Cross border payments

A punitive tax on payments sent overseas to the families of immigrants would have a cascading set of consequences — all of them bad.

Around the world, low-income communities are routinely cut off from modern payment infrastructures, causing serious economic harm. We must work toward a future in which they are included.

The payments platform is preparing for expansion to a market that has a fast-growing real-time transaction rail, making the country a hot spot for international investment.

As with EVs, digital money was a niche product for years before gaining widespread acceptance. Now, digital blockchain-based monies might be on the verge of a major breakthrough.

Banks are boosting their use of new machine learning to improve security risk, but securing international transactions presents a different set of challenges.

The Chinese technology giant is partnering with BNP Paribas to reach more merchants; Sequoia makes an investment offer that could boost confidence in Stripe; and more.

Circle, Stripe and Coindesk all make moves to add scale for digital asset transactions.

The Biden administration should widen the scope of its junk fee initiatives and provide small- and medium-size businesses with relief from excessive international payments charges.

Mastercard launches palm checkout in Uruguay, the U.K. commits to a gradual rollout of King Charles banknotes starting this week, and more.

The Swedish financial institution argues over potential regulations that treat buy now/pay later lending like credit cards in the U.S.; Discover seeks the next hot market for real-time payments; and more.