Tagged: international payments

February 12, 2025 @ 9:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Western Union (NYSE: WU) and Penny Pinch announce that they have launched international money transfer services in the Penny Pinch app. The co-branded service enables customers in the country to send and receive money globally, “based on their convenience and needs.” Penny Pinch is Eastern… Read More

February 4, 2025 @ 10:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The global payments landscape is undergoing significant changes, driven by the increasing need for cross-border transactions. TransferGo, a global Fintech company, has launched a multi-currency business account to cater to the growing demands of international businesses. This service allows companies to hold, exchange, send, and… Read More

January 17, 2025 @ 7:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes, the “Smart Superhighway” to move money around the world, today welcomes Hyperwallet, a PayPal service for global payouts, as a Member of Thunes’ Direct Global Network. As part of this network, Hyperwallet customers can send money in real-time to “more than 450 million mobile… Read More

December 27, 2024 @ 9:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wise Platform noted that during the past year, they’ve expanded their global payments network and made some upgrades to their products, giving clients more ways to deliver better cross-border payment experiences. Wise Platform, a part of UK-headquartered Fintech Wise (LSE:WISE), expanded their direct connections to… Read More

November 19, 2024 @ 8:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global payments are becoming a lot simpler for consumers, however, complexity keeps growing behind the scenes, according a report which explores this paradox and the options for providers. The “tantalizing” vision for global payments has been that they’d be safe, simple, quick, inexpensive, and “ubiquitous,”… Read More

October 31, 2024 @ 6:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DailyPay, a worktech company, is expanding globally in more ways than one. DailyPay stated that it now focused on broadening the reach of its platform by adding a new feature: International Remittances. The International Remittances feature will enable DailyPay users to send funds at the… Read More

October 24, 2024 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nium, the infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, has recently announced that financial institutions are now able to leverage the Swift capabilities and their existing Swift infrastructure to connect to Nium’s global real-time payments network. This connection provides a cost-effective solution for financial institutions to connect… Read More

September 3, 2024 @ 6:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN) has partnered with Swedish home furnishing business IKEA. The new partnership with Adyen will allow IKEA to “connect the dots between in-store and digital sales channels and offer better payment and loyalty experiences for customers.” Utilizing Adyen’s single financial technology platform to… Read More

June 11, 2024 @ 12:36 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Remote, the human resources platform for distributed companies, has selected Nium, a provider of real-time cross-border payments, to enhance its international payroll capabilities. The partnership will be launched globally. As more businesses look at new markets to power growth, the ability to hire and scale… Read More

June 10, 2024 @ 2:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) and the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP) have announced a partnership to enable the deployment of a UPI-like real-time payments system in Peru. This collaboration marks a significant milestone, “making Peru the first country in South America to adopt… Read More

May 15, 2024 @ 11:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the financial technology platform of “choice” for companies, announces a partnership with Cotti Coffee for their global expansion, bringing their brews to customers in Canada, Australia, Japan, Singapore, and their newest market – the United Arab Emirates. The coffee chain, which is… Read More

April 23, 2024 @ 9:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, today announced its partnership with Bird (formerly MessageBird), a global communication platform, to power Bird’s international payments operations. Powering Bird’s global payments infrastructure Bird’s platform, applications and APIs help 29,000+ businesses “to streamline conversations and… Read More

March 8, 2024 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mox has partnered with Wise Platform in order to launch low-cost and transparent international payments. Wise (LSE:WISE) confirmed in a blog post that it is launching its new collaboration with Mox Bank Limited, a virtual bank in Hong Kong. With this integration, Mox customers can… Read More

March 6, 2024 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

IDEX Biometrics and Accomplish Financial, an international payment solution provider, are bringing to market a biometric payment program to help the visually- and memory impaired. The program will first launch in the UK, “where a global fintech will bring to market an accessible payment solution… Read More

February 26, 2024 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V), a global payments technology company, and the GSMA Mobile for Development Foundation (GSMA Foundation) announced the launch of the Digital Finance for All (DFA) Initiative, “furthering Visa’s decades-long efforts to increase access to the global economy for everyone, everywhere.” This five-year initiative… Read More

January 25, 2024 @ 6:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI powered global payments network and shopping assistant, announced its entry into the subscription service model with the launch of Klarna Plus, issued by WebBank, now available to eligible US consumers through the Klarna app “for a monthly fee of $7.99.” Klarna Plus… Read More

January 24, 2024 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

This past year marked significant milestones for BlinkSky, a global payments platform that delivers secure, interactive and customizable digital cards, real-time at scale. Among its most recent accomplishments, BlinkSky raised $1.5M in its initial private round, with investment participation from industry luminaries, “including former c-suite… Read More

January 5, 2024 @ 8:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is set to become the next “great place” to invest in as Western European businesses “seek new places to nearshore, offshore, or get access to growing consumer markets,” according to an update from iBanFirst. iBanFirst, a global provider of foreign… Read More

December 21, 2023 @ 9:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

International money transfer provider, Atlantic Money, has compared purchase prices in various random samples across currencies and borders, “uncovering unnecessary extra costs consumers often unwittingly pay.” Focusing on luxury items to demonstrate the impact, Atlantic Money has reportedly “analyzed the same listings for pound and… Read More

November 21, 2023 @ 10:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Remitly is pleased to announce an expanded five-year collaboration with Visa aimed at streamlining global money movement for Remitly customers and building on the company’s initial integration of Visa Direct. Through our extended collaboration, Remitly customers “in more than 15 countries, including the U.S., Canada,… Read More