# GBP → EUR: British Pound to Euro settlement on Sera

> Post-Brexit UK-EU flows are stuck on 25–50 bps bank spreads with multi-day SEPA returns. Sera offers same-second settlement at <10 bps.

- **Corridor:** GBP ↔ EUR (United Kingdom ↔ Eurozone)
- **Status:** Live
- **Bridge stablecoins:** GBPT ↔ EURC
- **Settlement speed:** Sub-second on-chain · ~10s door-to-door

## How settlement flows

GBP via Faster Payments → GBPT → routed to EURC liquidity → EUR via SEPA Instant.

## Local payment rails

- **United Kingdom (GBP):**
  - Faster Payments (Real-time)
  - BACS (Same-day)
- **Eurozone (EUR):**
  - SEPA Instant (Real-time — 10-second pan-Eurozone)
  - SEPA (Same-day)

## Use cases

- UK-EU SME trade
- Expat household FX
- Treasury rebalancing

## Risk notes for liquidity providers

GBPT depth is currently limited; LPs facilitating this corridor capture concentrated volume but face higher single-name stablecoin risk.

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