Tagged: money transfer

September 5, 2022 @ 4:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Real-time fund transfer service provider InstaPay (in the Philippines) has reportedly processed around 300 million transfers with an aggregate value of about PHP 5.49 trillion during the first seven months of 2022. The average daily volume was reported to be around 1.37 million transactions. InstaPay… Read More

August 10, 2022 @ 7:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Western Union (NYSE: WU) recently announced an update to its existing partnership with Visa (NYSE: V), expanding its integration with Visa Direct, Visa’s real-time1 money movement network, “into Western Union’s United States network.” Western Union’s integration with Visa Direct was “initially activated across Europe, allowing Western… Read More

August 5, 2022 @ 5:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ZEBEDEE, which claims to be the leading Fintech and next-gen payment processor for the gaming industry, announced the launch of an integration allowing any business “to implement ‘Log in with ZBD’ and instantly grant users the ability to move money to and from different online… Read More

July 31, 2022 @ 10:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As part of its strategy to power its next phase of growth, global crypto exchange CEX.IO has appointed Checkout.com as its preferred global payment processor, which uses Visa Direct, Visa’s real time money movement network, “to provide real-time off-ramps for its customers.” Since its launch… Read More

October 15, 2021 @ 5:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Veem, the international payment network for SMBs, announced a partnership with Visa (NYSE: V), the leader in virtual payments. Now, more than 400,000 of Veem‘s clients will get access to a new SMB Visa card program and digital money movement capabilities via Visa Direct, which is… Read More

August 28, 2021 @ 7:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Monzo USA recently revealed that you can move money to and from your other accounts – a feature that’s currently in Beta testing. From August 24, 2021, digital bank Monzo clients have been able to connect their other non-Monzo accounts to their Monzo account. Clients… Read More

August 24, 2021 @ 10:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MovoCash, a California-headquartered Fintech firm, is improving their clients’ on-demand banking experience with new money movement options supported by Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), an international provider of payments and financial services tech. MOVO is enhancing payments by enabling clients to deposit, pay, receive, save, send… Read More

June 29, 2021 @ 10:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Siam Commercial Bank (BKK: SCB), which is Thailand’s first and oldest banking institution, and Thunes, an established international payments firm, revealed on Tuesday (June 29, 2021) that they have teamed up to allow individual customers and businesses overseas to send money to Thailand. The cross-border… Read More

May 21, 2021 @ 8:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Digital money transfer service MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI) announced on Thursday its MoneyGram Online (MGO) recorded 95% year-over-year cross-border transaction growth which drove 111% revenue growth in April 2021. MoneyGram revealed that MGO delivered an all-time high for transactions in the month, marking strong sequential… Read More

May 20, 2021 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Instant money transfer Fintech Spoko.app reveals that it has teamed up with Sumsub, an ID verification firm that claims to offer bank-grade security. Through their partnership, Spoko.app will aim to enhance fraud protection and lower average user verification time down to a minute, in order… Read More

May 5, 2021 @ 11:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Paysend, a UK-based global payments platform, announced on Wednesday it has expanded its services in North America by allowing money transfers from the U.S. to Canada. Paysend further revealed that the expansion will now allow U.S. residents to transfer funds to more than… Read More

February 22, 2021 @ 8:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Fintech Unicorn and stealth bank Transferwise announced on Monday it has officially rebranded to just Wise. Kristo Käärmann, Co-Founder and CEO of Wise, revealed in a blog post the rebranding is to show customers that the platform is more than just for money transfers…. Read More

December 24, 2020 @ 9:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Crosspay, a UK-based international money transfer service, is now seeking funds through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. Originally seeking a minimum of £150,000 Crosspay has already surpassed £180,000 and attracted nearly 160 Crowdcube investors. Founded in 2015, Crosspay states that it enables individuals… Read More

November 25, 2020 @ 1:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  UK-based international money transfer platform TransferGo has reportedly secured €5 million investment from Silicon Valley Bank. The new investment comes less than six months after TransferGo raised $10 million through its latest investment round. As previously reported, TransferGo claimed last year to be the first remittance… 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

October 10, 2020 @ 1:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  UK-based Fintech firm and stealth bank TransferWise, which recently booked its 4th year of profitability while processing £67 billion in transfers in the past year, has published its Q3 2020 report which goes over how the company has been focusing on its goal of… Read More

September 22, 2020 @ 4:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

inwi money, a subsidiary of inwi and telecom provider in mobile money services, announced on Tuesday it has joined forces with WorldRemit, a provider of online money transfer services, and MFS Africa, a Pan-African fintech that operates an e-payment platforms in Africa.to launch an international… Read More

September 22, 2020 @ 2:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Paysend, a UK-based global payments platform,  announced on Tuesday it is waiving money transfer fees for U.S. customers throughout the month of October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The fee waiving comes just a couple of weeks after Paysend’s U.S. launch. Speaking about the… Read More

September 19, 2020 @ 4:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Fintech and stealth bank TransferWise notes that whether you’re in Budapest, Bangkok or Pisco, you’ll now be able to receive Hungarian forints directly into your TransferWise account — the same way that a local would receive the funds. The TransferWise team clarified that this… Read More

August 26, 2020 @ 2:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Remitly, a U.S.-based online money transfer service for immigrants, announced on Wednesday the expansion of its mobile wallet network, which now reaches over 300 million mobile wallet holders across the globe. According to Remitly, this more than doubling its reach from 160 million earlier this… Read More