Smarter Payments Tracker

Deep Dive: How High Costs And Slow Processing Times Impede Remittances
Deep Dive: How High Costs And Slow Processing Times Impede Remittances
June 10, 2020  |  Smarter Payments

The World Bank projects that $572 billion will be sent from migrant workers to their families abroad in 2020. These payments affect the day-to-day lives...

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How Digitalization Soothes Cross-Border Payment Pain Points
How Digitalization Soothes Cross-Border Payment Pain Points
June 09, 2020  |  Smarter Payments

For UAE's 90 percent expatriate population, sending remittances back home often means paying exorbitant fees and dealing with glacial processing times. But use of local...

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Fixing The UAE’s $46B Remittance Problem
Fixing The UAE’s $46B Remittance Problem
June 08, 2020  |  Smarter Payments

Cross-border payments are expected to hit $39 trillion by 2022, with $572 million worth of payments consisting of remittances sent from migrant workers to their...

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Deep Dive: Why Cross-Border Payments Need Transparency Overhaul
Deep Dive: Why Cross-Border Payments Need Transparency Overhaul
August 16, 2019  |  Smarter Payments

FIs and enterprises are facing increased pressure to make cross-border payments fast and seamless as consumers grow used to such products in other sectors. The...

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Global Cross-Border Payments Expected To Grow, But Challenges Remain
Global Cross-Border Payments Expected To Grow, But Challenges Remain
August 16, 2019  |  Cross Border Commerce

Cross-border payments are expected to surge over the next few years as the economy becomes increasingly global and interconnected. These transactions reached $144 billion in...

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KBank On Rethinking Bank-FinTech Relations
KBank On Rethinking Bank-FinTech Relations
August 15, 2019  |  Smarter Payments

Remittances had a record year in 2018 despite the frictions that still exist when senders move money cross-border to receivers in need. In the latest...

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Banks Tap FinTechs For Remittance Overhaul
Banks Tap FinTechs For Remittance Overhaul
August 14, 2019  |  Smarter Payments

The cross-border payment market is thriving, and trends are expected to continue over the next few years. In fact, cross-border payments are expected to reach...

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Deep Dive: Cross-Border Payments Interoperability
Deep Dive: Cross-Border Payments Interoperability
August 01, 2019  |  Smarter Payments

The world is becoming more interconnected, boosting demand for fast and low-cost services that enable cross-border transactions. Such experiences require payments interoperability, which can be...

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Smarter Payments Tracker Eyes Interoperability
Smarter Payments Tracker Eyes Interoperability
August 01, 2019  |  B2B Payments

In corporate payments, high-value transactions with tall demands for compliance, transparency, speed, efficiency and security aren’t just placing a burden on the businesses sending and...

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