X Border Optimization Tracker news and trends

NEW REPORT: Is The X-Border eCommerce Fee-For-All Shipping Out?
Cross Border Commerce // March 15, 2017

Merchants engaged in cross-border commerce and logistics continue to produce solutions and products aimed at helping merchants strengthen relationships with their consumers and improving the pace of global business. For these merchants, timing is key. According to a recent report from logistics provider DHL, the cross-border eCommerce...

‘Think Locally’ Takes On New Meaning For X-Border Merchants
Cross Border Commerce // February 13, 2017

What does it really mean to “act locally?” For merchants doing international commerce, adjusting to various country regulations can be confusing. For the February X-Border Payments Optimization Tracker’s feature story, PYMNTS spoke with Worldpay’s Casey Bullock, who oversees global payment processing for the company, about...

NEW REPORT: ‘Act Local’ Taking On New Meaning For X-Border Merchants
Cross Border Commerce // February 10, 2017

As more companies engage in trade across borders, new partnerships and data insights are emerging as a result of the international interactions. Businesses are entering partnerships in an effort to help the pace of cross-border commerce deals go at a smoother pace. Under these collaborations,...

Off The Rails: Can Regulation Help Blockchain Deliver Faster X-Border Payments?
Cross Border Commerce // January 13, 2017

Can the blockchain help SMBs optimize their cross-border trading opportunities? Align Commerce CEO Marwan Forzley says so and gives PYMNTS his view on how the blockchain offers SMBs a lot more bang for a lot fewer bucks when doing business across borders. You can find...

Interviews & Exclusives
From ACH To IoT: Looking Back On A Year Of Trackers

January 02, 2017
Holy moly, 2016 was quite a year. Month to month, PYMNTS.com follows the innovation that’s reshaping the payments and commerce ecosystem. As 2016 wrapped up, we looked back at some of the bigger stories and headlines as told inside the pages of the 114 editions of the PYMNTS.com Tracker series.

The Internet’s Borderless Lens?

September 09, 2016
Borders, shmorders. When it comes to the internet superhighway, cross-border business has inherently become increasingly commonplace as it’s become easier to connect globally. For the September edition of the X-Border Payments Optimization...