Which of the following banks have become the first banks to join SWIFT‟s global payments initiative? A) ICICI and HDFC Bank B) IndusInd Bank and SBI C) PNB and Federal Bank D) Axis Bank and ICICI E) ICICI and SBI

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D) Axis Bank and ICICI Explanation: Global payments leader SWIFT said that ICICI Bank and Axis Bank have become the first domestic lenders to sign up for its global payments innovation initiative, which already has over 70 other leading banks globally. The initiative aims to enhance cross-border payments by leveraging Swift‘s messaging platform and global reach and in the first phase, the initiative will focus on business-tobusiness payments.

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