Global Payments

Globalization is driving corporations to transact more frequently across borders. Consumers are also transacting more on a global basis—buying from foreign eCommerce sites as well as traveling, living, and working abroad. For the payments industry, the result is higher volumes of payments—in terms of both currency value and number of transactions. This is also leading to a consequent shift downwards in the average value of these payments.

Inside HSBC’s Push to Marry AI With Accountability

Inside HSBC’s Push to Marry AI With Accountability
Inside HSBC’s Push to Marry AI With Accountability
October 21, 2025  |  Global Payments

Cross-border payments are among the most complex transactions in finance. They’re an intricate choreography of data, regulation and risk management that must work seamlessly and...

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UK’s CMA Clears Global Payments’ Planned Acquisition of Worldpay
UK’s CMA Clears Global Payments’ Planned Acquisition of Worldpay
October 20, 2025  |  Partnerships

Global Payments’ planned acquisition of Worldpay was OK’d Monday (Oct. 20) by the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority. “The CMA has cleared the anticipated...

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Remittances to Latin America Surge as US Deportations Grow
Remittances to Latin America Surge as US Deportations Grow
September 30, 2025  |  Latin America

Immigrants in the United States are reportedly sending more money home amid heightened deportations. Remittances to many areas of Latin America are increasing by double...

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Swift Pushes Old Payment Rails Into Blockchain Future
Swift Pushes Old Payment Rails Into Blockchain Future
September 29, 2025  |  Cross-border Payments

In business, achieving clarity often accelerates action and progress, which is more valuable than simply moving fast. For much of global trade’s history, the speed...

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Swift Intros Rules to Speed Cross-Border Retail Payments
Swift Intros Rules to Speed Cross-Border Retail Payments
September 25, 2025  |  Cross-border Payments

Swift is introducing rules to speed cross-border payments for consumers and small businesses. The rules, created in partnership with more than 30 banks, enable retail...

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How the Consumerization of X-Border Payments Is Reshaping Corporate Treasury
How the Consumerization of X-Border Payments Is Reshaping Corporate Treasury
September 22, 2025  |  Cross-border Payments

When corporate treasurers thought about innovation, it was typically unlikely that their minds drifted to remittance counters in Manila or Mexico. However, as enterprises come...

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Stablecoins Target ‘Network of Networks’ Effect Across Global B2B Payments
Stablecoins Target ‘Network of Networks’ Effect Across Global B2B Payments
September 16, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

Watch more: The Digital Shift In the high-speed theater of global commerce, payments remain stuck in slow motion. Settlements stretch across days, working capital gets...

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Why Time to Cash Is New Benchmark for Cross-Border B2B Growth
Why Time to Cash Is New Benchmark for Cross-Border B2B Growth
September 10, 2025  |  B2B Payments

In global B2B trade, inefficiency doesn’t always look like congestion at a port or tariffs at a border. Billions of dollars in cross-border B2B trade...

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