Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data that indicates a spike in Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions. In addition, Germany’s Wirecard and France’s SES-imagotag are expanding the existing relationship with its joint payment product, and Axis...
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes CANCAN and WorldFirst’s rollout of a platform for WeChat Pay and Alipay payments in Europe. In addition, Alipay payments spiked at international destinations during a public holiday in China, and Australia’s...
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Global Payments’ tie-up with Alipay to serve Chinese tourists in the U.K. In addition, Grab and Fave are teaming up through a strategic partnership in Asia, and KKR and Tencent plan to...
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Binance’s investment in Australian startup TravelbyBit to bring crypto payments to airports. In addition, Russia’s Sberbank rolled out cash postcards to its mobile users, and Singtel has unveiled a cross-border mobile payment...
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Marks & Spencer’s roll out of its “Mobile, Pay, Go” service in the U.K. In addition, Malaysia’s CIMB Bank is bringing multi-QR terminals to merchants, and First Abu Dhabi Bank...
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Australia’s ANZ Google Pay wallet. In addition, the National Bank of Oman (NBO) is teaming up with Oman National Engineering & Investment Company (ONEIC) for real-time payments, while Klarna and OXID eSales...
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes WEX’s expansion in Canada with Moneris Solutions. In addition, a survey of respondents in the U.K. uncovered consumers’ preferences for cashless payments, and Slovenia’s Eligma has unveiled an app for...
Receivables platforms, which can streamline B2B payment reconciliations, automatically match invoice data with bank account information and deposit payments directly into accounts, are seen as potential solutions to businesses’ issues with late and unreceived cross-border payments. The following Deep Dive examines how such platforms could...
Welcome to The Axis, your look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes the expansion of the alliance between Western Union Business Solutions and Mexico’s Banco Monex. In addition, U.K.-based Volopa has unveiled contactless multi-currency prepaid cards and India-based Obopay purchased mobile app company Mubble. Get...
