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...
January 10, 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...
January 07, 2014
Jack Henry, AmEx Partner On Cross-Border Payments
Client financial institutions of core processor Jack Henry and Associates will have access to American Express’ FX International Payments Service, Jack Henry announced. The AmEx service allows users to engage...
January 07, 2014
Digital River Teases Bitcoin Integration For 2014
Innovation means constantly exploring new and disruptive ideas, and it’s a propensity for this kind of thinking that has propelled Digital River to its global eCommerce status. In a new...
January 07, 2014
Digital River Teases Bitcoin Integration For 2014
Innovation means constantly exploring new and disruptive ideas, and it’s a propensity for this kind of thinking that has propelled Digital River to its global eCommerce status. In a new...
January 06, 2014
How Chinese Antitrust Law Has Affected the Business Operations in...
Jan 07, 2014 CPI Asia Column edited by Vanessa Yanhua Zhang (Global Economics Group) presents: How Chinese Antitrust Law Has Affected the Business Operations in China: Perspective of Life Science...
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.