Cross Border Commerce

Cross Border Commerce
Why The Summer Olympics May Be An Epic Test For Airbnb
March 11, 2016

What do Airbnb, X-border payments and the Summer Olympics have in common? Nagarajan Rao, Transpay’s SVP and global head of business and product, says Herculean challenges that the sharing economy has to accommodate a cross-border customer. That and 78 profiles of X-border players in this...

What Will EU Regulators’ X-Border eCommerce Findings Reveal?
March 11, 2016

The long-anticipated report from the European Union competition watchdog will soon be released, providing everyone in the cross-border eCommerce industry an insight into any possible antitrust issues. The EU regulators are set to release this data as part of their year-long investigation into potential barriers...

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Gearing Up For The Summer Olympics, X-Border-Style
March 10, 2016

What do Airbnb, X-border payments and the Summer Olympics have in common? Nagarajan Rao, Transpay’s SVP and global head of business and product, says Herculean challenges that the sharing economy has to accommodate a cross-border customer. That and 78 profiles of X-border players in this...

US Shoppers Flock To Canada For Online Shopping
March 03, 2016

With thousands of miles of a shared border, Americans and Canadians have decades of practice skipping across the international boundary when the strength of their respective currencies suits them. When the loonie’s value drops under that of the U.S. dollar in 2016, though, customers don’t...

Paying For Milestones Across Borders
February 26, 2016

When is a cross-border payment more than just a payment? When it applies to a milestone and/or emotional transactions such as education or medical needs. That’s the “personal” business that Flywire is in. Its Chief Customer Officer, Rob Rosenblatt, shares with MPD CEO Karen Webster...

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How To Chip Away At Boundaries Within The (Cross) Borders
February 25, 2016

As the world gets smaller, with more than 2 billion consumers worldwide connected to the Internet via smartphones, opportunities for merchants to increase their online sales continue to grow. Yet, merchants continue to disappoint those consumers and the latest PYMNTS.com X-Border Payments Optimization Index™, powered...

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The Lure Of Local Payments In Latin America
February 24, 2016

China may nab the bulk of the headlines when it comes to eCommerce growth, but there are other areas of fertile ground as consumers worldwide increasingly take their buying power online. Consider Latin America. The region’s own eCommerce growth is progressing at a heady pace; in...

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Shipping: The Toughest Nut to Crack in Cross-Border Commerce?
February 12, 2016

Free shipping and returns may increasingly be expected by U.S. online consumers, but it’s a whole different ballgame when it comes to international purchases. In this month’s PYMNTS X-Border Payments Optimization Tracker™, PayPal’s Director of Global Merchant and Cross-Border Trade Initiatives, Melissa O’Malley, talks to...

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Why The Ocean Itself Isn’t The Biggest Hurdle To Overseas Shipping
February 11, 2016

Free shipping and returns may increasingly be expected by U.S. online consumers, but it’s a whole different ballgame when it comes to international purchases. In this month’s PYMNTS X-Border Payments Optimization Tracker™, PayPal’s Director of Global Merchant and Cross-Border Trade Initiatives, Melissa O’Malley, talks to...