer coverage mentioned in the announcement cannot be taken directly as the number of banks that are already on-chain; the total payment volume handled by the company over the year is also not the on-chain flow for this new service.
What’s worth looking at next are specific bank go-live cases, the supported payment routes, and verifiable evidence of actual usage. #Bank Payment Interconnection
