During their respective earnings calls earlier this month, Amazon and Walmart were cautious in their first-quarter 2025 outlooks, reflecting concerns about inflation and slowing consumer spending. Amazon’s projected revenue of $151 billion to $155.5 billion in Q1 was below the $158 billion forecast, while Walmart’s...
Business services provider Vistra and financial platform Airwallex announced a partnership on the Vistra platform. Via the collaboration, Vistra will integrate Airwallex’s business account and embedded finance products into its platform, giving its users more convenience and efficiency in handling their global operations, the companies...
London-based startup E-Money Markets raised 700,000 pounds (about $882,000) in pre-seed funding to build a white-labeled foreign exchange solution. “This milestone is a crucial step toward our launch, and we’re proud to be building the future of FX broking together,” the company said in a...
As the global transportation and logistics sectors navigate economic uncertainty, rising fuel costs and increasing regulatory pressures, fleet managers are reevaluating their operational strategies. The focus is shifting toward efficiency and cost savings, making payment and expense management a critical component of modern fleet operations....
February 27, 2025
During their respective earnings calls earlier this month, Amazon and Walmart were cautious in their first-quarter 2025 outlooks, reflecting concerns about inflation and slowing consumer spending. Amazon’s projected revenue of $151 billion to $155.5 billion in Q1 was below the $158 billion forecast, while Walmart’s forecasted Q1 sales growth in the United States of 3% […]
February 03, 2025
Just a few years ago, cross-border payments were inefficient at best and filled with friction at worst. They were opaque and took days to settle. Additionally, managing foreign exchange costs...
October 30, 2024
Despite the interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve — 0.5% for the first go-round in September, with more cuts widely expected — the fact remains that the era of...
October 15, 2024
Cross-border payments are the lifeblood of international business — but for finance teams, they often come with a side of risk and complexity. As the world shrinks and global markets...
April 10, 2025
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released an interpretive letter providing views on certain foreign exchange (FX) transactions. The letter (CFTC Letter No. 25-10) delivers the views of the CFTC’s Market Participants Division and Division of Market Oversight on the characterization of certain FX transactions as being swaps, FX forwards or FX swaps, as defined in the Commodity Exchange […]
February 24, 2025
Business services provider Vistra and financial platform Airwallex announced a partnership on the Vistra platform. Via the collaboration, Vistra will integrate Airwallex’s business account and embedded finance products into its...
February 14, 2025
London-based startup E-Money Markets raised 700,000 pounds (about $882,000) in pre-seed funding to build a white-labeled foreign exchange solution. “This milestone is a crucial step toward our launch, and we’re...
January 27, 2025
Derivative Path and Wells Fargo have partnered to help regional and community banks provide foreign exchange (FX) payment services. The solution enabled by this collaboration works within bank customers’ digital...
