Mounting debt and a potentially slowing economy have pushed Moody’s to downgrade China’s bond rating for the first time in 30 years. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
Indian digital payments firm Paytm has officially launched a niche payments bank as part of its drive to double its customer base to 500 million over the next three years. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
Alibaba is getting consumers to spend more money online, and that would appear to be a good thing for the Chinese eCommerce giant, which provides consumer-to-consumer, business-to-consumer, and business-to-business sales services via web portals. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
OANDA said Wednesday (May 16) that it had partnered with Western Union Business Solutions to offer cross-border money transfers, via OANDA Money Transfer. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
In B2B, expansion is both goal and challenge, especially in cross-border situations, where collecting on receivables can be a lengthy and daunting process. Flywire EVP & GM Jeff Althaus tells PYMNTS’ Karen Webster about the ways technology can streamline manual processes for companies large and...
European banks are imploring the European Commission not to give in to the demands of FinTech firms and cancel the implementation of new rules that would ban screen-scraping. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Historically, Airbnb hasn’t had the best rapport with the markets it enters (and disrupts). It has often found itself at odds with housing regulations and the interests of both legacy hoteliers and others in the hospitality space. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
Trade deals are newly in place between China and the United States and touch on, as The New York Times reported, electronic payments services, and livestock and yet leave questions about larger trade issues that are still extant between the two superpowers. Get the Full...
APIs make it easier for any number of payments and financial services functions to be streamlined and improved. Currencycloud CEO Mike Laven thinks they also hold the keys to enable more efficient B2B X-border payments by solving the thorny compliance and Forex issues that often...
