Cross-Border Payments

September Outlook: Central banks stay vigilant as global growth slows

Learn what “higher rates for longer” may mean for FX markets as central bankers continue the fight to tame inflation. Read full report here: https://convera.com/blog/foreign-exchange/september-outlook-central-banks-stay-vigilant-as-global-growth-slows/?utm_source=TPA&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=2023-Smart+Money+Moves-1to1+Meetings+UK-Live-Events-TPA-MKTG&utm_term=TPA-GCO-Sep&utm_content=7016R000001ROcvQAG

September 14, 2023

Cross-border payments: How to overcome challenges and create frictionless processes

AutoRek’s Nick Botha discusses cross-border payments, the current challenges they present to payments organisations, the difference between cross-border and domestic reconciliations, and how firms can overcome obstacles to create frictionless

July 20, 2023

Leading global fintech Unlimint rebrands in line with mission to eliminate financial borders

London-based global fintech, Unlimint, has announced a rebranding of its name to Unlimit, which will reflect the company’s new positioning, unify its product line, and highlight its mission to eliminate financial

May 26, 2023

PayAlly Launches New Portal and Mobile App

24 May 2023, London. New Look. Advanced client experience. Same reliability and efficiency. In continued effort to provide exceptional financial services, PayAlly launches the latest version of their web-based portal

May 24, 2023

Why Prepaid cards are good for business

Market and industry disruption have increased the need for fast digital payments. Here’s why prepaid cards are good for businesses, benefit providers, and workers and consumers. Continue reading: Why Prepaid

April 27, 2023

PXP Financial, Mastercard and Payall collaborate to take the pain out of cross-border payments

The collaboration provides PXP Financial’s customers with safe, compliant and efficient cross-border payments and international transfers 17th of March 2023 – PXP Financial, an expert in acquiring and payment processing services, has today

March 22, 2023

Spotlight: ‘One of the sexy things about payments is a lot of it is in the principle’

Luke Cutajar, director of customer success at Ripple, fell into the payments sector 17 years ago after landing a role at American Express when he left university in Brighton. Specialising in foreign exchange services initially, Luke speaks to The Payment Association’s editor Jyoti Rambhai about building his payments career.

March 16, 2023

Unlimint adds Mercado Pago to payment portfolio enabling merchants’ global growth

London-based global fintech, Unlimint, has announced it is further expanding its alternative payment methods portfolio with the addition of one of Brazil’s leading online payment solutions, Mercado Pago. This collaboration

February 21, 2023

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Future of cross-border payments landscape lies in data collaboration

The G20’s payments roadmap will not succeed if there are no international regulatory and data collection standards, and transparency measures. The coming year could be pivotal for everyone in the multi-layered cross-border payments chain.

February 21, 2023

CBDC: Threat or opportunity?

With myths on digital currencies being a threat to financial freedom dominating social media, Dominika Duziak, of OneStep Financial, explains why government must address this narrative and discuss its advantages.

February 20, 2023

WHAT MAKES THE PERFECT PAYMENT PARTNER?

Banking Circle insight report reveals the pain points PSPs need to overcome to retain merchant loyalty London, 6th February 2023 – A new insight report – The perfect payment partner?

February 16, 2023

Are CBDCs the solution for cross-border payments?

Phil Mochan from Nomos Digital examines how cross-border payments is closely intertwined with cross-border liquidity and the challenges this poses for implementing CBDCs.

February 13, 2023

Bluefin Adds Network Tokenization through Visa Technology

January 20, 2023 – Atlanta, GA – Bluefin, a leader in integrated payments and data and payment security, today announced it has teamed up with Visa for network tokenization. Through this

February 10, 2023

USDC Use Cases For Cross-Border Payments

Within just a few years, USDC demonstrated its utility as a revolutionary tool for facilitating borderless payments. Its stability, as a result of being pegged to the value of the

February 3, 2023

Now, later or never: Will CBDCs be the silver bullet for cross-border payments?

The Payment Association’s Project Cross-border hosted a forum in partnership with EPA Asia and IIF to explore the challenges a CBDC could pose and what technology could do to disrupt international transactions.

January 24, 2023

Local Payments Expert Argues Credit Card Challengers Add to Payments Industry Growth & Maturity

Payment service providers Visa and Mastercard are one of the biggest brands in the payments industry. Merchants and consumers associate them both with high fees, especially in the US market,

December 14, 2022

Project Inclusion sets the bar on sustainability and global payments

Project Inclusion, led by Josh Berle of Mastercard, showcased the best fintechs offering sustainable and inclusive payments products in 2022 to energise the industry towards better practices. The team engaged

December 13, 2022

STAYING RELEVANT IN THE BUOYANT CROSS-BORDER PAYMENTS MARKET

In the era of digitalisation, corporations expect more than an instant transfer from country A to country B. Corporations’ treasury departments need better predictability, transparency, cost control and an easy

November 15, 2022

Bluefin Acquires TECS to Combine Payments and Data Security Solutions

November 1st, 2022 – Atlanta, GA and Vienna, Austria – Bluefin, the recognized integrated payments leader in PCI-validated encryption and tokenization technologies that protect payments and sensitive data, today announced the

November 7, 2022

Why Banks, Neobanks, and Fintechs Must Integrate New Payments Tech and Crypto ASAP

In a recent article on The Fintech Times, Ian Kerr, a Director of Business Development for Episode Six, discussed why crypto and DeFi isn’t just a fad, but something that will remain for a long time. If banks do not respond to it, they will face the consequences in the future.

September 24, 2021

Nikulipe’s Co-founders Frank Breuss and Philipp Nieland on How can Local Payment Methods Meet Global Merchants’ Needs

Frank Breuss and Philipp Nieland, co-founders of Nikulipe, reveal to The Paypers how the company’s new solution banklinq enables consumers to make cross-border payments while helping global merchants access new markets.

September 21, 2021

EML and Nuapay Will Showcase A Payments Revolution At Money 20/20 Europe Next Week

EML and Nuapay will exhibit as sponsors of Money 20/20 Europe in Amsterdam.

September 16, 2021

Limited Access to Baltics’ E-commerce Market Addressed with banklinq

The continuing global e-commerce boom highlights old issues of Local Payment Methods (LPMs) some regions, like the Baltics, still face. Offering a region-tailored solution, Nikulipe has launched a new LPM to tackle the problem.

September 9, 2021

Accept My IBAN: Monneo joins coalition to combat IBAN discrimination

The UK authorized payment institution Monneo joins the ‘Accept my IBAN’ coalition of European companies to tackle corporate rejection of SPayments Association-enabled IBANs for payments and direct debits.

September 6, 2021

The first subscription-based global payments solution launched in the UK and Europe

Focused on creating an open and transparent payments platform, Sokin offers a new generation fixed fee payment service for unlimited international transfers and cost-effective currency exchange in 38 currencies to over 200 countries and territories for one fixed monthly cost – just like Spotify and Netflix.

August 20, 2021

Change the way you process online payments

Localise, globalise and optimise your business with our unique range of payment and banking solutions. Reduce online fraud, increase conversions and drive business growth across the world.

August 16, 2021

FXPRO® PARTNERS WITH CURRENCYCLOUD FOR NEW FINANCIAL ENTERPRISE: BNKPRO

FxPro, the truly global broker, has partnered with Currencycloud, a leading provider of B2B embedded cross-border solutions, as part of a new offer of flexible and convenient e-money solutions in the form of its new business – BnkPro.

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August 3, 2021

Paysafe streamlines US SMB payments with SimplyPayMe

We are extremely proud to announce our expansion to the United States with Paysafe Group & Mastercard as a partner of their Digital Doors program.

SimplyPayMe will from now on empower & enable American SMBs by allowing them flexibility in getting paid and the ease of running their business, all within one single application.

We are also working with banks and digital partners to help them serve their SMBs better, giving them the option to offer SimplyPayMe as a value-added service or as a white label.

July 21, 2021

Report: True Cost of Failed Payments

This 2021 report summarises a survey taken by over 200 payments professionals across the banking, financial, fintech and corporate sectors. It provides an overview of the payments landscape, explores the key findings, and provides insight into the various elements that had an impact on failed payments throughout 2020.

July 15, 2021

PAYMASTER24 BOOSTS SPEED OF PAYMENT AND RANGE OF CURRENCIES

Full-service Payment Service Provider (PSP) of local e-payment solutions, Paymaster24, has selected Banking Circle to enhance its service proposition for merchants. Crucially, the partnership with Banking Circle will help Paymaster24 speed up payments and offer additional currencies to its merchant customers.

July 12, 2021

eBook: It’s Time to Take Your Business Global

Over the past 18 months e-commerce has become a lifeline, not just a convenience – both for businesses and consumers alike. This has amplified the importance of digital payments and the ability to transact seamlessly across borders. Find out what you need to know to take your business global and why now is the time to do it, download our eBook.

July 6, 2021

Global Processing Services and Currencycloud partner to offer complete, enterprise-grade, cross-border payments solution

Global Processing Services (GPS), the multi-award-winning payments processing partner behind some of Britain’s biggest challenger fintechs including Revolut and Starling Bank, and Currencycloud, the experts simplifying business in a multi-currency world, have partnered to widen access to cross-border payments for financial institutions and fintechs, providing a passport to a post-Covid world.

June 29, 2021

BANKING CIRCLE AND B4B PAYMENTS JOIN FORCES FOR INNOVATIVE CORPORATE PAYMENTS SERVICE

B4B Payments, a leading global prepaid payments provider, has selected Banking Circle to provide payments infrastructure for its corporate banking services. Providing prepaid solutions to businesses for more than 15 years, FCA authorised B4B enables organisations of any size to manage expenses, simplify payroll, reimbursements, and offer employee rewards and incentives.

June 29, 2021

Embedded Lending in Action: The Potential of Buy-Now, Pay-Later

As part of Currencycloud series of interviews that explores the nature and evolution of embedded finance we invited Laurel Wolfe, Vice President of Marketing at Mambu, and former Klarna, to deep dive into how Buy-Now, Pay-Later and embedded lending, a subset of embedded finance, is changing how retailers and payments providers serve their customers.

June 18, 2021

AccessPay gets stamp of approval from Sage

Manchester FinTech firm AccessPay is now listed on Sage Marketplace as first combined payments and cash management solution.

June 14, 2021

Sokin signs multi-year partnership with AS Monaco

Sokin has agreed a three-year deal to support the club’s international payments and FX needs.

June 11, 2021

PAYALLY STRENGTHENS INTERNATIONAL PAYMENTS OFFERING THROUGH NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH BANKING CIRCLE

PayAlly, the fully integrated payments ecosystem for SMEs is using Banking Circle solutions to improve its multi-currency B2B cross border payments services. In particular, the new partnership gives PayAlly access to a wider choice of payment rails through the Banking Circle super-correspondent banking network, thereby improving the speed and cost of international payments for its e-commerce customers.

June 10, 2021

The Payments Association CEO Roundtable hosted by Transact365

Here at Transact365 this past week we hosted a CEO Roundtable in partnership with the Payments Association. Take a look at some of the highlights from the session here.

June 10, 2021

Currencycloud Superhero Spotlight Series | 7-11 June

We are really excited to shine the spotlight on some of the best-known brands in #Fintech during our Superhero Spotlight Series.

A week-long event packed with articles, research reports and LinkedIn and YouTube live streamed interviews with over 30 of Fintech’s finest superheroes.

#Payments #Banking #FintechSuperhero

June 3, 2021