Cross-border Payments

Cross-border Payments
TerraPay Forms Wallet Interoperability Pact for Cross-Border Payments
August 20, 2024

Global money movement company TerraPay and five digital wallet operators teamed up to facilitate cross-border payments and money movement. The five wallet operators participating in the new Wallet Interoperability Council include Airtel, bKash, MPESA, Nequi and Sama Money, according to a Tuesday (Aug. 20) press...

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Corpay Teams With Finzly to Streamline Foreign Exchange Payments
August 14, 2024

Payments solutions firm Finzly says it has launched a partnership with corporate payments company Corpay. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (Aug. 14), combines Finzly’s foreign exchange (FX) payment platform and Corpay Cross-Border’s real-time FX rates, giving financial institutions and their business clients access to FX transaction...

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Wise Resumes Signing Customers in India to Tap $32 Billion Remittance Market
August 12, 2024

Money transfer firm Wise is reportedly hoping to tap India’s $32 billion remittance market. To that end, Wise plans to begin signing up new customers in the world’s most populous nation after pausing that side of its business in the country, company officials told Bloomberg News Monday (Aug. 12)....

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PingPong Scores Payments License in Indonesia
July 31, 2024

Enterprise-focused cross-border payments platform PingPong has won approval to do business in Indonesia. Bank Indonesia, the country’s central bank, has granted the company a payment system service provider license, allowing it to facilitate domestic and cross-border payments in the world’s fourth most populous country, PingPong...

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WTO Agreement Looks to Pave Way for Paperless Cross-Border Commerce
July 29, 2024

With the news that five years of trade negotiations under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Joint Statement Initiative on Electronic Commerce reached a milestone Friday (July 26) — with participants agreeing to a two-year extension of a moratorium on taxation of cross-border electronic transmissions —...

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TerraPay: Scaling Cross-Border Payments Means Reducing How Much They Cost
July 22, 2024

Innovation within payments and commerce is increasingly centered on fostering global financial interoperability and inclusion. Already, the first half of 2024 has been particularly action-packed for the payments industry, marked by significant technological advancements and strategic initiatives aimed at reducing transaction costs as a key...

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China’s Economic Growth Shows Surprise Slowdown
July 15, 2024

Economic growth in China reportedly fell to its slowest pace in five quarters. The surprise slowdown came as a decline in consumer spending hamstrung an increase in exports, Bloomberg reported Monday (July 15). Gross domestic product grew 4.7% year over year in the second quarter,...

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TerraPay and YeePay Partner on Cross-Border Payment Solutions
July 12, 2024

TerraPay and YeePay have partnered to enhance cross-border payment solutions for customers. The new strategic partnership brings together TerraPay’s global money movement capabilities and YeePay’s enterprise payment services, the companies said in a Monday (July 8) press release. Chen Yu, co-founder of YeePay, said in the release...

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Will Olympics Bring About an Online Betting Bump?
July 11, 2024

Sportsbooks and daily fantasy operators are reportedly awaiting a bump in Summer Olympics-related betting. As CNBC noted in a report Thursday (July 11), this year’s Paris games will be the first Olympiad since the widespread legalization of gambling in the U.S. The industry anticipates an uptick in betting compared...