Tagged: Cross-Border Transactions

Acquired.com, Cross-Border Payment Provider Finaro to Expand Merchant Acquiring Services

Finaro, the global cross-border payment provider, and UK payments specialist and payment initiation service provider Acquired.com, announced a partnership that will enable Acquired.com (a member of the Quint Group) “to offer its customers Finaro’s tailor-made brilliantly simple acquiring services.” Through this collaboration, Acquired.com customers will… Read More

Global Fintech Wise Shares Trading Update, Company Reports Solid Start to the Year with Steady Business Growth

Global Fintech Wise plc (LSE:WISE) has shared its latest Q1 FY24 trading update, noting that the firm is now off to a good start to the year “with continued strong customer growth.” As noted in a release, Wise reports the following key results: 33% YoY… Read More

Stablecoin Adoption: Value of Payment Transactions with Stablecoins to Exceed $187B Globally by 2028, Report Claims

A study from Juniper Research, the researchers focused on emerging payments, have found that the value of payment transactions powered by stablecoins “will exceed $187 billion globally by 2028, up from $53 billion in 2023.” The study found that stablecoins are “making rapid progress in… Read More

Latin America: Fintechs EBANX, Nubank to Leverage NuPay for Cross-Border Digital Commerce

EBANX, a global fintech specializing in payments for rising markets, and Nubank, one of the world’s largest digital financial services platforms, announced a partnership to offer a new alternative payment method for international purchases, NuPay, a payment method developed by Nubank (NYSE: NU). The partnership… Read More

Cross-Border Payments: RTGS.global Partners with Banks to Streamline International Payment Options

RTGS.global, the Financial Market Infrastructure (FMI) streamlining cross-border settlements, has signed “landmark” pilot agreements with two innovative banks as momentum builds in emerging markets for its settlement service. MDO Humo in Tajikistan and Credo Bank in Georgia are the progressive institutions that will run pilots… Read More

Global Consortium Completes Cross-Border Quantum-Secure Digital Trade Transaction

An international consortium of industry and technical experts, supported by government, business and other organizations have “completed the world’s first quantum-secure cross-border electronic trade document transaction, delivering a verifiable, secure, and legally recognizable solution for future digital trade transactions. This significant step forward in the… Read More

AI-Enhanced E-Commerce Compliance Firm Eurora Appoints James Doyle to Lead Entry to Latin America

Eurora Solutions, a provider of AI/ML-backed cross-border e-commerce compliance platform, announces the appointment of James Doyle as CEO of its Latin American (LATAM) operations, marking Eurora’s strategic entry to the world’s fastest-growing retail e-commerce region. As noted in the update shared with CI, LATAM saw… Read More

Fintech Keeta Introduces Cross-Border Payments Platform Backed by Eric Schmidt, Others

Keeta, a new global payments platform offering instant and secure cross-border monetary transactions, announced its official launch with $17 million in funding from investors, including Eric Schmidt and Steel Perlot Management, LLC. Powered by a “highly scalable” proprietary ledger technology, capable of processing more than… Read More

Fintech Thunes, Rawbank to Enable Global Mobile Money Transfers

Global cross-border payment infrastructure company Thunes and Rawbank, the bank in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), announced a partnership “to facilitate cross-border transaction flows between the DRC and the rest of the world through illicocash.” By partnering with Thunes, Rawbank now “becomes the first… Read More

Fintech NomuPay Raises $53.6M to Provide Enterprises with An ‘All Access Pass’ for Payments

NomuPay, a modern end-to-end payment platform purpose built for expansion into regions of high cross-border and ecommerce growth, has raised $53.6m. The investment round was “led by Finch Capital, and includes participation from Outpost Ventures, a Neuberger Berman fund, with participation from individuals.” Peter Burridge,… Read More

Indian Fintech Cashfree Payments Enables Tazapay to Offer Cross-Border Payments to Exporters

Cashfree Payments, India’s payments and API banking company, has partnered with Tazapay, Singapore-based cross-border payments company to power their cross-border payments for Indian exporters. The partnership allows Tazapay “to settle all cross-border payments directly to Indian exporters’ local bank accounts in Rupees (INR) in one… Read More

Instant Cross-Border Payments Introduced by Zimpler

Zimpler, a fintech company providing seamless and secure account-to-account (A2A) payment solutions, announced the launch of instant cross-border payouts. The feature will allow Zimpler’s customers “to instantly send Euros to all 20 Eurozone countries through SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area), with no hidden fees or… Read More

Payments Fintech RTGS.global Appoints CEO, New Chair as it Strengthens Leadership Team

RTGS.global, which claims to be the next-gen settlement service delivering real-time cross-border payments and liquidity management, says it is “scaling up quickly in 2023 with very strong market acceptance.” In order to react to this rapid growth, RTGS.global is “strengthening its executive leadership team by… Read More

Global Payments: PPRO, NPCI International to Provide Access to India’s UPI Payment System

PPRO, the digital payments infrastructure provider, has signed a strategic agreement with NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) in order “to offer global partners access to Unified Payments Interface (UPI), India’s fastest-growing, real-time payment system, for cross-border transactions.” This latest agreement, “supported by a new framework… Read More

Fintech Trends Report: Digital Wallets Are Streamlining E-Commerce Experience in the MENA Region

FYST, a “one-stop” payments consultancy for ecommerce businesses, has released the first part of a new three-part report, ‘The Map of World Payments’, that drills deep into ecommerce payment trends, with this instalment focusing on the MENA region, and shows how merchants serving these regions… Read More

Fintech Firm Tranglo Introduces Instant SEPA Payments to Europe

Tranglo recently announced the launch of instant SEPA payments to Europe. It reportedly marks the company’s first large-scale expansion “in that region and comes amid an influx of cross-border funds in recent years.” As noted in the update, SEPA “facilitates over 43 billion transactions annually,… Read More

Bank for International Settlements Shares Report on Facilitating Increased Adoption of Payment versus Payment (PvP)

This final report – issued as part of the G20 cross-border payments program – focuses on facilitating increased adoption of payment versus payment (PvP) “to reduce foreign exchange (FX) settlement risk and improve cross-border payments.” It analyzes “the causes of non-PvP settlement, takes stock of… Read More

Fintech ZEBEDEE to Enhance International Payments with Tech Connecting US, UK, EU, Brazil, the Philippines

ZEBEDEE, a payments processor, has announced an overhaul of how users can move money across the world. The upgraded feature for borderless transactions showcases “the power and potential of global, friction-free and currency-agnostic payments and represents a significant improvement and simplification of how anyone can… Read More

Cross-Border Transactions: Arf Addressing Constraints in International Payments with Stellar Development Foundation

Arf, the Swiss-regulated global settlement banking platform, with support from the Stellar Development Foundation, is now offering what it claims is “the world’s first unsecured, short-term, USDC-based working capital financing solutions for licensed financial institutions.” Making cross-border payments faster, cheaper, and more transparent and inclusive… Read More

Vietnam: Western Union Money Transfers Now Available on MoMo App

Western Union (NYSE:WU) and MoMo announced a strategic collaboration “enabling customers to receive Western Union money transfers on the MoMo app.” It is reportedly the “first” time a money transfer operator’s services “have become available on a leading super app in Vietnam.” Key insights from… Read More

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