Cross Border Commerce news and trends

CFOs Say Tariffs Spark New Uncertainties as They Scramble to Reconfigure Supply Chains

March 04, 2025
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Restaurant Association: Tariffs Could Cost Industry $12 Billion
Retail // February 25, 2025

The restaurant industry has urged the White House to avoid tariffs on food and beverages. Those tariffs could cost the sector more than $12 billion and bring about higher menu prices, the National Restaurant Association said in a letter to President Donald Trump, per a...

Lili Adds International Wire Payments to Small Business Financial Platform
Cross-border Payments // February 19, 2025

Lili added international wire payments to its financial platform designed for small business owners. The company’s international wire payments solution enables its small business customers to both receive and send international payments in 27 countries across North America, Europe and Asia, Lili said in a...

Temu Switches Supply Chain Management Style Following Trump Tariffs
eCommerce // February 11, 2025

eCommerce giant Temu is reportedly overhauling its Chinese supply chain following new U.S. tariffs. In a change that could lead to higher prices, the shopping platform will move away from a model in which merchants allowed Temu to handle things like price-setting, shipping and marketing,...

Cross-Border Market Share Will Depend on Instant Decisions
Payments Innovation // January 29, 2025

Cross-border payments had, for decades, been done by wire — where it had taken days to settle an international fund flow. But now, in the digital age — unlike years past — there are many ways to deliver a payment from country A to country...

Interviews & Exclusives
Cross-Border Market Share Will Depend on Instant Decisions

January 29, 2025
Cross-border payments had, for decades, been done by wire — where it had taken days to settle an international fund flow. But now, in the digital age — unlike years past — there are many ways to deliver a payment from country A to country B. We’re headed more fully toward instant payments, always on, […]

Commercial Cards Become Cash Flow Catalysts for Cross-Border B2B Payments

November 18, 2024
Cross-border trade is a huge business, totaling roughly $190 trillion in 2023. Sourcing goods and services globally and establishing supply chains that transcend borders have become part of the corporate...

Embedded Finance Keep Firms Agile in Emerging Verticals

September 13, 2024
Prioritizing adaptability, innovation and customer relationships will enable firms to navigate an unpredictable landscape, Thredd Chief Product Officer Ava Kelly writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Beyond the Horizon: How...

Cross-Border eCommerce Is Reshaping B2B Procurement

August 20, 2024
The complexity of the business-to-business (B2B) space is primarily what causes it to lag consumer-facing innovations. B2B transactions and the regulations they are subject to have unique and elaborate characteristics...

Quick Reads
Restaurant Association: Tariffs Could Cost Industry $12 Billion

February 25, 2025
The restaurant industry has urged the White House to avoid tariffs on food and beverages. Those tariffs could cost the sector more than $12 billion and bring about higher menu prices, the National Restaurant Association said in a letter to President Donald Trump, per a report Tuesday (Feb. 25) by Bloomberg News. In the letter, […]

Lili Adds International Wire Payments to Small Business Financial Platform

February 19, 2025
Lili added international wire payments to its financial platform designed for small business owners. The company’s international wire payments solution enables its small business customers to both receive and send...

Temu Switches Supply Chain Management Style Following Trump Tariffs

February 11, 2025
eCommerce giant Temu is reportedly overhauling its Chinese supply chain following new U.S. tariffs. In a change that could lead to higher prices, the shopping platform will move away from...

Thunes Debuts ‘Pay-to-Card’ to Expand Cross-Border Offerings

October 28, 2024
Thunes has debuted a solution designed to help customers offer faster cross-border payments. The payment infrastructure company’s Pay-to-Card offering, announced Monday (Oct. 28), is designed to connect members of the Thunes network to...