August 12, 2024
Wise Resumes Signing Customers in India to Tap $32 Billion...
Money transfer firm Wise is reportedly hoping to tap India’s $32 billion remittance market. To that end, Wise plans to begin signing up new customers in the world’s most populous nation after pausing that...
August 12, 2024
CE 100 Index Q4 Wrap-Up and Q1 Outlook
The CE 100 Index lost 0.2% last week in the wake of earnings reports that, over the course of the past several days, have moved names to the upside (and...
August 09, 2024
Ripple’s Cross-Border Business Could Be Collateral Damage in SEC Suit
One of the longest running legal cases impacting crypto’s regulatory future is potentially nearing resolution. The case, between cryptocurrency company Ripple Labs and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), centers around whether...
August 08, 2024
Thredd Helps LianLian Launch Virtual Cards in APAC Market
Payments processor Thredd has helped LianLian Global launch a virtual card program in the APAC market. LianLian, a cross-border payments firm based in China, chose Thredd to power its Yueda...
August 07, 2024
Stripe Offers Adaptive Pricing to APAC/LatAm Merchants
Stripe says it wants to help merchants show their buyers prices in local currencies. To that end, the payments company announced Wednesday (Aug. 7) that it is introducing adaptive pricing...
August 07, 2024
Shopify: Retailers Demand More Omnichannel Features Unifying Digital and Physical
As consumers demand a seamless experience across both eCommerce and brick-and-mortar channels, Shopify is seeing its customers expect more features that bring digital-like capabilities to the in-store journey. On a...
August 07, 2024
Walmart and WorldFirst Team to Help Chinese eCommerce Sellers Get...
Digital payments platform WorldFirst has partnered with Walmart to let eCommerce sellers based in China collect funds from Walmart Marketplace. “This partnership with Walmart further strengthens WorldFirst’s international digital trade ecosystem, which includes...
August 06, 2024
Revolut Business Expands ‘Financial Super App for Businesses’ to Singapore
Revolut Business expanded the availability of its “borderless financial super app for businesses” to Singapore and is looking to add other markets. “We’re here to empower Singaporean companies of all...
August 05, 2024
Nuvei Set to Acquire Brazil’s Pay2All
Canadian payments FinTech Nuvei is set to acquire Brazilian payments institution Pay2All. The deal, announced Monday (Aug. 5), is designed to expand Nuvei’s capabilities in Brazil and its presence in...
Real-time payments in the EU are on the verge of achieving their instantaneous promise, with a new rule from the European Council requiring instant fund transfers to be available within 10 seconds. In this edition of the “Real-Time Payments World Map,” a collaboration with The Clearing House, PYMNTS explores this development along with other advancements unfolding across the global real-time payments landscape.
Many eCommerce merchants in the United States seek growth in international markets but encounter significant friction in cross-border transactions. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest study, “Cross-Border Sales and the Challenge of Failed Payments,” a collaboration with Nuvei, draws on insights from 300 executives to identify the key challenges of cross-border payments and how to solve them.