Remittances

A federal judge in California blocked rules requiring disclosures for payments near the Mexico border; Stripe has added more products as it bolsters investments in Asia; and more in the weekly global roundup.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. will ban certain Cuban payments, mirroring Trump's pressure on cross-border payments during his first administration.

Money remittance provider Wise said it "strongly disagrees" with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's characterization that it advertised inaccurate fees and did not properly disclose exchange rates.

Alex Holmes talks about money transfers, the tough economy and the role of crypto wallets in the firm's future.

One of the largest money-transfer services in the U.S. is attempting to broaden the adoption of digital currencies.

Remittances to war-ravaged Ukraine are forecast to jump by over 20% this year to a record, even as those to fellow former Soviet republics in Central Asia will likely fall “dramatically” given Russia is their main source.

The London neobank, which has applied for a banking charter in California, is working to undercut banks on pricing for consumer payments to Mexico.

The money transfer company is working with Coinme to provide a way for bitcoin users to access their profits — or cut their losses.

Now that Western Union has begun its deployment at the big-box retailer, where MoneyGram has long had a presence, the incumbent is watching for signs of pricing pressure.

The company hopes to someday return to 2019 levels of in-person money transfer activity, and its recent pact with Walmart is a big part of that strategy.

Visa has expanded its push payments platform to enable businesses and their customers to make real-time domestic and cross-border payments.

The UAE-Israeli consortium that acquired UAE Exchange is in merger talks with Bahrain’s BFC Group Holdings to create a Middle Eastern remittances and currency firm with more than 24 million customers in 30 countries.

The London-based firm chose a new name as it prepares to go public this year.

With the SEC probing Ripple, MoneyGram sidelines its partner to nurture online operations, which hit a milestone by surpassing in-store Walmart remittances in December.

The amount of money repatriated by Filipinos abroad fell last year for the first time since 2001 as the pandemic upended the global job market.

More people are coming to WU.com to pay bills or send P2P transfers, and the company is focused on making this audience more lucrative.

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.

Michael Moeser, senior analyst at PaymentsSource, talks to Matt Oppenheimer, co-founder and CEO of Remitly, about how the remittance market has handled the coronavirus pandemic, and what will happen going forward.