Tagged: international payments

Cross-Border Payments Represent One-Sixth of All Transaction Values Globally, Estimated to Increase to $250T+ in Value by 2027 – Report

Cross-border payments are financial transactions where the accounts of the payor and payee are based in different countries, the Payments Canada team explains. Cross-border payments are typically “more complex than domestic payments as they involve different national legal and regulatory frameworks, more than one currency,… Read More

Global Fintech Klarna Expands Growth Tools for Clients via Rollout of Digital Products

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant, announced the expansion of its growth tools for retailers and creators to help them engage with their audiences in more effective ways and enhance the shopping experience for consumers. With a mission to accelerate commerce, Klarna’s… Read More

Fintech Wise Temporarily Paused Onboarding New Business Clients Across UK, Europe Due to “High Demand”

Wise (LSE:WISE) has reportedly been forced to place a freeze on onboarding new business clients across the United Kingdom and Europe because of “high demand” for services. This latest update comes after the Fintech firm had “deactivated” all US business cards this past week. Wise,… Read More

Fintechs Ecommpay and GoCardless to Add Direct Debit Capabilities to Payment Methods

Bank payment company GoCardless and international payment service provider and UK & Europe direct bank card acquirer Ecommpay have announced a partnership which will see the latter add bank debit to strengthen its payment offering. Thanks to GoCardless Embed, “a white-label integration, Ecommpay merchants will… Read More

Primer, the Infrastructure for Payments and Commerce, Secures Investment from Tencent

Primer, the unified infrastructure for global payments and commerce, has secured investment from the internet company Tencent. Primer claims that it has experienced rapid growth “across Europe, Asia Pacific and the US markets including significant customer wins across retail, fashion, travel and mobility industries with… Read More

Real-Time Payments Fintech Volt Welcomes Matt Henderson as Special Advisor

Volt, the global real-time payments platform, recently announced that Matt Henderson, former CEO of Stripe Europe, ex-Google, ex-Amazon, has now “joined as a Special Advisor to the Board.” Henderson reportedly joins Volt at a critical inflection point “for the company, following the successful completion of… Read More

Visa Payments Learning Initiative to Upskill Employees, Students, Clients

Visa (NYSE: V), a global payments technology company, announced the launch of the Visa Payments Learning Program designed to upskill employees, students, clients and military talent through training courses and certifications to support a sustainable and diverse talent pipeline. The initial focus of this program… Read More

Cross-Border Payments Report: Consumers Continue to Seek Streamlined Remittances Experiences

Mastercard’s (NYSE: MA) new borderless payments report reveals consumers globally are setting up side hustles and considering working or living abroad, prompting the acceleration of cross-border payments. Small businesses are also increasingly “reliant on international payment networks with three in five sourcing more suppliers internationally… Read More

Embedded Finance Being Leveraged By SMBs as Traditional Banks Fall Short – Report

Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, announced a new global survey that revealed surging demand for cloud-based financial services “with more than 80 per cent of SMBs looking to switch away from traditional banks for their payment needs.” The report, jointly… Read More

Real-Time Payments Fintech Nium Expands B2B Travel Offering in Asia Pacific

Nium, the real-time global payments provider, has expanded its B2B travel payments offering in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, “building on rising demand for its virtual card solution offering globally.” Travel intermediaries and operators use Nium’s virtual card solution “to efficiently pay suppliers around the… Read More

Fintech Airwallex to Acquire Mexican Payments Firm MexPago

Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire MexPago, a Mexico-based payment service provider and an Institution of Electronic Payment Funds (IFPE) license-holder. The transaction is subject “to regulatory approvals and customary closing… Read More

Airwallex and Alpaca to Deliver Seamless Experience for Investors Purchasing US Stocks

Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, announced its partnership with Alpaca, a developer-first API brokerage platform, to support Alpaca’s global payments and foreign exchange (FX) needs. The announcement comes on the heels of several recent Airwallex wins “in the wealthtech category,… Read More

UK Fintech Gemba Selects ThetaRay for AML Program to Accelerate Global Growth

Gemba Finance, a provider of innovative banking and financial management solutions, and ThetaRay, the firm focused on next-generation AI-powered trusted global payments, announced the implementation of ThetaRay’s AI-powered transaction monitoring technology, SONAR, in order “to power Gemba’s growth, while reducing regulatory exposure which frequently hampers… Read More

Visa Launches $100M Generative AI Ventures Initiative

Visa (NYSE: V), a global firm focused on payments, announced a new $100 million generative AI ventures initiative in order “to invest in the next generation of companies focused on developing generative AI technologies and applications that will impact the future of commerce and payments.”… Read More

iBanFirst, the European Alternative for International Payments, Appoints Luis Miguel García de Águeda to Key Role

One year after the launch of its Spanish office, iBanFirst, the European alternative for international payments with 13 offices in 10 countries, has “appointed Luis Miguel García de Águeda as the country manager for Spain, marking an important milestone in the company’s operations on the… Read More

Fintech Currencies Direct, Transact Payments to Provide Improved Way to Pay Overseas

Currencies Direct, an international payments provider, has partnered with Transact Payments, the firm focused on cards and payments. The partnership has enabled Currencies Direct “to launch a multi-currency debit card, giving customers the ability to spend seamlessly in over 200 countries (wherever Mastercard is accepted).”… Read More

Checkout.com Research Reveals US Firms Lag Behind in Payment Performance

Checkout.com, the global payments provider, releases its latest research on the disparities in payment performance in the digital economy. The ‘High-Performance Payments: The hidden billion-dollar opportunity’ whitepaper, supported by research from Oxford Economics, finds “that US businesses lose, on average, 2.1% of global revenues due… Read More

Financial Services for SMEs: WorldFirst’s 1688 Global Sourcing Integration Sees Steady Adoption

WorldFirst, a “one-stop” global payment and financial services platform for SMEs engaged in cross-border trade, reported that international SME buyers have increasingly “adopted the WorldFirst Cross-border Pay solution for 1688, one of China’s top wholesale marketplaces, as SMEs worldwide seek cost-effective sourcing options to stay… Read More

“Airwallex for Startups” Launches in Hong Kong to Assist Firms with Business Operations

Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, today announced the launch of “Airwallex for Startups”, a business readiness campaign “exclusively for Hong Kong entrepreneurs to support their global growth ambitions.” With the support of Hong Kong flagship incubators, and in collaboration with… Read More

Cross-Border Payments Fintech Clear Junction Gets ISO 27001-Certified

Clear Junction, the global cross-border payments solution provider, has announced it has been granted ISO 27001 certification, the highest global standard that corporates can achieve for information security. With this globally trusted stamp of approval, Clear Junction assures clients and their customers that their transaction… Read More

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