cross-border

Mastercard Closes On Transfast Acquisition
Mastercard Closes On Transfast Acquisition
July 09, 2019  |  Mastercard

Mastercard said Tuesday (July 9) that it has closed on its previously announced acquisition of Transfast, a deal the payments giant said will strengthen its...

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InstaReM Launches Card Issuing Platform
InstaReM Launches Card Issuing Platform
July 05, 2019  |  Cross Border Commerce

Southeast Asian FinTech InstaReM, which specializes in digital cross-border money transfers and payments, has announced a new API-based digital platform that will enable startups, FinTech...

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China To Add More Cross-Border eCommerce Cities To Stabilize Trade
China To Add More Cross-Border eCommerce Cities To Stabilize Trade
July 03, 2019  |  International

China is going to promote cross-border eCommerce in additional cities as an initiative to stabilize trade in the country, according to a report by Reuters....

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Currencycloud Secures Funding For X-Border Technology
Currencycloud Secures Funding For X-Border Technology
July 02, 2019  |  Investments

As part of a Series E round, cross-border payment application programming interface (API) company Currencycloud has raised approximately £32 million. The company’s technology is reportedly...

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Deep Dive: Modernizing Cross-Border Payments Infrastructure For Speed, Access
Deep Dive: Modernizing Cross-Border Payments Infrastructure For Speed, Access
July 02, 2019  |  Smarter Payments

Cross-border, B2B payments generated approximately $125 billion in revenue last year, a figure that continues to rise. FIs and FinTechs need to be ready to...

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Creative Group FinTech Lands $25M To Expand Into 30 Countries
Creative Group FinTech Lands $25M To Expand Into 30 Countries
June 27, 2019  |  Investments

Amsterdam-based startup Creative Group announced it has raised €22 million in funding from Prime Ventures. The funding will be used to help the company expand...

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Chinese Consumers’ Pullback Seen As A Global Economic Red Flag
Chinese Consumers’ Pullback Seen As A Global Economic Red Flag
June 26, 2019  |  International

One of the problems with trade wars is that they act more as bludgeon than scalpel. Tariffs, of course, make all sorts of things expensive...

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G7 Raises Concerns Over Facebook’s Libra
G7 Raises Concerns Over Facebook’s Libra
June 19, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

Facebook’s Tuesday (June 18) news of the launch of its Libra cryptocurrency was heard around the world, and the Group of Seven (G7) nations definitely...

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Western Union Shares Dip On News Of Facebook Crypto
Western Union Shares Dip On News Of Facebook Crypto
June 18, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

Shares in Western Union have fallen on Tuesday (June 18) on the news that Facebook is going to release a new cryptocurrency called Libra, according...

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