remittances

Cross-Border Payment Efforts Grab Funding
Cross-Border Payment Efforts Grab Funding
February 14, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Amid the battle heating up between Ripple and SWIFT over payments infrastructure, SendFriend, a Ripple partner, gets funding for its cross-border payments efforts. Elsewhere, MUFG...

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Senders As Issuers: A New Space For Cards In Global P2P
Senders As Issuers: A New Space For Cards In Global P2P
February 06, 2019  |  Digital Payments

When InstaReM CEO and Co-founder Prajit Nanu started putting together a global remittance firm for consumers and businesses in 2014, he had been struggling with...

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Alipay In X-Border Blockchain Pact
Alipay In X-Border Blockchain Pact
January 10, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Blockchain grabbed some headlines this past week as DLT helped foster new cross border payment initiatives, notably from Alipay and Ripple.  Elsewhere, Faster Payments gains...

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Western Union, JD Digits Eye Biz Payments With X-Border Partnership
Western Union, JD Digits Eye Biz Payments With X-Border Partnership
December 17, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Western Union has announced a partnership with Chinese digital payments company JD Digits, which will advance digital cross-border money movement and payments in China. The two...

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Xoom Expands Full Suite Of Send Services To Canada
Xoom Expands Full Suite Of Send Services To Canada
December 11, 2018  |  Cross Border Commerce

When PayPal acquired global money transfer firm Xoom in 2015, company President and CEO John Kunze noted that becoming part of the larger PayPal organization marked the start...

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Banks Steer Clear Of X-Border Transfers
Banks Steer Clear Of X-Border Transfers
November 16, 2018  |  International

Amid stricter checks for money laundering, banks are moving away from the international money transfer practice known as correspondent banking. The shift could possibly cause...

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Grab Launches P2P Remittance Product
Grab Launches P2P Remittance Product
November 15, 2018  |  Digital Payments

Grab, the ride-sharing platform out of Southeast Asia, announced on Thursday (Nov. 15) the launch of a remittance offering under the company’s financial services arm....

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Nigeria’s Mobile Wallet Paga Snags $10M, Expands Cross-Border
Nigeria’s Mobile Wallet Paga Snags $10M, Expands Cross-Border
September 07, 2018  |  Investments

Nigerian digital payments startup Paga has received $10 million in funding as it prepares to expand into other countries. CEO Tayo Oviosu announced at Disrupt San Francisco,...

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Xoom, OXXO Pair On Money Transfer In Mexico
Xoom, OXXO Pair On Money Transfer In Mexico
September 07, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Xoom, PayPal’s international money transfer service, has announced a partnership with TransNetwork, which allows its U.S. customers to send money to loved ones in Mexico...

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