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2.2KInstaReM 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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2.4KTariff 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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4.2KWells 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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3.2KFlywire 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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3.7KTreasurers 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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2.8KMexican 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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3.6KX-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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4.5KUnionPay 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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3.7KRipple, 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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4.7KXoom 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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3.5KAlibaba 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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3.8KWhy ‘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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5.9KSWIFT 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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6.0KMarkets 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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4.0KRemitly 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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5.5KEbury 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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3.4KDeep 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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2.9KWhy 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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2.9KLessons 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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6.1KTRENDING: 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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4.0KPayPal 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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4.8KThe 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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8.6KMaking 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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7.2KNEW 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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5.2KAliPay, 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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6.6KSWIFT 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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3.5KFlywire 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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994China 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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5.8KFlywire 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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1.6KDeep 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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1.5KStreamlining 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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6.7KNEW 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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10.4KWalmart 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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3.5KThe 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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4.1KBlueVine 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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7.9KVolvo 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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5.3KWhy 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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5.5KNEW 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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4.3KHow 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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11.5KRipple, 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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4.9KFor 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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5.9KUAE 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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5.6KFlywire: 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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40.2KCross-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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6.8KLearning 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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4.3KTRENDING: 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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5.1KHow 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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7.5KThe 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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6.2KNEW 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...
