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Alipay In X-Border Blockchain Pact
Alipay In X-Border Blockchain Pact
January 10, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Blockchain grabbed some headlines this past week as DLT helped foster new cross border payment initiatives, notably from Alipay and Ripple.  Elsewhere, Faster Payments gains...

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Western Union, JD Digits Eye Biz Payments With X-Border Partnership
Western Union, JD Digits Eye Biz Payments With X-Border Partnership
December 17, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Western Union has announced a partnership with Chinese digital payments company JD Digits, which will advance digital cross-border money movement and payments in China. The two...

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Xoom Expands Full Suite Of Send Services To Canada
Xoom Expands Full Suite Of Send Services To Canada
December 11, 2018  |  Cross-border Payments

When PayPal acquired global money transfer firm Xoom in 2015, company President and CEO John Kunze noted that becoming part of the larger PayPal organization marked the start...

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Banks Steer Clear Of X-Border Transfers
Banks Steer Clear Of X-Border Transfers
November 16, 2018  |  Cross-border Payments

Amid stricter checks for money laundering, banks are moving away from the international money transfer practice known as correspondent banking. The shift could possibly cause...

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Grab Launches P2P Remittance Product
Grab Launches P2P Remittance Product
November 15, 2018  |  Digital Payments

Grab, the ride-sharing platform out of Southeast Asia, announced on Thursday (Nov. 15) the launch of a remittance offering under the company’s financial services arm....

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Nigeria’s Mobile Wallet Paga Snags $10M, Expands Cross-Border
Nigeria’s Mobile Wallet Paga Snags $10M, Expands Cross-Border
September 07, 2018  |  Investments

Nigerian digital payments startup Paga has received $10 million in funding as it prepares to expand into other countries. CEO Tayo Oviosu announced at Disrupt San Francisco,...

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Xoom, OXXO Pair On Money Transfer In Mexico
Xoom, OXXO Pair On Money Transfer In Mexico
September 07, 2018  |  Partnerships

Xoom, PayPal’s international money transfer service, has announced a partnership with TransNetwork, which allows its U.S. customers to send money to loved ones in Mexico...

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MoneyGram And Visa Team To Deliver Real-Time Global P2P
MoneyGram And Visa Team To Deliver Real-Time Global P2P
July 24, 2018  |  Payment Methods

MoneyGram and Visa announced today (July 24) that they have partnered to deliver real-time digital disbursements to MoneyGram customers using Visa’s push payments platform, Visa...

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Trulioo Offers Instant Identity Verification In The Philippines
Trulioo Offers Instant Identity Verification In The Philippines
July 24, 2018  |  Cybersecurity

Trulioo, the global identity verification company, announced Tuesday (July 24) that it started offering instant ID verification for consumers in the Philippines. In a press...

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