cross-border

Ant Group Senior VP Peng Yang to Lead International Business Group
Ant Group Senior VP Peng Yang to Lead International Business Group
July 21, 2023  |  Personnel

Ant Group has appointed its senior vice president, Peng Yang, as president of the company’s International Business Group (IBG). Yang will report to Eric Jing,...

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Cross Border Payments Firm Payall Nets $10M for Expansion
Cross Border Payments Firm Payall Nets $10M for Expansion
September 15, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

Cross-border bank processor Payall has closed a $10 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), a press release said. Payall has a single shared...

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Market Forces Driving Down Fees as eCommerce Becomes Increasingly International
Market Forces Driving Down Fees as eCommerce Becomes Increasingly International
July 22, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

As PYMNTS discusses in the Cross-border Retail Payments Tracker, eCommerce merchants increasingly recognize the importance of catering to international customers. Read the report: The Cross-border...

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With CEO Under Cloud, Wise Reports Revenue Growth, ‘Business as Usual’
With CEO Under Cloud, Wise Reports Revenue Growth, ‘Business as Usual’
June 28, 2022  |  Earnings

It’s been a mixed couple of days for Wise. Following Monday’s (June 27) news that the company’s co-founder and CEO, Kristo Käärmann, had been named...

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PYMNTS AM Radar: IXB Collab Pilot; BNPL Resale Upscale; Money Locomotion; Digital Medical Breakthrough;
PYMNTS AM Radar: IXB Collab Pilot; BNPL Resale Upscale; Money Locomotion; Digital Medical Breakthrough;
April 28, 2022  |  Digital Payments

It’s Thursday, April 28 and there are 247 days until the calendar flips to 2023, leaving plenty of time to move money around, kick payments...

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Cross-Border Real-Time Payments Pilot Launched by EBA, SWIFT, TCH
Cross-Border Real-Time Payments Pilot Launched by EBA, SWIFT, TCH
April 28, 2022  |  Faster Payments

A pilot program for immediate cross-border (IXB) payments is being launched by EBA CLEARING, SWIFT and The Clearing House (TCH), garnering banking support from the...

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Rewire and Paysafe Team Up to Help Migrants Manage Their Cash
Rewire and Paysafe Team Up to Help Migrants Manage Their Cash
April 26, 2022  |  Partnerships

Africa and Asia migrant-focused cross-border financial services platform Rewire on Tuesday (April 26) teamed up with payments platform Paysafe to bring the offering to cash-reliant...

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Payments Startup Airwallex Could Seek $150M Funding
Payments Startup Airwallex Could Seek $150M Funding
April 26, 2022  |  Investments

Payments platform Airwallex could seek $150 million in an extended Series E funding round while the startup also explores a possible initial public offering (IPO)...

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Know Where Your Customer Is: Key to Improving Cross-Border Merchant Sales
Know Where Your Customer Is: Key to Improving Cross-Border Merchant Sales
November 26, 2021  |  eCommerce

More than 450 local digital payment methods are used around the world, and how well merchants cater to those local preferences can make or break...

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