June 12, 2018 @ 6:09 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The London-based fintech platform Opal Transfer is celebrating its 15 year anniversary with launch of new app offering ‘one click payments.’  Having reportedly transferred over £1.5 billion across Europe, Opal’s new app aims to give users access to one click payments making transfers quicker and easier. Currently Opal… Read More

June 4, 2018 @ 10:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fintech unicorn TransferWise has formed a new partnership with France’s second-largest bank firm, BPCE Groupe. The launch of the new collaboration comes less than two months after TransferWise debuted its new borderless and fee free, multi-country, bank accounts and debit cards. According to TechCrunch, as… Read More

April 23, 2018 @ 10:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Western Union announced on Monday that retailer Debenhams will help it expand into the UK by now offering global money transfer to more than 200 countries and territories from 112 stores nationwide with travel money bureaux. According to Western Union, customers will have the choice to… Read More

April 18, 2018 @ 12:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BNP Paribas, the global Top-10 bank headquartered in France, announced on Wednesday it is set to compete against other money transfer services such as PayPal, Venmo, and Lydia by deploying its new mobile payment solution, Paylib Between Friends. According to BNP Paribas, Paylib is described as a person-to-person… Read More

April 3, 2018 @ 2:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, retail giant Walmart announced the launch of its new global wire service, Walmart2World. The company revealed that four years ago it changed the “money transfer game” with the introduction of Walmart2Walmart, which is a domestic money transfer service that offered lower cost, which… Read More

March 27, 2018 @ 3:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SimbaPay, a London-based digital money transfer provider, announced last week it has launched an AI (Artificial Intelligence) powered chatbot service which now makes International Money Transfer (remittance) possible with only an SMS. According to SimbaPay, the new chatbot will also enable 24/7 instant customer service for… Read More

March 15, 2018 @ 10:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pangea Money Transfer, a mobile-centric remittance platform for sending money from the U.S. to 15 countries across Asia and Latin America, announced on Wednesday it has dropped its flat-rate money transfer fee for senders to India by more than 20% from $4.99 down to $3.95…. Read More

March 15, 2018 @ 10:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

InstaReM, a Southeast Asia’s digital cross-border money transfer service provider, announced on Thursday it has extended its outbound money transfer operations to another important market, the European Union (EU). ), Prajit Nanu, the co-founder of the fintech start-up, revealed the exciting news at the Money20/20 Asia 2018… Read More

March 8, 2018 @ 10:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sentbe, a digital money transfer operator in South Korea, announced this week it has teamed up with TransferTo, a global cross-border mobile payments network for emerging markets to offer its customers greater flexibility and reach to perform real-time money transfers from South Korea to more than 60 countries across… Read More

February 8, 2018 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, London-based fintech Opal Transfer announced it is launching a new money transfer service between Ukraine and Poland. Incorporated in 2003, Opal Transfer specializes in foreign exchange money transfers to and from Eastern Europe, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Czech Republic. The… Read More

November 27, 2017 @ 9:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital money transfer service WorldRemit announced on Sunday it has expanded its remittance service to South Korea. WorldRemit stated that its mobile-first, digital model allows hard-working migrants to send money to South Korea in a few taps, directly from their phones or through the WorldRemit website without the need to visit… Read More

September 29, 2017 @ 11:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital money transfer company WorldRemit announced on Friday it has expanded its partnership with Wafacash, a subsidiary of Attijariwafa Bank, to offer instant money transfer services across west and central Africa. According to WorldRemit, the companies already work together in Morocco and Senegal but will expand into… Read More

June 16, 2017 @ 10:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital financial service company, P2P Cash, announced on Friday it has launched a new money transfer service from George and South Carolina to Nigeria. The company reported that it now offers cross-border money transfer without any fees. P2P Cash, which is a division of software… Read More

May 18, 2017 @ 7:10 am By Erin Hobey  |  

UK Fintech TransferWise has reached operational profitability six years after launch, according to a release. The Estonia-founded, London-based currency exchange startup indicated that it is currently amassing £8 million a month in revenue and is on target to reach £100 million for 2017. “To have hit… Read More

April 30, 2017 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Transferwise is a great service. I know it is great because I am a customer. Awhile back I reached out to my bank (big, multinational, global brand name with a storied history) and told them I needed to quickly transfer some money to an international… Read More

February 24, 2017 @ 10:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global peer-to-peer lending platform TransferWise announced earlier this week it has integrated its money transfer service, TransferWise Bot, with Facebook Messenger. The online lender revealed that customers may now send money and set up rate alerts without having to leave the Facebook Messenger app. TransferWise reported that users… Read More

February 21, 2017 @ 3:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital money transfer service, WorldRemit, announced on Monday it is consolidating its expansion into Tanzania and also stated it hit a new record of 10,000 transactions completed in the month of December 2016 alone. The company also reported 150% YoY growth in 2016, driven primarily by the rapid expansion… Read More

December 22, 2016 @ 11:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital money transfer service WorldRemit announced on Thursday it is teaming up with Xpress Money once again to launch instant money transfers to Bangladesh. The companies revealed earlier this week they were working together to offer instant remittances in Pakistan. According to WorldRemit, customers will… Read More

December 21, 2016 @ 3:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

WorldRemit’s expansion plans continue. Less than a week after announcing it was expanding into Russia, Ethiopia, Uganda, Western/Central Africa and Pakistan, the digital money transfer service announced it was launching a new cash pick up service in Lebanon. Through its app or website, WorldRemit’s users in more… Read More

December 16, 2016 @ 4:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital money transfer service WorldRemit announced on Friday it has launched new cash pick up services in Ethiopia and Uganda. This news comes after the company revealed it was now offering its service in Russia.  With the WorldRemit app or website, people in more than 50 countries… Read More