Payments acceptance solutions company Ingenico has named industry veteran Floris de Kort as its CEO. He will take on the top job at Ingenico Nov. 1, the company announced Tuesday (Oct. 28). He replaces Lauren Blanchard, who is stepping down to pursue other ventures. “Floris de Kort brings deep and proven expertise...
Thunes is offering its Pay-to-Banks solution to financial institutions via their Swift connectivity. The new solution lets the 11,000 banks within the Swift network connect to Thunes’ network with no additional integration needed, providing faster business and consumer payouts to four billion bank accounts, the...
Money movement platform Thunes has expanded its partnership with digital asset infrastructure company Ripple. This latest collaboration, announced Tuesday (Sept. 2) combines Thunes’ network with Ripple’s blockchain-powered payments solutions to allow Ripple’s enterprise customers to more easily withdraw funds in new currencies and countries to enhance their global payment capabilities....
Money movement platform Thunes launched a partnership with payroll company Ontop. The collaboration is designed to give freelancers and remote workers real-time access to their earnings around the world, according to a Monday (Aug. 11) press release. With the help of Thunes’ Direct Global Network,...
February 02, 2022
Despite widespread debate over workers’ rights, the global gig economy is booming. Research from Singapore-headquartered global payments company Thunes shows that it is projected to grow from the current market estimation of about $100 billion to up to $4 trillion in the next few years. While sharing that data with PYMNTS in an interview, Thunes […]
January 28, 2022
“Pay the world” is the theme of the day and for Thunes Collections CEO Christophe Bourbier, in an ideal world, consumers anywhere in the world can leverage technology to make payments...
November 18, 2021
Getting paid is a challenge for any business at the best of times, but in the case of cross-border transactions, the complexity often extends several layers deep. It’s not just...
August 26, 2021
Playing in the big leagues. That is the new environment French payment platform Limonetik finds itself in, according to CEO and Co-founder Christophe Bourbier, following its acquisition by cross-border payments...
November 13, 2025
Mastercard launched a stablecoin-focused partnership with money-movement firm Thunes. The collaboration, announced at the Singapore FinTech Festival, is designed to speed money movement for banks, payment service providers and end users by expanding stablecoin wallet payout capabilities, according to a Thursday (Nov. 13) press release. This involves Mastercard Move facilitating near-real-time payouts to stablecoin wallets […]
October 28, 2025
Payments acceptance solutions company Ingenico has named industry veteran Floris de Kort as its CEO. He will take on the top job at Ingenico Nov. 1, the company announced Tuesday (Oct. 28). He replaces Lauren Blanchard, who...
September 29, 2025
Thunes is offering its Pay-to-Banks solution to financial institutions via their Swift connectivity. The new solution lets the 11,000 banks within the Swift network connect to Thunes’ network with no...
September 02, 2025
Money movement platform Thunes has expanded its partnership with digital asset infrastructure company Ripple. This latest collaboration, announced Tuesday (Sept. 2) combines Thunes’ network with Ripple’s blockchain-powered payments solutions to allow Ripple’s enterprise customers to...
