ICICI Bank has announced has tied up with SWIFT to offer a facility that helps overseas partner banks to send instant remittances on behalf of their customers to the beneficiary in India.
The beneficiary gets the credit to the bank account instantly.
This makes ICICI Bank the first bank in Asia-Pacific and the second globally to offer the facility, called ‘SWIFT gpi instant’, for cross border inward payments.
The personal remittances of up to 2 lakhs will be sent through ‘SWIFT gpi instant’.
This can be processed instantly and credited into the beneficiary account held with any bank in India.