August 22, 2016
Tune In To Payments Reality Check!
“Reality Check” was a TV show that aired in 1995 about a couple of kids who moved into a house and found a computer that was left behind by the...
August 19, 2016
Why Corporates Trip Over All The Moving Parts Of Inter-Company...
Corporate payments innovation tends to stick with the obvious transactions: payments to suppliers, business partners, employees and the like. It’s all about money flowing outside of the corporation. Get the...
August 19, 2016
Bitcoin Soars In Japan, But What’s ‘Synthetic Currency?’
This week’s Bitcoin Tracker finds Russia’s resource-guarding of the ruble nixed by an acceptance of bitcoin, for now. Other news finds that regulation in Japan has spurred an astounding rise...
August 18, 2016
Fusing Work And Automation
Artificial intelligence has moved beyond sci-fi and now can help businesses automate the most routine tasks, eliminating errors, saving time and helping boost efficiency, as Adam Devine, WorkFusion's VP of...
August 18, 2016
As SMEs’ X-Border Needs Grow, Can Banks Keep Up?
The world market may no longer be in panic mode following the U.K.’s shocking decision to leave the European Union, but the referendum did leave a lasting impact on how...
August 17, 2016
UnionPay Comes To North America With Merchants Now Accepting QuickPass...
UnionPay International announced on Tuesday (Aug. 16) that several daily-spending merchants in Canada will start accepting UnionPay mobile QuickPass, marking the debut of the service in North America. Before its...
August 17, 2016
TransferWise Pulls The Enterprise Onto Its Money Transfer Platform
U.K. money transfer company TransferWise secured unicorn status earlier this year, and now, the peer-to-peer FinTech firm has a new goal on the horizon. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
August 17, 2016
Report Claims UK SMEs Hit By Outlandish X-Border Fees
A new report by cross-border payments company Covercy finds that small businesses in the U.K. are grossly overpaying for their international transactions. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
August 16, 2016
Blue Marble, World First Streamline Cross-Border Payroll
Globalization has given rise to a new specialty among FinTech companies: cross-border payroll. A new partnership in the game will look to streamline this area for firms with international staff....
Real-time payments in the EU are on the verge of achieving their instantaneous promise, with a new rule from the European Council requiring instant fund transfers to be available within 10 seconds. In this edition of the “Real-Time Payments World Map,” a collaboration with The Clearing House, PYMNTS explores this development along with other advancements unfolding across the global real-time payments landscape.
In Saudi Arabia, digital wallet adoption is surging for cross-border payments, especially among younger consumers. Small and medium-sized businesses, however, face hurdles with security and cost, making addressing these concerns crucial for wider adoption. The latest data brief, “Global Money Movement: U.S. Edition,” a collaboration with TerraPay, explores the landscape of digital wallet usage in the Middle Eastern country, highlighting the generational and business-size divides in this rapidly evolving market.