Cross Border Commerce news and trends

Visa Teams With AWS to Streamline Cross-Border Payments
VISA // April 25, 2024

Visa says it has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN). “Visa’s presence in the APN will help enable its partners and clients, including cloud-native fintechs, to access and integrate select Visa services more efficiently,” the company said in a Thursday (April 25) news release. Among the...

Capturing the $250 Trillion Cross-Border Payments Opportunity 
Cross-border Payments // April 09, 2024

With every innovation, the world gets a little bit smaller and interconnected.  And with the news Monday (April 8) that Kyriba and Onyx, a J.P. Morgan business unit, are collaborating to better streamline cross-border payments, global expansion and payments innovation are top of mind for businesses of all shapes, sizes and...

Can Payments Innovations Solve U.S. Merchants’ Top 5 Cross-Border Challenges?
Cross Border Commerce // March 21, 2024

With Wednesday’s (March 20) announcement about Visa’s expanded partnership with LemFi, the focus is on cross-border payments. The cross-border payments landscape itself is a dynamic and fragmented one, full of unique local frictions that present a number of obstacles to foreign businesses looking to capture market share outside of...

Visa and LemFi Expand Partnership on Cross-Border Payments
Cross-border Payments // March 20, 2024

Visa Cross-Border Solutions and LemFi have expanded their existing partnership globally. This partnership brings together the capabilities of Visa Cross-Border Solutions, which is a Visa division specializing in cross-border money movement, and LemFi, which is a U.K.-headquartered remittance firm, the companies said in a Wednesday (March 20) press release...

Interviews & Exclusives
Failed Cross-Border Payments Cost US Merchants an Estimated $3.8B

February 21, 2024
Many U.S. eCommerce merchants prioritize international markets, but see higher failed payment rates in cross-border transactions than in domestic ones. These payment failures significantly impact their bottom line. PYMNTS Intelligence estimates that failed cross-border payments cost U.S. merchants at least $3.8 billion in lost sales in 2023. Most of these merchants struggle to identify the […]

Neobanks May Face Squeeze in Europe If X-Border Fee Caps Materialize

December 13, 2023
Beyond the card networks, among those that may feel the squeeze should cross-border interchange fees see new caps in the United Kingdom are neobanks. As reported Wednesday (Dec. 13), the...

Liquidity Management Key to Taming FX Volatility in Emerging Markets

November 20, 2023
Compared to the global standard of five to six hubs, moving money between Nigeria and China or Singapore can require navigating through up to 16 hubs before the payment reaches...

Payments Tech Helps Online Sellers Go Global, Play Like Locals

August 02, 2023
The digital, connected economy knows no borders. The movement of money, however, is increasingly aware of them. Whether a company is already transacting internationally, or looking to enter a new...

Quick Reads
Swap Raises $9 Million to Launch Global eCommerce Platform

April 30, 2024
Swap has raised $9 million in a Series A round to launch its global eCommerce platform designed to facilitate cross-border shipments. The new Swap Global will enable the company to help direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands unlock new markets with delivered duty paid (DDP) shipping, automated tax remittance and express customs clearance, the company said in a Tuesday (April 30) […]

Visa Teams With AWS to Streamline Cross-Border Payments

April 25, 2024
Visa says it has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN). “Visa’s presence in the APN will help enable its partners and clients, including cloud-native fintechs, to access and integrate select...

Visa and LemFi Expand Partnership on Cross-Border Payments

March 20, 2024
Visa Cross-Border Solutions and LemFi have expanded their existing partnership globally. This partnership brings together the capabilities of Visa Cross-Border Solutions, which is a Visa division specializing in cross-border money movement, and LemFi, which...

Swift Completes Successful Test of Global Trade Interoperability Solution

December 11, 2023
Swift has successfully tested a global trade interoperability solution in collaboration with BNY Mellon, Deutsche Bank and four electronic bills of lading (eBL) platforms. This solution has the potential to revolutionize the use...