Chainlink: Bottomline Partnership Brings CCIP and CRE to 600+ Banks for Cross-Border Payments - 03 Sep 2026

Bottomline, a top-three Swift service provider that moves more than $16 trillion annually, has announced a partnership with Chainlink to bring cross-chain, cross-border payments to its 600-plus bank customers. The integration uses Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) and the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) as the underlying rails for bank payment flows.Bottomline's bank network gives Chainlink a direct channel into institutional payment infrastructure. Banks connected through Bottomline can route payments across chains and borders without building separate integrations, since CCIP handles cross-chain messaging and CRE coordinates the workflow. For LINK, the partnership represents a concrete adoption driver tied to existing high-volume payment operations rather than a pilot program, expanding demand for Chainlink's core services among regulated financial institutions.NEW: Top-three Swift service provider, Bottomline, has entered a strategic partnership with Chainlink to unlock cross-chain, cross-border payments for its 600+ bank customers.Bottomline moves more than $16 trillion in payments annually across its platforms.Through the…