Tagged: thunes

April 24, 2024 @ 11:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

To accelerate its growth in the United States and its presence in the fast-expanding online gaming market, Thunes, a global cross-border payments company, is proud to announce that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tilia LLC, an all-in-one payments platform. Tilia is licensed in… Read More

March 25, 2024 @ 2:47 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Thunes, a Singapore-based cross-border payments company, announced its enhanced strategic partnership with Visa, the global titan in digital payments. This collaboration is set to introduce new payment endpoints across vital markets in Asia and Africa, marking a significant step forward in the expansion of digital… Read More

January 11, 2024 @ 12:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes, the global B2B cross-border payment company, is pleased to announce key changes to its executive leadership team. To further accelerate its growth, Thunes reportedly “appoints Floris de Kort as its new CEO. Peter De Caluwe has been promoted to Deputy Chairman focusing on strategy,… Read More

January 4, 2024 @ 3:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Payments Fintech Volt has announced the appointment of Irina Chuchkina as Chief Marketing Officer. Chuchkina was previously at Thunes. Prior to Thunes, Chuchkina held executive marketing roles at Rapyd,  super-app Grab, and Visa. She has also served on the board of the Singapore Fintech Association…. Read More

November 20, 2023 @ 6:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes and Kapronasia, a strategic advisory and financial services consultancy, have issued a report, “From Cash to QR codes: Unpacking Southeast Asia’s Diverse Consumer Payments Culture,” examining the region’s world-leading payment landscape. The report explores why payment digitization has been on the rise in Southeast… Read More

October 31, 2023 @ 5:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes, the global B2B cross-border payments infrastructure company, has appointed Chloé Mayenobe as its new Chief Operating Officer. Mayenobe joins Thunes at a pivotal moment “as the company continues its strategic expansion following its successful Series C fundraising in July 2023.” A seasoned tech leader… Read More

October 27, 2023 @ 6:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes, the global B2B payment infrastructure platform, and China Construction Bank (CCB), a commercial bank in China, have announced partnership to collaborate on cross-border payments. With the new relationship, Thunes will support the bank “to enable international payment acceptance for Chinese small to medium-sized businesses… Read More

July 18, 2023 @ 11:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes, the global B2B payment infrastructure platform, today announced the addition of three prominent investors – Visa, a world leader in digital payments, EDBI, a Singapore-based global investor and Endeavor Catalyst, a San-Francisco co-investment fund of Endeavor – to its Series C funding round, “supporting… Read More

June 18, 2023 @ 3:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes, the global B2B payment infrastructure platform, today announced the inauguration of its new office in Beijing, China. This strategic move signifies Thunes’ commitment “to empowering Chinese businesses and consumers by providing faster and more affordable transactions with key international markets.” The opening ceremony of… Read More

June 6, 2023 @ 11:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global cross-border payment infrastructure company Thunes and Rawbank, the bank in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), announced a partnership “to facilitate cross-border transaction flows between the DRC and the rest of the world through illicocash.” By partnering with Thunes, Rawbank now “becomes the first… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

D360 Bank, Saudi Arabia’s innovative new digital bank is pleased to announce its partnership with Thunes, a global cross-border payment infrastructure platform. This collaboration will “empower D360 Bank’s customers in Saudi Arabia to make fast and cost-effective B2B business payments and international remittances worldwide.” Additionally,… Read More

April 17, 2023 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes, a global cross-border payments company, has been granted a new Payments Institution license by the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) in France, which will enable the company “to send payments worldwide on behalf of its French or EU customers and partners.”… Read More

March 17, 2023 @ 8:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cross-border payments platform CurrencyFair has announced a partnership with international payments company Thunes, who will support CurrencyFair to offer its money transfer services in 25 new currencies, including Mexican peso, which has now gone live. This represents “a growth in current markets of more than… Read More

March 1, 2023 @ 10:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Thunes, a payments and transfers Fintech, has announced a new head of Latin America. Victor Lucena will now lead the Fintech in its efforts to expand its services. As Head of LATAM, Lucena will manage all aspects of Thunes Latin American operations. He will be… Read More

November 27, 2022 @ 3:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes, a global cross-border payments network, announced that it has partnered with Tencent Financial Technology, Tencent’s fintech arm, “becoming the first payment infrastructure partner connecting with it.” This collaboration will “allow members of Thunes‘ global network to send international payments to Weixin users, giving them… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Enjaz Payment Services Company, a Fintech company licensed by the Saudi Central Bank announced a partnership with Thunes, a global player focused on cross-border payments. This agreement will help customers in Saudi Arabia “to make instant international transfers globally to bank accounts and digital wallets… Read More

October 20, 2022 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) is partnering with Thunes to help individuals and small businesses move money internationally to 78 digital wallet providers, “reaching 1.5 billion digital wallets across 44 countries and territories.” This partnership will now “expand Visa Direct’s reach to nearly 7 billion endpoints, including… Read More

September 1, 2022 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes, a cross-border payments company, announced a partnership with Alipay+, a suite of cross-border payments and marketing solutions operated by Ant Group. Thanks to this collaboration, Thunes’ customers and merchants in Europe will now be able to accept Asia’s most widely-used mobile wallets: China’s Alipay… Read More

August 12, 2022 @ 9:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes, a cross-border payments company, recently announced that it is accelerating the expansion of its services in the MENA region, “setting up an office in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and appointing a new country head – Ahmad Yaacoub.” Thunes is also “in advanced stages… Read More

June 2, 2022 @ 10:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueLayer, which claims to be Europe’s “leading” open banking platform, and Thunes, a Singapore-based fintech company and a “leader” in global cross-border payments, recently announced their partnership “to streamline and improve the payment experience of consumers in the UK and Europe.” Thunes is building “a… Read More