Ria news and trends

Paysera and Ria Team to Help Unbanked Consumers
Financial Inclusion // March 12, 2023

Paysera has teamed with Ria Money Transfer to help unbanked customers send and receive money. The partnership, announced Friday (March 10), lets clients send money to 522,000 Ria cash pickup locations around the world. “Sometimes it’s not possible to transfer money to a bank account...

Digital Beats Legacy in Sending Remittances to Remote, Rural Recipients
Cross-border Payments // August 16, 2022

An essential part of migrant workers’ lives is sending money abroad to recipients who often depend on funds for critical expenses such as housing, food and healthcare. This is why, according to Jose Ivars-Lopez, Ria’s U.K. and Ireland country manager, helping migrants to send money...

UK Muslims Say Eid Mubarak With International Remittances
Global Payments // July 08, 2022

Eid-ul-Adha falls on the tenth day in the final month of the Islamic Lunar Calendar. That means that this year, it starts on Saturday (July 9), with festivities continuing for two to four days, depending on the country. With over 2.6 million Muslims in the...

PayPal’s Xoom Launches US Money Transfers To Walmart, Ria Locations
Mobile Payments // November 12, 2019

Xoom, PayPal’s international money transfer service, announced that customers will be able to send money to recipients in the U.S. for the first time via strategic alliances with Walmart and Ria. PayPal’s international money transfer service can potentially benefit more than 44 million foreign-born people...

Interviews & Exclusives
Cross-Border Remittances Go Omnichannel for Growth

April 12, 2023
Like other industries, the pandemic saw remittance customers shifting from traditional brick-and-mortar environments to the digital space, with some customers using an app to transfer funds and check exchange rates for the first time. According to Jose Ivars-Lopez, U.K. and Ireland country manager at Ria, a business segment of Euronet Worldwide and leading cross-border money […]

Digital Beats Legacy in Sending Remittances to Remote, Rural Recipients

August 16, 2022
An essential part of migrant workers’ lives is sending money abroad to recipients who often depend on funds for critical expenses such as housing, food and healthcare. This is why,...

Quick Reads
Paysera and Ria Team to Help Unbanked Consumers

March 12, 2023
Paysera has teamed with Ria Money Transfer to help unbanked customers send and receive money. The partnership, announced Friday (March 10), lets clients send money to 522,000 Ria cash pickup locations around the world. “Sometimes it’s not possible to transfer money to a bank account because the recipient doesn’t have a local bank account,” Gintautas […]

PayPal’s Xoom Launches US Money Transfers To Walmart, Ria Locations

November 12, 2019
Xoom, PayPal’s international money transfer service, announced that customers will be able to send money to recipients in the U.S. for the first time via strategic alliances with Walmart and...

Walmart Teams With Ria To Offer International Money Transfers In US Stores

November 04, 2019
Walmart is expanding its flat-fee money transfer services to include an international money transfer marketplace serving all 4,700 U.S. Walmart stores, the company said in a press release on Monday...

Andreessen Horowitz Shifts Business Model From VC To RIA

April 03, 2019
Andreessen Horowitz has revealed that it is transitioning from being a venture capital (VC) firm to a registered investment advisor (RIA). The firm filed last month to become an RIA so that...