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Brazil Super App Inter Acquires FinTech Usend
Acquisitions // January 25, 2022

Brazilian super app Inter announced Tuesday (Jan. 25) that it has received authorizations in both the U.S. and Brazil to purchase Usend, a U.S. FinTech. Inter provides both financial and non-financial services to its clients, while Usend’s digital money transfer platform allows users to send...

Usend: 2021 Was the Year of Value
Opinion // January 24, 2022

As companies emerge from survival mode, they’re casting a critical eye on the landscape around them, says Ran Grushkowsky, chief operating officer and chief technology officer of Usend. As this happens, they’re also assessing what they value – focusing on what matters, and abandoning what...

API Plug-Ins Offer Fast, Cheap Fix To Cross-Border Payment Pain Points
Cross-border Payments // December 06, 2021

With eCommerce growth expected to continue after the pandemic ends, businesses are pressed to support an increasing volume of cross-border transactions. Application programming interfaces (APIs) can help streamline cross-border payments operations and help financial institutions (FIs) and eCommerce businesses address the most complex cross-border payments...

Fiverr’s Payments Chief on Why Payment Complexities Best Left to Experts
eCommerce // November 10, 2021

To thrive in the age of eCommerce, online marketplaces that match up supply and demand need to inspire confidence that they can move money across borders seamlessly. Each market has its own payment preferences and its own compliance hurdles to clear in order to ensure...

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API Plug-Ins Offer Fast, Cheap Fix To Cross-Border Payment Pain Points

December 06, 2021
With eCommerce growth expected to continue after the pandemic ends, businesses are pressed to support an increasing volume of cross-border transactions. Application programming interfaces (APIs) can help streamline cross-border payments operations and help financial institutions (FIs) and eCommerce businesses address the most complex cross-border payments frictions, such as authentication, payments processing and regulatory compliance. This […]

Fiverr’s Payments Chief on Why Payment Complexities Best Left to Experts

November 10, 2021
To thrive in the age of eCommerce, online marketplaces that match up supply and demand need to inspire confidence that they can move money across borders seamlessly. Each market has...

USEND: Compliance Automation Critical in Making X-Border Payments Faster and Cheaper

October 08, 2021
The great digital shift has enabled all sorts of merchants, particularly small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), to move beyond their home territories and cross borders to tap new markets. Ran...

A ‘Crypto-Friendly Super App for Global Citizens’ Is Now a Thing

September 08, 2021
So-called global citizens, who do business in more than one country, have a very specific set of needs when it comes to financial services. With most banks targeting people who...

Quick Reads
Brazil Super App Inter Acquires FinTech Usend

January 25, 2022
Brazilian super app Inter announced Tuesday (Jan. 25) that it has received authorizations in both the U.S. and Brazil to purchase Usend, a U.S. FinTech. Inter provides both financial and non-financial services to its clients, while Usend’s digital money transfer platform allows users to send international transactions to over 60 destination countries. Additionally, the FinTech […]

Banco Inter Acquires FinTech Startup USEND

August 27, 2021
Brazilian digital bank Banco Inter SA has reached an agreement to acquire FinTech startup USEND as part of its plan to reach beyond its South American borders, according to a...