Tagged: global payments

September 28, 2022 @ 7:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zepz, the group making remittance payments fair, fast and affordable by powering global cross-border remittance brands WorldRemit and Sendwave, recently announced the 2021 financial results that will be “published in its upcoming Companies House Listing Annual Report as well as an H1 ‘22 performance update,… Read More

September 25, 2022 @ 5:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MineralTree, a Global Payments (NYSE: GPN) company and Accounts Payable (AP) and payment automation solution provider, recently released its seventh annual State of AP report. For the first time ever, MineralTree expanded its research “to include suppliers, reflecting the growing importance of vendor relationships to… Read More

September 22, 2022 @ 3:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Higlobe, Inc., the U.S. based solution for international payment transfers, raised $14 million in funding “to expand its technology and launch into new markets.” The investment round was “led by global technology investment firm Battery Ventures, an investor in a number of U.S.-based fintech companies.”… Read More

August 30, 2022 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

To help clients save time, increase convenience and remove barriers to sending and receiving funds abroad, CIBC announced the expansion of its Global Money Transfer (GMT) service “to include cash pick up through MoneyGram, a global leader in the evolution of digital P2P payments, enabling… Read More

August 19, 2022 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, the provider of enterprise blockchain and cryptocurrency solutions, announced the launch of RippleNet’s On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) in Brazil with Travelex Bank, “the first bank in Latin America to utilize ODL.” Travelex is the first bank registered and “approved by the Central Bank of Brazil… Read More

August 12, 2022 @ 9:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LianLian Global, a cross-border payment service provider, announced the expansion of its cross-border digital payments platform to the UK, “with additional support for customers to secure financing through LianLian Global.” The LianLian Global cross-border digital payments platform is “designed to help UK ecommerce merchants and… Read More

August 10, 2022 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysend, the UK-based Fintech with over 7 million customers, recently announced that 50 new receiving countries have been “introduced to its global payments network since the start of 2022.” These additional payments corridors “mean that Paysend customers can now send money to over 170 countries… Read More

August 7, 2022 @ 10:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BigPay, a Capital A venture firm, recently revealed that it has added 38 new countries to its global remittance services network. This reportedly includes England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales in the UK, and 34 nations across Europe, including France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and Spain…. Read More

August 7, 2022 @ 7:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Network for Electronic Transfers (NETS), which is Singapore’s payment services group, and National ITMX, Thailand’s inter-bank payment infrastructure and central data processing system, recently confirmed the expansion of their cross-border QR payment partnership. This collaboration will aim to support inbound and outbound international payments between… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 5:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Online payments platform, Payset, is utilizing bank accounts from Banking Circle to offer fast, “low-cost” global payments. Providing customers with multi-currency accounts, pre-paid cards and currency exchange services, Payset helps businesses “hold, exchange and move money around the world quickly, effortlessly, and affordably.” Working with… Read More

May 27, 2022 @ 6:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  SWIFT, in collaboration with Capgemini, is conducting new experiments to test how we can interlink domestic CBDCs and “take the next step towards seamless cross-border payments involving digital currencies.” Interest in Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) is “on the rise.” A report from the… Read More

April 29, 2022 @ 12:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BPC has announced its expansion into the Americas in order to support the payments and processing requirements of traditional financial institutions, payments processors, and Fintech firms. The company is launching its full suite of SaaS Cloud services “on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) from Ashburn, Virginia,… Read More

September 11, 2021 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN), a provider of payment tech and software services, has entered an agreement to acquire MineralTree, a provider of accounts payable automation and B2B payments solutions, from an investor group that’s led by Great Hill Partners, .406 Ventures and Eight Roads… Read More

June 7, 2021 @ 9:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nium, an international B2B payments service provider, revealed on Monday (June 7, 2021) that it had signed a “definitive” agreement to acquire Ixaris, a company focused on travel payments optimization. As mentioned in a release shared with CI, the transaction is set to be finalized… Read More

May 10, 2021 @ 7:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Nuvei, a global payment technology provider based in Canada, recently announced it has acquired Simplex, an EU-licensed financial institution that provides the fiat infrastructure for the cryptocurrency industry, for approximately $250 million. Nuvei reported that the acquisition will provide it with an electronic money… Read More

April 30, 2021 @ 12:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based SumUp, a global payments service provider, revealed on Tuesday (April 27, 2021) that it has appointed its new CTO, with Visual Meta Co-Founder and former CTO, Johannes Schaback, taking up the role as of May 1, 2021. As mentioned in a release shared with… Read More

March 17, 2021 @ 8:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Universal Air Travel Plan (UATP), a U.S.-based global payment network for travel, announced on Wednesday it has joined forces with Nuvei, a global payment technology provider based in Canada, to begin offering full payment service provider (PSP) services. UATP reported that the collaboration enables it… Read More

January 5, 2021 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Erik Kaju, Director of Engineering, Cards and Spend at Fintech firm TransferWise, notes that after the introduction of the money transfer service’s debit Mastercard back in 2018, they’ve taken the card to more than 30 countries on four different continents. TransferWise claims that more than… Read More

October 22, 2020 @ 2:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Emburse, a company focused on providing expense management solutions and accounts payable automation, has introduced Emburse Global Reimbursements – which is powered by global money transfer service provider, TransferWise (which recently booked its 4th year of profitability while processing £67 billion in transfers in the… Read More

September 1, 2020 @ 2:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN), a worldwide provider of payment technology and software solutions, announced on Tuesday its Issuer Solutions business, TSYS, has renewed its agreement with Wells Fargo Bank. Through the agreement,  TSYS will continue to provide a range of processing and support services… Read More