Fintech News

MARCH 6, 2024

This integration signifies Singapore as the inaugural country where Wise has connected with two local payment systems, building on its previous integration with the FAST system in 2022. In a broader regional expansion, Wise Platform has initiated collaborations with Hong Kong’s Mox to offer simplified international payment solutions.

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Fintech News

JUNE 11, 2024

In February 2022, OPAL introduced its flagship product, the Global Digital Business Account, aimed at providing small- and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) with an efficient and convenient way to handle international payments and cross-border banking. Overall, it made us more accessible, transparent, and efficient,” Appel explained.

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Fintech News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

This partnership is set to facilitate international business opportunities for India’s micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), offering access to a broad range of cross-border payment solutions in more than 35 currencies.

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Fintech News

APRIL 24, 2024

a payment solution provider in Thailand, has announced a new partnership with Wise Platform, which provides infrastructure for banks and financial services. We’re delighted to partner with Wise Platform to bring that to life, enabling DeepPocket users to access cheaper and faster international payments seamlessly within the app.

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Fintech News

AUGUST 5, 2024

Wise’s office space in Paya Lebar Quarter has been expanded to 23,000 square feet, making it its Asia Pacific (APAC) hub, where 450 employees work—more than double the number in 2022. Arvind Guruprasad has also joined Wise in Singapore as its APAC Head of Risk. Wise says its customer base in Singapore has grown 26% year-on-year (YoY).

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The Fintech Times

OCTOBER 8, 2024

JCB International , Japan’s international payment brand, is expanding its global partnership with Nuvei Corporation , the Canadian fintech company, to include the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Nuvei also explained that the development is particularly significant for its customers in the APAC region.

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Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Nium , the leading global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, today announced a partnership with Ecobank Transnational Incorporated., the leading independent pan-African financial services group, to enable seamless cross-border payments across 35 African markets for more than 32 million customers.

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 18, 2025

Industry hires Guavapay, a provider of end-to-end payment solutions headquartered in London, UK, appoints Guy Noble as its new CEO for Guavapay UK. She has over two decades of experience in leading global marketing teams across the US, EMEA and APAC.

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Fintech News

MAY 7, 2024

Top 100 Cross-Border Payment Companies for 2024, Source: FXC Intelligence, Apr 2024 The Top 100 Cross-Border Payment Companies for 2024 list encompasses companies operating across consumer money transfers and remittances, business-to-business (B2B) payments, e-commerce companies, payment processors, mobile payments players and beyond.

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The Fintech Times

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The collaboration between Currencycloud and BriskPe unlocks new horizons for Indian micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), providing them with a wide array of cross-border payment solutions and access to over 35 currencies at competitive exchange rates.

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Fintech News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Aspire Aspire illustration, Source: Aspire Aspire is the all-in-one finance platform for modern businesses globally, helping over 50,000 companies save time and money with international payments, expense management, payable management, and receivable management solutions.

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Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In his previous role as SVP and Managing Director International at Marqeta he was responsible for building the company’s go-to-market and operational functions internationally and advancing the company’s service offerings in its key markets across Europe and APAC.

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Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The partnership will open up international business opportunities for its India-based micro, small and medium sized enterprise (MSME) customers, providing them with a broad, efficient range of cross-border payment solutions with access to more than 35 currencies while benefiting from competitive FX rates.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 4, 2024

Unlimit , the global fintech company, announced today a global partnership with VTEX (NYSE: VTEX), the composable and complete commerce platform for premier brands and retailers to further succeed with integrated global and agile payment service solutions. Merchants in the UK, U.S.

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Fintech Finance

APRIL 17, 2024

Vieira continued, adding: “Over the last 30 years, we have developed deep expertise in the cross-border payment space and have found tremendous success in partnering with globally recognized institutions that have digital and transformative ambitions.

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The announcement follows regulatory approval of Ebury’s acquisition of Brazilian fintech Bexs , which includes the businesses Bexs Banco (foreign exchange) and Bexs Pay (payments) in October 2023. Currently, Nium’s payment network supports payouts in over 100 currencies to more than 190 countries, 100 of them in real-time.

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Finovate

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Worldline partners with BOCHK International payment services company Worldline has forged a partnership with the Bank of China (Hong Kong), also known as BOCHK. The partnership makes the bank the first Hong Kong-based customer of Worldline’s open platform card solution, Paysuite Essential Edition. .

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Fintech News

MAY 2, 2024

In March 2024, Wise integrated with the PayNow network to enable tourists to make QR payments to Singaporean merchants via its app, its first such local payment system integration since its previous one with the FAST system in 2022.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2018

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. In addition, Australia Post is deploying a multilane payment solution from Verifone , and MySQUAR has rolled out a soft-launch of a remittance service. Coverage includes Fortumo ’s rollout of direct carrier billing in Sweden.

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Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

This builds on the duo’s existing partnership in Europe, in which London-based fintech Ebury leverages Nium’s global payments infrastructure to send international supplier and payroll payments around the world. Building on its global customer base and breadth of coverage across APAC, the U.S.

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Fintech News

JULY 23, 2024

Aspire (Singapore) Headquartered in Singapore, Aspire is the all-in-one finance platform for modern businesses, helping over 15,000 companies across Asia save time and money with international payments, expense management, payable management, and receivable management solutions, all through one account.

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The Fintech Times

AUGUST 13, 2024

Regulatory alignment platform Fund Recs has appointed Shane Flatman as its strategy and business development director, APAC to expand its footprint in the region. Over the course of his career, he has held several leadership roles at UBS, Wachovia Bank, J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs.

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 23, 2024

More appointments 10x Banking, the cloud-native SaaS core banking platform, appoints Will Dale as its regional vice president in APAC. Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, partners with Bird (formerly MessageBird), a global communication platform, to power Bird’s international payments operations.

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Fintech Review

MAY 4, 2025

Invoiced A cloud-based billing platform that automates invoicing, collections, payment plans, and account receivables management. Bill.com A business payments solution that automates accounts payable, accounts receivable, and invoice workflows, integrated with major accounting systems.

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Finovate

OCTOBER 18, 2024

A provider of digital wealth management and financial planning solutions since 2010, InvestCloud was named a CNBC “World’s Top Fintech Company” earlier this year. Central and Eastern Europe Romanian payment service Pago secured $2.5 Romania’s national mobile payment system, RoPay, went live this week.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 29, 2016

As a part of the joint venture, SBI Holdings will launch an engineering and business development team to sell and install Ripple’s cross-border payments solutions for banks across the Asia region: Japan. Australia-based Ripple APAC will continue to service Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, India and the Middle East.

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