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....
August 15, 2016
Takeover To Bring In $7B Of Corporate FX Payments
Foreign exchange payments and hedging company Global Reach Partners (GRP) announced the acquisition of FC Exchange, and the takeover will significantly add volume to the amount of transactions handled by GRP. Get...
August 12, 2016
The Gig Economy Goes X-Border
What’s so hard about paying contract workers who work cross-border in a variety of far-flung locales and who want to be paid in the currency easiest for them to use...
August 12, 2016
Sizzle Or Fizzle: Restaurants Rule, FireEye Flounders And Lending Club...
The Olympic athletes are undoubtedly the biggest Sizzle of all this week, and Team USA has given new meaning to the word. The focus and discipline of these athletes is...
August 12, 2016
Everything Must Go … X-Border-Style? The Olympic Auction Of Herculean...
Thousands of athletes are staying in the Rio Olympic and Paralympic village, but what happens to all of the furniture after they leave town? One company is working to auction...
August 11, 2016
Rule On Money Laundering Loophole Due To Prepaid Cards Could...
A proposition back in 2011 to close a loophole that enables drug cartels to move large sums of money across boarders using prepaid cards has been delayed but is not...
August 11, 2016
As Games Unfold, Olympic Furniture Awaits Next Chapter
Thousands of athletes are staying in the Rio Olympic and Paralympic village, but what happens to all of the furniture after they leave town? One company is working to auction...
August 10, 2016
What’s Next Data And Analytics
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August 10, 2016
After Brexit Boost, What’s Next for Banks and Trading?
The recent news that Brexit led to a surge in trading-related banking revenues that helped put results over the top, beating Street estimates, leads to the question: What will they...
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.