Global Payments

Globalization is driving corporations to transact more frequently across borders. Consumers are also transacting more on a global basis—buying from foreign eCommerce sites as well as traveling, living, and working abroad. For the payments industry, the result is higher volumes of payments—in terms of both currency value and number of transactions. This is also leading to a consequent shift downwards in the average value of these payments.

Will Payments Tech’s Q1 Crypto Exuberance Create Q2 Hangover?
Will Payments Tech’s Q1 Crypto Exuberance Create Q2 Hangover?
July 21, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

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Wise’s Revenues Rise as Customers Up Money Transfers
Wise’s Revenues Rise as Customers Up Money Transfers
July 19, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

British FinTech Wise saw its revenues increase 50% in the last quarter, with customers bringing forward money transfers in fear of volatility later this year....

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Weekly TechREG EMEA: Global Regulators Call for Interoperable Stablecoins, CDBCs; EU, UK Lawmakers Take on Credit Card Debt, X-Border Fees
Weekly TechREG EMEA: Global Regulators Call for Interoperable Stablecoins, CDBCs; EU, UK Lawmakers Take on...
July 15, 2022  |  Regulation

This week in TechREG in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), global regulators and several central banks discussed the need for regulating the cryptocurrency...

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Today in B2B Payments: Vinted Debuts Fashion eCommerce B2B Shipping; Sunoco Accepts Car IQ Fleet Payments
Today in B2B Payments: Vinted Debuts Fashion eCommerce B2B Shipping; Sunoco Accepts Car IQ Fleet...
July 13, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Today in B2B payments, finances take on a more prominent role in trying times, with an increasing number of firms using blockchain and cryptocurrencies for...

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Artfinder on the Importance of Providing Seamless Cross-Border eCommerce Payments
Artfinder on the Importance of Providing Seamless Cross-Border eCommerce Payments
July 13, 2022  |  Consumer Payments

In the “Expanding Payments Choice Playbook," art marketplace Artfinder’s COO Joshna Rughani explains the role of secure digital payments in building trust as buyers and...

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The Token Economy: The Promise of Faster, Cheaper Cross-Border Payments
The Token Economy: The Promise of Faster, Cheaper Cross-Border Payments
July 12, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

When boosters of cryptocurrency talk about the ways it can turn traditional finance into obsolete finance, cross-border payments are inevitably the first thing they mention....

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Banque de France Enters Second Phase of Wholesale CBDC Project
Banque de France Enters Second Phase of Wholesale CBDC Project
July 12, 2022  |  CBDC

Banque de France (BDF) Governor François Villeroy de Galhau said the BDF has kicked off the second phase of experimentation into a wholesale central bank...

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How Art Marketplaces Are Building a Trust Framework for Global eCommerce
How Art Marketplaces Are Building a Trust Framework for Global eCommerce
July 12, 2022  |  Consumer Payments

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Payment Platform Kadmos Raises $29M
Payment Platform Kadmos Raises $29M
July 11, 2022  |  Investments

Berlin-based FinTech startup Kadmos has secured 29 million euros ($29 million) to grow its payment processing platform for migrant workers, according to a Monday (July...

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