Tagged: transfers

September 27, 2022 @ 10:30 pm By João Vitor Menin  |  

When COVID-19 cases first appeared in late 2019, its contagion abilities were wildly unanticipated by world leaders, and it was ungracefully downplayed by mainstream media. This caused a subsequent uncontrollable outbreak that eventually dampened the quality of life for billions and dented economies across the… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 3:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Top Latin American crypto exchange Bitso is collaborating with Africhange, an African-Canadian remittance platform that aims to enable payments cross-border from Canada to Mexico. According to a corporate statement, Africhange first focused on transfers between Canada and Nigeria – having processed around CAD 70 million…. Read More

July 20, 2022 @ 9:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Wise, a global transfers, payments and stealth bank, has reported its Q1 2022 performance. According to the company, it facilitated over £24 billion in transactions during the quarter increasing 49% versus Q1 year prior. In comparison to Q4 2021, Wise delivered a 14% increase (£21.4… Read More

June 16, 2022 @ 6:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitso, a Mexico-based crypto platform that claims to be the leading platform of its kind in Latin America, says it has completed $1 billion in remittances during the first 6 months of 2022. This represents 4X the same period in 2021. Currently, Bitso claims over… Read More

June 8, 2022 @ 8:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Currencycloud, a payments and transfer Fintech based in London, has received a license to operate in Australia granted by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Currencycloud said it may now offer its “full suite” of services to Australian clients. This past January in advance… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 10:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Inter, a Brazilian financial “super app,” has announced it has been approved to acquire USEND, a service offering transfers and payments, as well as non-financial services to more than 150,000 customers across 40 US states. USEND’s digital money transfer platform lets users make international transactions… Read More

December 27, 2021 @ 4:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Almond Finance, a blockchain-based funds transfer service, has raised $2 million in a seed round led by Morningside Group. Almond Finance, based in both Boston and Singapore, is targeting the B2B sector to connect financial institutions globally. Almond states that it offers a suite of… Read More

December 15, 2021 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Wise (LSE:WISE) has completed research that concludes international banking undermines the effectiveness of small businesses to expand. A challenge that should come as no surprise to SMEs aiming to expand overseas. Wise states that “broken payments and banking technology remain a barrier to international ambitions.”… Read More

December 1, 2021 @ 11:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Wise (LSE:WISE), formerly doing business as Transferwise, has launched its “Wise Card” in Canada. Wise states that Canadians may now spend money around the world and shop online knowing they’re getting the best exchange rate along with low fees. Wise started as Fintech focusing on… Read More

November 18, 2021 @ 3:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitso, a top crypto platform in Latin America that reports over 3.3 million users, has launched “Bitso Shift,” a service that allows Mexican people and companies to send and receive payments between Mexico and the United States. According to Bitso, Bitso Shift is targeting Mexican… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 5:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Wise, formerly doing business as Transferwise, continues to lower the fee it charges for its users. Earlier today, Wise announced that transfers in dollars, sent anywhere in the world, will now be charged at a lower rate. While banks continue to obfuscate and gouge, Wise… Read More

July 29, 2021 @ 9:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Global remittances firm RemitONE and Vyne, a payments platform, have partnered up on money transfers. According to a release, the partnership delivers 100+ remittance clients instant access to Vyne’s payment solution, to send remittances globally. Vyne uses Open Banking to move money in real-time between… Read More

July 21, 2021 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Solda has raised $180 million in a Series C funding round led by Singapore-based Temasek. The European pay and spend automation platform reports that the investment round is the largest in its category to date. The funding round included new investors Sunley House Capital, Advent… Read More

July 1, 2021 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

OneFor, a Germany-based Fintech that is looking to disrupt incumbents in the payments and transfer sector, has announced the launch of its “borderless” service. OneFor promises to offer customers, cheaper, faster, and safer payments and transfers across Europe. According to a release, OneFor facilitates transfers… Read More

May 7, 2021 @ 11:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hong Kong-based Crypto.com announced on Thursday it is now enabling Cosmos’ Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) functionality for cross-chain transfers. According to Crypto.com, According to the duo, this integration creates new capabilities for future cross-chain implementations of the Crypto.org Chain and other IBC-enabled chains.  “The integration allows for… Read More

February 9, 2021 @ 8:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Azimo, a digital money transfer service, has announced the launch of a money transfer service to Pakistan in partnership with HBL, Pakistan’s largest commercial bank. The new service will allow Pakistanis living in the UK, Europe and Australia to send money in minutes, according to… Read More

January 4, 2021 @ 9:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Paysend is reporting record active users in a single day on December 30, 2020. According to the UK based Fintech, over 35,000 users completed 45,000 transfers on that day. Paysend touts the fact that the majority of transactions take 15 seconds or less to complete… Read More

December 11, 2020 @ 1:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Speaking at the Singapore Fintech Festival that is taking place all of this week, Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) outlined her expectations for payments in our digital age. Georgieva highlighted the four cornerstones of digital payments – a sector of… Read More

October 13, 2020 @ 11:59 am By JD Alois  |  

A speech delivered today by Victoria Cleland, Executive Director, Banking, Payments, and Innovation at the Bank of England, tackled the topic of faster payments and cross-border transfers. Cleland highlighted the three-stage process to advance cross border payments being pursued at the international level and then… Read More

September 23, 2020 @ 12:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Transferwise, a UK based Fintech that has gone global, has distributed a note promoting the savings it can generate for US customers. Transferwise is a Fintech that allows you to quickly and inexpensively transfer money anywhere – minus hidden fees and silly exchange rates. The… Read More