Bottomline launches platform bridging payments and blockchain

New SaaS platform helps banks modernize payment infrastructure while connecting to blockchain networks.

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Sep 17, 2026

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Bottomline launches platform bridging payments and blockchain

New SaaS platform helps banks modernize payment infrastructure while connecting to blockchain networks.

In brief

New SaaS platform helps banks modernize payment infrastructure while connecting to blockchain networks. Banks can now integrate traditional payment systems with emerging blockchain networks through a single platform, addressing the urgent need to modernize outdated infrastructure. Originally reported by Pymnts.

Bottomline launches Global Pay Connect

The new SaaS platform helps financial institutions modernize payment messaging and extend infrastructure beyond traditional connectivity through API-enabled services.

Banks face urgent modernization pressure

40% of CFOs cite outdated infrastructure as the biggest barrier to real-time payments, while only 28% describe their SaaS adoption as modern and API-enabled.

“40% of chief financial officers point to outdated infrastructure as the largest obstacle”

Platform connects major payment networks

Global Pay Connect provides connectivity across Swift, SEPA, SIC, Bacs, CHAPS, CHIPS, Lynx, EBICS and host-to-host connections globally.

AI and data enrichment drive insights

The platform modernizes through ISO 20022 transformation and payment data enrichment, while AI-enabled insights help institutions extract more value from payment data.

Chainlink partnership enables blockchain access

Bottomline partnered with blockchain company Chainlink to let banks connect to multiple blockchain networks through a single, network-agnostic integration model.

“seamlessly to multiple blockchain networks through a single, network-agnostic integration model”

Real-time payments drive urgent spending

92% of financial institutions expect to enable The Clearing House's RTP network within two years, turning infrastructure modernization from a long-term project into immediate spending.

“92%. As a result, real-time payments could turn infrastructure modernization from a long-term project into a more immediate spending requirement”

The short version

Banks can now integrate traditional payment systems with emerging blockchain networks through a single platform, addressing the urgent need to modernize outdated infrastructure.

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