Cross-border Payments

Cross-border Payments
UK Regulator Puts Overdraft Fees Under A Microscope
July 21, 2016

The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is looking to help combat the high fees associated with overdrafts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...

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PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: The Great Worldpay Outage
July 20, 2016

Tensions are mounting as Worldpay’s outage stretches to being measured in weeks and merchants of all sorts are being blocked from receiving daily payments. The outage is reportedly affecting the very big, like British Airways, and the not-so-big, like the myriad online commerce and gaming...

Cross-border Payments
And Now … The Brexit Lawsuits
July 20, 2016

Brexit lawsuits begin

Cross-border Payments
More And More London Startups Eyeing Berlin
July 20, 2016

The long-held notion that FinTech players could be leaving London, widely regarded as a breeding ground for tech innovation, may be starting to bear fruit, and as some have speculated, Berlin looms large. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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U.K. Bank Account Switching Down 5%
July 20, 2016

Despite their very best efforts with ever more enticing inducements – banks in the United Kingdom just don’t quite seem to be able to steal each other’s customers.  Both fortunately and unfortunately for U.K. bankers, consumers are increasingly satisfied with their current bank of choice...

Europe
Square Gearing Up To Expand Into Europe
July 20, 2016

Square, the payments company run by Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s CEO, could be gearing up to expand into Europe. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...

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When Cross-Border Payment Pain Leaves Both Sides Hurting
July 20, 2016

There’s a global phenomenon afoot that takes the notion of cross-border payments to a new level – the high value-low frequency transactions made by a whole new category of sender – the Global Citizen. These individuals aren’t wealthy by most developed country standards – with...

Brexit To Lead To UK Recession?
July 19, 2016

The turmoil in the wake of Brexit may be calmed a bit – after all, it’s been roughly a month and markets (stocks and otherwise) have notoriously short memories. But get ready for a bump of another sort, Reuters noted Tuesday (July 19), as the specter...

Cross-border Payments
Walmart Stumbles Into A New Age Of Labor Relations
July 19, 2016

It seems like the biggest retailers’ legal departments never have much of a shortage of things to stress over, and just in case any merchants’ counsel was planning on taking a vacation anytime soon, the recent passage of updated overtime regulations surely put a stop...