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772How BlueJeans Solved Its Recurring Payments Woes
Transaction fees and interchange rates, among other factors, can turn a simple transaction into a complex process for merchants. But Mike Schramm,...
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2.2KTrending: Why BlueJeans Pays Local On A Global Commerce Stage
Subscription providers would be the first to state that payments need to move seamlessly and continuously across borders. Consumers do not want...
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3.9KThe Treasurers’ Guide To Simplifying Cross-Border Payments
The global economy is more interconnected than ever, with more companies doing business abroad than at any time in recorded history. On...
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2.2KBamboo Straws, Emerging Markets And The Lessons Of Selling Cross Border
It’s one thing to talk the talk on cross-border payments, one of the hottest and increasingly vital areas of global payments and...
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4.7KGlobal Cross-Border Payments Expected To Grow, But Challenges Remain
Cross-border payments are expected to surge over the next few years as the economy becomes increasingly global and interconnected. These transactions reached...
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2.4KCanadian Travel Agency Group Partners With Western Union For Payments
The Association of Canadian Travel Agencies (ACTA) is collaborating with Western Union to make cross-border payments easier. The collaboration gives the 12,000-plus...
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1.7KDeep Dive: Smoothing X-Border Subscription Payment Pains
Subscription businesses can get only so far serving their local customer bases. To stay competitive, merchants must be ready to expand their...
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2.0KAdobe On How Regional Payments Enable Global Growth
For global businesses with recurring billing business models, the costs of FX conversion, transaction processing and failed payments can quickly add up...
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5.9KAdobe Takes On Cross-Border Billing
Subscription providers seeking to go global need to make sure they have the right recurring payment offerings to take them beyond the...
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3.2KInstaReM Launches Card Issuing Platform
Southeast Asian FinTech InstaReM, which specializes in digital cross-border money transfers and payments, has announced a new API-based digital platform that will...
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2.7KTariff Battle May See Mounting Retail Casualties
Trade wars leave casualties on the economic battlefield, wounding balance sheets and earnings as the costs to import (and sell) goods mounts....
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4.6KWells Fargo Taps TransferMate For Global Invoicing
TransferMate Global Payments, the cross-border B2B payments provider, announced Monday (May 20) it inked a deal with Wells Fargo to deliver its...
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3.6KFlywire Renews UnionPay Partnership
Continuing a partnership first announced last spring, as of today Flywire and UnionPay International are announcing the re-launch of a promotional program...
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4.0KTreasurers Beware: FX Risk Is Not What It Used To Be
Globalization and easing barriers to international expansion aren’t simply changing the way corporates manage foreign exchange exposure. For many firms, these trends...
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2.9KMexican Gov’t Eyes FinTechs For Cheaper X-Border Transactions
The Mexican government is hoping FinTechs will make sending cash home for Mexican families living abroad more affordable. Deputy Finance Minister Arturo...
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3.7KX-Border eCommerce Payments Now Come In Yuan
The New York branch of Bank of China will allow Chinese firms to get payment in yuan from eCommerce sales derived from...
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4.7KUnionPay Launches Platform For Developers
UnionPay International announced earlier in January that it rolled out the UPI Developer, which is a platform to create applications for cross-border...
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3.8KRipple, Finablr To Launch Asia X-Border Remittances
UAE Exchange, the United Arab Emirates-based company, and Ripple, the blockchain technology company based in the U.S., are gearing up to launch cross-border...
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4.9KXoom Expands Full Suite Of Send Services To Canada
When PayPal acquired global money transfer firm Xoom in 2015, company President and CEO John Kunze noted that becoming part of the larger PayPal organization...
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3.7KAlibaba Inks Deal With Belgium To Create Trading Hub
Alibaba, the Chinese eCommece giant, inked a deal with the Belgian government on Wednesday (December 5) to create a trading hub aimed at...
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3.9KWhy ‘Micro-Multinationals’ Should Worry About FX Risk
Even the smallest firms today are peddling their wares on Amazon, entering new markets and navigating the waves of FX volatility that...
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6.2KSWIFT Successfully Tests Instant X-Border Payments
SWIFT announced Sunday (October 21) successful test results of its new instant cross-border payments proof of concept, involving banks in China, Singapore,...
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6.4KMarkets Swoon And Risk Looms For Firms’ Cross-Border Commerce
Volatility in the stock markets and rising rates may have ripple effects — among them a greater amount of risk tied to...
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4.3KRemitly Expands Into 11 New Send Countries In Europe
Remitly, the independent digital remittance company, announced on Wednesday (Sept. 12) that it has expanded into 11 new send countries across Europe....
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5.7KEbury First FinTech To Use SWIFT gpi
SWIFT, the provider of the secure financial messaging system, announced Thursday (August 30) that Ebury has become the first FinTech to go...
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3.5KDeep Dive: Rethinking Global Supply Chains
Supply chain industry leaders are thus turning to a wide array of technologies to improve efficiencies, provide greater transparency and prepare for...
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3.1KWhy It Pays To Think Globally In The Back-To-School Market
A broken link in the global supply chain can have a wide-reaching domino effect. The new Global Payments Architecture Report explores the...
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3.1KLessons In Global Supply Chain Management
It’s widely accepted that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link – and based on the past few weeks,...
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6.3KTRENDING: Fixing The Last Mile Of The Global Payments Supply Chain
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and the global supply chain is no exception. Companies worldwide engaged in...
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4.2KPayPal On Tariffs, Trust And What’s Next For Cross-Border Commerce
Every year for the last four, PayPal has released it Cross-Border Consumer Research report, an annual report card on marketplaces’ progress and...
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5.0KThe Challenges And Rewards Of Having Hundreds Of Local Payment Options
Change typically brings confusion and some level of chaos, and that’s true for merchants trying to win over foreign shoppers and master...
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9.1KMaking Cross-Border Travel Payments Less Turbulent
Corporates now demand cross-border payments solutions that do more than move money from point A to point B. This month’s edition of...
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7.5KNEW REPORT: Removing The Friction From Cross-Border Payments Reconciliation
For businesses looking to expand their ventures in global markets, cross-border payment frictions can vary from delivering international payments on time in...
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5.5KAliPay, GCash Launch Blockchain Cross-Border Remittance Service
AlipayHK and GCash announced Monday (June 25) the launch of a cross-border remittance service via their e-wallet platforms that is powered by...
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6.9KSWIFT 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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3.7KFlywire 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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1.0KChina 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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5.9KFlywire 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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1.7KDeep 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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1.6KStreamlining 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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6.9KNEW 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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Circle 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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10.7KWalmart 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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3.6KThe 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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4.3KBlueVine 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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8.3KVolvo 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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5.5KWhy 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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5.7KNEW 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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4.4KHow 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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11.7KRipple, 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...
