A migration to a new standard — a common payment processing language — for cross-border payments is no mean feat. Legacy tech, the shift to straight-through processing, staggered industry timelines and compliance deadlines have all posed challenges to banks and to the payments systems themselves. ...
Airwallex has launched the Borderless Visa Card for businesses in Canada. The virtual card, announced Wednesday (April 10), is issued by Peoples Trust Company and lets Canadian businesses make payments anywhere Visa is accepted. “Operating across borders is table-stakes for modern businesses, whether it’s paying a supplier overseas or...
With every innovation, the world gets a little bit smaller and interconnected. And with the news Monday (April 8) that Kyriba and Onyx, a J.P. Morgan business unit, are collaborating to better streamline cross-border payments, global expansion and payments innovation are top of mind for businesses of all shapes, sizes and...
Cross-border payment platform dLocal is partnering with payroll and payments platform Papaya Global to drive global workforce payments. Through the partnership, the companies aim to enable global firms to pay employees worldwide in local currencies in a timely fashion, according to a Tuesday (April 9)...
European Union (EU) leaders reportedly aim to harmonize the member nations’ bankruptcy and corporate tax laws. The leaders will call for this and other changes during a summit scheduled for April 17-18, Reuters reported Tuesday (April 9), citing a draft document it had seen. The EU leaders will...
Money transfer firm TerraPay received a major payment institution license in Singapore. The approval by the Monetary Authority of Singapore means that TerraPay is either licensed or approved in 30 markets around the world, according to a Monday (April 8) press release. “As the heart of thriving international trade and...
European embedded finance firm Swan has integrated Wise Platform to enable its clients to send and receive money from more than 190 countries. With Wise Platform, which is Wise’s infrastructure offering for financial institutions and enterprises, Swan’s clients can enable their customers to send and receive funds in more...
A business-to-business (B2B) payment is never just a payment. The global B2B marketplace, with an annual payments volume over $100 trillion, is supported by a myriad network of workflows and data; many of which still rely on legacy, paper-based processes. And the inherent complexity of...
Cross-border money transfer service Xoom now lets users make transactions with PayPal’s USD stablecoin. Xoom, owned by PayPal, said in a Thursday (April 4) press release that the new funding option lets users in the United States convert the stablecoins (PYUSD) in their linked PayPal Cryptocurrency Hub to U.S. dollars....