Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for optimal routing of payments. A global transaction router hosted by a supernetwork instance can receive a payment request, where the payment request specifies an identifier for a recipient institution. The global transaction router can identify a plurality of routes from the global transaction router to a plurality of respective destination network hubs associated with the recipient institution. The global transaction router can calculate a score for individual routes of the plurality of routes, where the score is based on a plurality of routing factors. The routing factors can be weighted based at least in part on routing preferences included with the payment request. The global transaction router can select one of the plurality of routes based on the score and cause the payment request to be provided to a destination network hub on the one of the plurality of routes.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for optimal routing of payments. A global transaction router hosted by a supernetwork instance can receive a payment request, where the payment request specifies an identifier for a recipient institution. The global transaction router can identify a plurality of routes from the global transaction router to a plurality of respective destination network hubs associated with the recipient institution. The global transaction router can calculate a score for individual routes of the plurality of routes, where the score is based on a plurality of routing factors. The routing factors can be weighted based at least in part on routing preferences included with the payment request. The global transaction router can select one of the plurality of routes based on the score and cause the payment request to be provided to a destination network hub on the one of the plurality of routes.

Abstract: Disclosed are various approaches for onboarding payment networks to participate in a supernetwork that facilitates payments between different payment networks. In particular, a participant registry that stores the registration information of registered payment networks can be managed. The registration information can include a network identifier, protocol data, routing logic, interface configuration data, and additional information that may need to be required to translate and facilitate communication and payment transactions between different registered payment networks.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating payments between members of separate payment networks. A first instance of a supernetwork can receive a payment request from a source network hub connected to the first supernetwork instance and linked to a first payment network, the first payment request specifying an identifier for a recipient institution and an amount of the payment request. The first instance of the supernetwork can then query a participant status cache to identify a destination network hub linked to a second payment network associated with the recipient institution. Next, the first instance of the supernetwork can query a participant registry to identify a second supernetwork instance connected to the destination network hub. Finally, the first instance of the supernetwork can forward the payment request to a second global transaction router hosted by a second supernetwork instance connected to the destination network hub.