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.

Will Private Blockchain and the Fed Make Tokenized Deposits Mainstream?
Will Private Blockchain and the Fed Make Tokenized Deposits Mainstream?
July 07, 2023  |  CBDC

A digital dollar may be on the horizon — or at least, it’s feasible. After a 12-week project, the Federal Reserve and nine marquee names in banking said Thursday...

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NY Fed: Digital Dollar Could Improve Cross-Border Payments
NY Fed: Digital Dollar Could Improve Cross-Border Payments
July 06, 2023  |  CBDC

The New York Federal Reserve said a digital dollar could improve cross-border and domestic payments. That’s according to the results of a test by the Fed’s New...

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Ant Group Expands Payments Partnership With Italy’s Tinaba
Ant Group Expands Payments Partnership With Italy’s Tinaba
July 03, 2023  |  Partnerships

Alipay and Tinaba have expanded their partnership to help Italian travelers make payments in Asia. Tinaba, a Milian-based payments company, announced in a press release the latest iteration...

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Fundacíon Dondé Rolls out Western Union Remittance Services Across Mexico
Fundacíon Dondé Rolls out Western Union Remittance Services Across Mexico
June 28, 2023  |  Global Payments

Fundacíon Dondé has rolled out Western Union remittance services at 332 branch offices across Mexico. The nonprofit private assistance institution’s partnership with Western Union now...

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Visa and Sunrate Team on X-Border Business Payments
Visa and Sunrate Team on X-Border Business Payments
June 15, 2023  |  Cross-border Payments

Visa and payment and treasury management platform Sunrate have teamed to boost its cross-border payment offerings. The partnership allows Sunrate customers to send and receive money...

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Platforms Speed Banks Global Real-Time Payments Plans
Platforms Speed Banks Global Real-Time Payments Plans
June 06, 2023  |  Payments As A Service

As the world becomes increasingly digital, financial institutions and enterprises are facing a new challenge: onboarding and connecting to a proliferating number of real-time payments...

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Worldline and VTEX Partner on Global eCommerce and Payments
Worldline and VTEX Partner on Global eCommerce and Payments
June 02, 2023  |  Partnerships

Worldline and VTEX have partnered to provide global eCommerce and payments services for multinational merchants. With this collaboration, Worldline’s payment processing capacity will be available to merchants using VTEX’s...

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Advanced Automation Helps Enterprises Manage Spend on a Global Scale
Advanced Automation Helps Enterprises Manage Spend on a Global Scale
May 31, 2023  |  Spend Management

Companies navigating the shifting landscape of global commerce see the promise of new markets, of bringing their products and services to new geographies. As they...

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Dublin-Headquartered NomuPay Raises $53.6 Million to Expand X-Border Payment Platform
Dublin-Headquartered NomuPay Raises $53.6 Million to Expand X-Border Payment Platform
May 31, 2023  |  Investments

Dublin-headquartered NomuPay has raised $53.6 million to expand its cross-border payment platform. NomuPay’s Unified Payments Platform is built for regions seeing high growth in cross-border and eCommerce and currently...

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