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.

Account Verification Becomes Critical Factor in Cross-Border Payments
Account Verification Becomes Critical Factor in Cross-Border Payments
October 28, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

Money movement across borders promises to speed the flow of funds between consumers and corporations if done digitally. But commerce is marked by complexity and...

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Putin: No Plans to Create BRICS Cross-Border Payments System
Putin: No Plans to Create BRICS Cross-Border Payments System
October 25, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly said Thursday (Oct. 24) that there are no plans to create a new system for cross-border payments between BRICS countries....

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Global Growth and Painless Payments Headline This Week in B2B
Global Growth and Painless Payments Headline This Week in B2B
October 24, 2024  |  B2B Payments

As the monthlong B2B Payments: Outlook 2030 event has revealed, the future of B2B payments is fast, global and all about innovation. Still, uncertainty remains...

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Global Payments to Offer US Merchants Fastlane by PayPal Checkout
Global Payments to Offer US Merchants Fastlane by PayPal Checkout
October 23, 2024  |  Checkout Conversion

Payments technology company Global Payments will offer its U.S. merchants the Fastlane by PayPal checkout experience. The new offering marks an expanded collaboration between Global...

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Partner-Bank POV: Why Third-Party Risk Standards Power Cross-Border Payments
Partner-Bank POV: Why Third-Party Risk Standards Power Cross-Border Payments
October 22, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

Big Tech defined an era of innovation by moving fast and breaking things. However, while speed is great for money movement, breaking things can be...

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Bank of America Extends FX Rate Guarantee for Year
Bank of America Extends FX Rate Guarantee for Year
October 21, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

Bank of America now allows companies to lock in foreign exchange (FX) rates for up to one year. The Guaranteed FX Rates offering simplifies the...

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Cross-Border Payments 2.0: Faster, Cheaper and More Transparent
Cross-Border Payments 2.0: Faster, Cheaper and More Transparent
October 21, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

Cross-border payments are an integral part of the engines that keep economies worldwide going, but they get a bum rap. As payments wind their way...

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Halfway Through: 3 Things We’ve Learned From PYMNTS B2B Month
Halfway Through: 3 Things We’ve Learned From PYMNTS B2B Month
October 18, 2024  |  B2B Payments

It’s been a busy October at PYMNTS. The monthlong event, B2B Payments: Outlook 2030, has been putting an exclamation point on the fact that B2B...

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Swift Says It Beat G20 Cross-Border Payments Speed Target by 15%
Swift Says It Beat G20 Cross-Border Payments Speed Target by 15%
October 17, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

By 2027, the G20 wants 75% of international payments processed within an hour. Global messaging service Swift said its network is meeting that target, and...

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