Cross border payments

Sending money should be simple, but fintechs can’t do it alone. By leveraging cutting-edge technology like blockchain, we can solve real problems in payments that impact everyone, everywhere, says RippleNet's Vidya Mani.

B2B cross-border payments provider Currencycloud is partnering with online foreign exchange trading service OANDA to establish an international money transfer network for companies in North America.

Flywire braced for disaster last year when the pandemic struck, with millions of foreign students canceling their academic plans indefinitely.

MoneyGram International is expanding its use of Visa Direct across Europe, allowing its customers to use the company website or mobile app to send money in near-real time to Visa debit card holders in various parts of 25 countries in Europe.

Digital financial services platform Wari is working with Lycaremit to add low-cost fund transfers across Europe, Africa and the Middle East to its network.

The pandemic has made for strange bedfellows. Case in point: Western Union and MoneyGram will soon share Walmart as a landlord.

The pandemic has made for strange bedfellows. Case in point: Western Union and MoneyGram will soon share Walmart as a landlord.

Cross-border payment provider dLocal is adding an installment payment option for global e-commerce merchants serving customers in Brazil through a partnership with the fintech Dinie, which works with small merchants in Latin America.

Cross-border payment processors are stitching together Latin America’s patchwork of local payment methods to facilitate the growth of international e-commerce marketplaces and digital content providers in the region.

Trade war bans on payment apps are pressuring large companies and providing opportunities for regional specialists, says Nets' Sirpa Nordlund.