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1.6KSWIFT Signs Up More Chinese Banks For GPI
A new deal involving SWIFT and 10 Chinese banks represents the latest move in the global competition to facilitate cross-border payments. In...
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1.2KFlywire And UnionPay Expand Cross-Border Payments Partnership
The market for Chinese consumers in search of education and medical care in the United States and around the world is large...
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473China Urged To Move Cautiously In Opening Financial Markets
Huang Yiping, a member of a member of the People’s Bank of China’s monetary policy committee, said over the weekend that while...
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4.0KFlywire CEO On The Global Receivables Tipping Point
International invoicing, Flywire’s Mike Massaro told Karen Webster in a recent conversation, is not easy work – though from the outset, it...
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669Deep Dive: Lessons In Global Education
Although the market for international students is fraught with challenges, it’s showing no signs of slowing down. As more international students travel...
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817Streamlining The International Tuition Payment Process
For the more than one million international students studying in the U.S., navigating the admissions process can mean encountering a cross-border tuition...
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4.1KNEW REPORT: Why International Students Must Major In X-Border Tuition Payments
Many U.S. colleges and universities are eager to roll out the red carpet to recruit international students – and why not? International...
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2.1KCircle International Inks Cross-Border Payment Deal With Lakala
Circle International Holdings, the Australian payments company, announced news on Monday (April 30) of a new strategic partnership with payment gateway company...
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3.5KWalmart Money Transfer Goes Global
Sending funds overseas is big business in the United States. According to the World Bank, in 2016, roughly $138 billion in remittances were sent from the U.S....
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2.0KThe Unlikely Optimism Of The US-China Trade Spat
The phrase “trade war” is on the tip of everyone’s tongue as U.S. President Donald Trump redraws trade lines and revises trade...
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2.5KBlueVine Teams With Veem For Cross-Border Payments
BlueVine, the provider of working capital to small business (SMB) owners, announced news on Thursday (March 8) that it has inked a...
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4.8KVolvo Aims To Ease X-Border Vehicle Leasing Pain
One million international students come to the U.S. to study each year, and those who want to buy a car get a...
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3.4KWhy Less Can Be More In Winning The Global Payments Game
Going global is no longer a nice-to-have for online merchants; it really is a must for those who hope to grow their...
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3.5KNEW REPORT: Volvo Gives X-Border Car Leasing A Tune-Up
As roughly one million international students visit the U.S. for higher education opportunities each year, many parents end up getting an unexpected...
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3.0KHow Lobster Wholesalers Keep Cross-Border Cash Flowing
China is crazy for crustaceans: The country imports more than $100M worth of them from the U.S. each year. But with the...
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5.1KRipple, Saudi Arabia Central Bank Launch Pilot
Ripple, the blockchain payments technology company, announced Wednesday (Feb. 14) that it has inked a deal with the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority...
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3.4KFor Cross-Border Receivables, Lobster Wholesalers Tighten Claws
A culinary luxury is facing increased demand in new, farther-flung markets, creating the need for efficiency and flexibility in cross-border receivables infrastructure....
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4.3KUAE Exchange Partners With Ripple
UAE Exchange, one of the largest payment providers in the Middle East, announced that it has signed a deal with Ripple to...
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3.6KFlywire: Why Going Global Requires A Local Focus
“People always say, ‘Think global, be local,’ but very few understand how big a challenge that is,” Flywire’s Head of Operations for...
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37.6KCross-Border Payments, Sans Friction
Money changing hands internationally is a process that carries with it all sorts of speed bumps, especially amid regulatory scrutiny. Payments can...
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4.5KLearning Lessons In International Education Payments
At 33 percent, Florida Institute of Technology’s international student population is higher than any other U.S. university. Accommodating those students includes managing...
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3.2KTRENDING: How Managing X-Border Tuition Receivables Helps Manage Student Debt
A new year is bringing new changes to the cross-border trade cycle, from logistics and freight to B2B payments. Recently, several...
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3.7KHow Many Payments Does A Cross-Border Merchant Really Need?
American consumers, as a group, are finished with friction-filled, lumpy checkout experiences. Even a couple of years ago, these consumers were...
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6.3KThe Growing Demand For International Invoicing
Life is full of complexity. Life for a small- to mid-sized business (SMB) scaling operations into new countries? Complex on so many levels,...
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5.0KNEW STUDY: How Many Payments Methods Matter For X-Border Success?
In the internet age, consumers are more likely than ever to make a purchase from a merchant outside their own borders. But...
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6.3KAmex Looks To RippleNet To Innovate B2B Payments
American Express is the latest financial company to become a member of RippleNet, the blockchain network operated by Ripple that provides real-time,...
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2.9KFlywire Continues Cross-Border Expansion In UK And Ireland
As it prepares to host its second annual FlyForum U.K. event this week, Flywire is continuing to expand its cross-border payment business...
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3.7KMarketplace Mythbuster: When Global Isn’t Always Global
A marketplace, according to Karen Webster, is like a dance. With complex choreography, it requires precise steps and a balance of buyers and...
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3.5KX-Border Commerce And Saving One Rhino At A Time
When navigating the payments complexities of international trade, it pays to carry a compass (app). Here’s your compass. The first PYMNTS.com X-Border...
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2.5KFlywire Helping Irish Schools Comply With New Regulations Around International Students
Flywire, a provider of cross-border payments and receivables solutions for businesses, schools and healthcare providers announced news on Tuesday (Aug. 28) that...
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6.2KFlywire And Volvo Give Cross-Border Car Leasing Wheels
Cars for international students can be a surprising complicated issue. Buying a car outright can be a hassle — it’s costly, and it...
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3.6KPayPal Helps SMBs Go Global In The Flip Of An API
Selling goods across borders is a big opportunity for small businesses in the U.S. and around the world. That’s not lost on...
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1.8KPayoneer Opens UK Office To Capitalize On Increased Demand From UK Merchants
In international business news this week, Payoneer, a cross-border payments company, officially unveiled a new office in London on Tuesday (June 20). In a...
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X-Border Marketplaces And The Search for Better Payout Solutions
Cross-border retail is on its way to becoming a $1T business opportunity and online marketplaces are leading the way, according to the...
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NEW REPORT: How P2P Gives B2B X-Border Merchants A (Revenue) Lift
By 2020, some 940 million cross-border shoppers are expected to spend $1 trillion on eCommerce, or online payment, transactions. For marketplaces, this...
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4.5KChina’s State-Owned Companies Must Pay For X-Border Deals
Shougang Group, a state-owned steel company in China, is reportedly on the hunt for assets to purchase that are outside of its...
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4.5KEuropean Commission eCommerce Legislation Would Help Cross-Border Commerce
The European Commission has proposed legislation that could remove some of the regulations that is limiting cross-border eCommerce between EU members. According...
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2.8KOANDA And Western Union Partner On Cross-Border Transfers
OANDA said Wednesday (May 16) that it had partnered with Western Union Business Solutions to offer cross-border money transfers, via OANDA Money...
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5.0KWhy No One Talks About Cross-Border Receivables
In B2B, expansion is both goal and challenge, especially in cross-border situations, where collecting on receivables can be a lengthy and daunting...
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5.2KCan APIs Fast-Track B2B X-Border Payments?
APIs make it easier for any number of payments and financial services functions to be streamlined and improved. Currencycloud CEO Mike Laven...
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2.2KSteep Slowdown For Chinese Cross-Border Corporate Acquisitions
$246 billion in cross-border corporate acquisitions last year, and now China’s buyout frenzy seems poised to quiet down quite a bit. Bloomberg...
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4.9KNEW REPORT: Who Stands To Win From The $7T Travel Opportunity?
The worth of the global tourism industry today has ballooned to a whopping $7 trillion, with Chinese citizens taking more and more...
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6.3KTaking Your Coffee With Sugar, Milk And Blockchain?
Whether it’s eCommerce or coffee, global businesses intent on success often have to ace logistics. April’s X-Border Payments Optimization Tracker™ dives into...
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5.9KCoffee Rides The X-Border Blockchain
When it comes to cross-border commerce, it all boils down to logistics. As the latest X-Border Payments Optimization Tracker™ reveals, sales and...
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5.6KX-Border Cigar Marketplace Rises From Ashes Of A Hazy Search
From offering free shipping to fewer clicks, merchants from around the world are racing to woo global shoppers, now over 1 billion...
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4.9KNEW REPORT: Who’s The Fairest X-Border Merchant Of All?
Global shoppers know no bounds. And when it comes to wooing them, particularly when it comes to American and Chinese merchants, it’s...
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3.2KRemoving ‘Sticker Shock’ From Cross-Border Shipping?
How can cross-border eCommerce merchants avoid delivering post-order sticker shock to customers? One option is to offer accurate precalculations that include all...
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4.9KNEW REPORT: Is The X-Border eCommerce Fee-For-All Shipping Out?
Merchants engaged in cross-border commerce and logistics continue to produce solutions and products aimed at helping merchants strengthen relationships with their consumers...
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3.9KWhat Keeps Global Commerce CEOs Awake At Night
For innovators and payments professionals, the good news about the world is also identical to the bad news: It is a constantly changing environment. But...
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4.3K‘Think Locally’ Takes On New Meaning For X-Border Merchants
What does it really mean to “act locally?” For merchants doing international commerce, adjusting to various country regulations can be confusing. For...
