For women around the world, freelancing in the digital economy isn’t just convenient – it’s empowering, especially as gender pay disparity comes under scrutiny across the corporate workspace. But what’s not empowering are the steep transaction fees and currency challenges, such as forex fluctuation or...
Flywire, a provider of global payment and receivables solutions, has announced a major expansion of its U.K. and European operations and team. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
According to a new report from the British Foreign Affairs Committee, London has been awash in dirty Russian money since the fall of the Soviet Union. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
A former deputy director of China’s development research center of the State Council, Hou Yunchun, said the country’s social credit system has to punish defaulters. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
The SME segment in India has been a consistent bright spot and engine for growth over the last several years. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
PayPal is partnering with Alpha JWC, the Indonesian venture capital firm, to invest in FinTech companies operating out of Southeast Asia. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
Mobile gaming saved Asia’s highest-valued tech company, Tencent, from what analysts were predicting could have been a poor quarter. The company’s mobile games business is growing fast, according to TechCrunch reports, surpassing its former cash cow, PC gaming, last year. Get the Full Story Complete the...
When a big firm shuts down, it’s not every day that a sitting president lobbies to get it un-shut. Nor is it often the case that the firm is a Chinese tech juggernaut, smack dab in the middle of a crossfire between China and the U.S.,...
A payments initiative, backed by Germany-based Deutsche Bank, could lead to another web-based payment option for airline passengers and diminished revenue for credit card providers. But full details of the project have yet to be released, and at least one analyst questions if it would...
