Cross-border Payments

Cross-border Payments
Ace Money Transfer Partners With Mastercard on X-Border Payments
February 24, 2025

Ace Money Transfer is partnering with Mastercard Move, Mastercard’s suite of money movement solutions. Through Mastercard’s platform, Ace’s customers in Australia, Canada, Europe and the United Kingdom can make transfers to India, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and other countries in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA),...

Cross-border Payments
Lili Adds International Wire Payments to Small Business Financial Platform
February 19, 2025

Lili added international wire payments to its financial platform designed for small business owners. The company’s international wire payments solution enables its small business customers to both receive and send international payments in 27 countries across North America, Europe and Asia, Lili said in a...

Cross-border Payments
Shein and Temu Aim to Move Production to Avoid US Tariffs
February 14, 2025

Amid uncertainty around U.S. tariffs, Shein and Temu are reportedly working with their suppliers to move production out of China. The eCommerce firms are doing so as the Trump administration considers the future of the de minimis exemption that allows packages worth less than $800...

Cross-border Payments
Faster Payments Open Global Markets to Smaller Companies
February 03, 2025

Just a few years ago, cross-border payments were inefficient at best and filled with friction at worst. They were opaque and took days to settle. Additionally, managing foreign exchange costs was fraught with peril for executives looking to tap into new markets or expand their...

Cross-border Payments
Banks Are The Missing Link in Cross-Border Digital Wallet Adoption, Study Finds
January 31, 2025

The world of cross-border transactions is rapidly changing and growing. Digital wallets are emerging as consumers’ preferred method, outpacing traditional bank transfers and money services. This shift isn’t just about convenience. In fact, it reflects a fundamental change in how people send and receive money...

Cross-border Payments
Wise Launches In Mexico to Tap $28 Billion Remittance Market
January 30, 2025

Cross-border payments provider Wise is continuing its Latin American expansion by launching in Mexico. The London-based company announced in a news release Thursday (Jan. 30) that users will now be able to send money from Mexico to more than 160 countries in upwards of 40 currencies. It also allows...

Cross-border Payments
What Treasury Teams Can Learn From Central Banks’ Tokenization Projects
January 28, 2025

For decades, wholesale cross-border payments have meant snail-paced bank wires, money squirreled away across sprawling correspondent banking networks, and the accumulation of enough fees that Scrooge McDuck could swim in them.  This has long made cross-border payments a headache for corporate treasurers and finance teams,...

Cross-border Payments
Reports: HSBC Shuttering Cross-Border Payments App Zing
January 23, 2025

Just one year after its launch, HSBC’s cross-border payments mobile app is no more. A Yahoo Finance report on Thursday (Jan. 23) quoted a spokesperson for the bank: “Following a strategic review of Zing within the HSBC Group and after careful consideration, we have made...

Cross-border Payments
Cairo Amman Bank Taps Mastercard Move to Facilitate Cross-Border Payments
January 20, 2025

Cairo Amman Bank will leverage Mastercard Move’s money movement capabilities to facilitate the movement of funds from Jordan to 37 countries. The bank will also incorporate Mastercard value-added services like fraud analytics and risk control, the companies said in a Thursday (Jan. 16) press release....