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...
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...
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...
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...
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. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
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...
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...
Just in time to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, global payments provider Align Commerce announced Monday (Feb. 8) the establishment of its China corridor to enable SMBs to both send and receive payments to and from the largest Asian economy. Get the Full Story...
The global economy rose to prominence off the backs of Western brands — McDonald’s, Coca-Cola and Nike, just to name a few. And while the Western consumer is still chugging along nicely, there’s another region of shoppers on the upswing, and it’s ready to spend. Get the...
