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March 20, 2014
IP 2014 Think-A-Thon Awards: Insiders’ Solutions To Industry’s Difficult Problems

Brilliant minds came together over the past few weeks to address three complicated industry problems, and on March 20 we learned which were winners of this year’s Innovative Payments Think-A-Thon.


March 20, 2014
Alpha Payments Cloud Teams With ReD Fraud Prevention

Fraud-prevention company ReD is partnering with payments solution provider Alpha Payments Cloud to secure cross-border payments for businesses, according to a report in Finextra.


March 18, 2014
“It’s Woodstock for Payments Geeks”

It’s rare that the top innovators in the world meet in one location, but that’s just what’s happening today in Boston, as the Innovation Project 2014 kicks off at Harvard...


March 17, 2014
E-commerce Startups Score Funding Successes

Wayfair – March 7, 2014 – $157 Million Wayfair, an online home-goods retailer, has announced it has raised $157 million in new funding. Wayfair’s service allows users to shop for...


March 17, 2014
A Look Inside of IP 2014’s Think-a-Thon®

03 March 2014 The Think-a-Thon and The Power of Collective Innovation Much innovation is about the lone venture pursuing the dreams of its entrepreneurs, creating a successful product, and reaping vast rewards....


March 17, 2014
AFP Survey: Firms Taking A Slow, But Steady, B2B Path

By: Eileen Goode (@eileengoode) When businesses are paying each other, checks remain the dominant vehicle, representing on average nearly half of all B2B payments. Their primacy, however, is slipping. In...


March 11, 2014
Xoom Acquires Cross-Border Payment Platform

Digital funds-transfer provider Xoom Corp. has acquired BlueKite, a developer of a cross-border payments platform. BlueKite specializes in low-cost funds transfers, particularly remittances to developing economies for underbanked customers. Xoom...


January 31, 2014
EU: MasterCard outlook for interchange fight looks dim

As MasterCard fights to maintain its cross-border swipe-fees throughout the EU, reports say the credit card giant’s efforts against authorities’ recent regulation of the fees is facing new obstacles. According...


January 15, 2014
Western Union and Kimbia: Making Fundraising Simpler

Western Union Business Solutions, a division of the Western Union Co., last month struck a partnership with omnichannel fundraising platform provider Kimbia Inc. to provide organizations a service to help...


Real-Time Payments World Map - March 2024

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.

Global Money Movement - January 2025

While digital wallets are most popular for cross-border remittances, their potential extends beyond consumer transactions. The problem: Banks are slow to integrate them as they reckon with interoperability issues as well as partnering with FinTechs to meet rising demand.

We spoke to consumers, small business leaders and bank employees across four markets to learn more. Download your copy of “Global Money Movement: How Digital Wallets Are Transforming Cross-Border Payments,” a collaboration with TerraPay,  here.