Fintech News

MAY 5, 2025

XWeave , a startup developing infrastructure for stablecoin-based cross-border payments, has raised US$3 million in seed funding. Since launching operations in December 2024, XWeave has enabled real-time payments between Singapore and the Philippines. said Milind Sanghavi, Founder and CEO of XWeave.

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Fintech News

JUNE 16, 2025

As the global demand for faster, more affordable, and increasingly transparent cross-border payments intensifies, Project Nexus is emerging as a foundational initiative to meet the G20’s ambitious roadmap. What is Project Nexus, and how does it address today’s cross-border payment challenges?

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Finextra

JUNE 29, 2025

Market Size Value of cross-border payments is estimated to reach a minimum $ 250 trillion by 2027. Global non-cash commercial payments will grow at a CAGR of 11.3% 60% of corporate banks agree that cross-border real-time payments infrastructure brings a revenue opportunity.

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Fintech Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In this exclusive Fintech Review interview, Adam Swartzbaugh, CEO of Almond FinTech , discusses transformative cross-border payment technology. Almond’s blockchain-driven Settlement Optimization Engine (SOE) addresses critical speed, transparency, and cost challenges in cross-border payments.

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Fintech News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

StraitsX, a digital asset payments infrastructure provider in Southeast Asia, has partnered with Ant International and superapp Grab to launch a new blockchain-based cross-border payment system. billion consumers through more than 30 payment partners globally, enabling seamless cross-border payment experiences.

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Fintech Finance

JUNE 10, 2025

The bank will collaborate with Ant International’s Embedded Finance unit on a series of global treasury management and cross-border payment innovations, including tokenised deposits, stablecoin, and its Time-Series Transformer (TST) FX Model.

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Fintech News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Instead, the company is focusing on its wallet business and blockchain platform Base to drive blockchain adoption by enabling local developers to create solutions for baht and peso stablecoins. The company currently has no plans to directly enter Southeast Asian jurisdictions.

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Fintech Finance

APRIL 1, 2025

Centiglobe , a leading fintech company specializing in cross-border payment infrastructure solutions, today announces a new collaboration with Mastercard Move – Mastercard’s portfolio of global money movement solutions. Unlike traditional cross-border payment models, Centiglobe does not charge per transaction.

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Fintech News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Nium, a global payments infrastructure provider, announced a partnership with Partior , a blockchain-based clearing and settlement network, at the Singapore Fintech Festival 2024. The partnership allows financial institutions to connect with Nium for faster, more transparent cross-border payments.

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Fintech News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The collaboration will prioritise enabling real-time payments between Singapore and Malaysia, 24/7, via Ant International’s Whale platform. This platform utilises blockchain technology, advanced encryption, and AI to enhance the speed, efficiency, and transparency of cross-border transactions.

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Fintech News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Emirates NBD has entered a strategic agreement with Singapore-based blockchain platform Partior to improve its cross-border payment capabilities. The partnership will allow Emirates NBD to offer clients faster, around-the-clock payment processing through Partior’s blockchain-based platform for clearing and settlement.

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The Fintech Times

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Global asset manager and Swiss bank UBS has developed and successfully piloted a blockchain-based payment solution, aiming to increase efficiency and transparency, as well as enable the programmability of money movements for corporate and institutional clients. UBS plans to further expand and develop its UBS Digital Cash offering.

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Fintech News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Siam Commercial Bank ( SCB ), alongside its venture arm SCB 10X and Lightnet , has launched Thailand’s first cross-border payment system utilising stablecoins, according to CoinGape.

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Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 19, 2024

How PSD3 and PSR will shape trends in EU financial services Cross-border payment regulations and harmonization in the EU ESG in focus. How blockchain technology is shaping cross-border payments. 10 % discount with promocode: Partner Video highlights from Baltic Payment Forum 2024.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Cambridge Global Payments , a FLEETCOR company working on cross-border payments, has partnered with enterprise blockchain solution Ripple on a cross-border payment solution for B2B customers, according to a press release. This isn't Ripple's first foray into cross-border payments.

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Fintech News

APRIL 24, 2024

Morgan, has introduced Project Carina, a new initiative aimed at accelerating cross-border payments through blockchain technology, according to RYT9. Announced at Money20/20 Asia in Bangkok, the project integrates KASIKORNBANK’s Quarix blockchain with J.P. Thailand’s KASIKORNBANK , in partnership with J.P.

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Fintech News

APRIL 11, 2024

This burgeoning sector, characterised by its complexity and diversity, demands payment solutions that are efficient and adaptable to the nuanced dynamics of cross-border trade. These diverse payment modalities symbolise businesses’ dynamic strategies to navigate the varied financial terrains across the Asia-Pacific region.

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Fintech News

JULY 14, 2024

Ant International and BNP Paribas have entered a strategic partnership to enhance cross-border payment solutions for European merchants and consumers. BNP Paribas will sponsor WorldFirst’s integration into SEPA, allowing WorldFirst’s clients to access real-time payment schemes under SEPA and automate treasury payments.

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Fintech News

MAY 15, 2024

The project aims to explore how tokenisation can improve wholesale cross-border payments. Featured image credit: Edited from Freepik The post BIS’ Project Agorá Opens to Private Sector for Tokenised Cross-Border Payments appeared first on Fintech Singapore.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 25, 2025

Clapper, a rapidly growing social media platform, announces its partnership with TruBit , the leading digital asset payment solutions platform in Latin America , to enable seamless US-LATAM cross-border payments. This is a win-win-win for TruBit, Clapper, and their current and future users. .”

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The Fintech Times

JULY 3, 2025

Through the new partnership, OpenPayd will support Ripple’s cross-border payments solution, Ripple Payments, with its global fiat infrastructure, including real-time payment rails, multi-currency accounts and virtual IBANs.

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The Fintech Times

MAY 28, 2025

This dual licensing enables the company to offer cross-border payment services that integrate traditional fiat currencies with blockchain-based stablecoin transfers.

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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 13, 2025

Programmable Payments: Smart contract integration for automated transactions. Global Accessibility: Multi-chain compatibility for seamless cross-border payments. Support for DeFi activities, such as cross-DEX arbitrage and intelligent yield farming.

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The Fintech Times

JULY 4, 2025

With firms spending roughly $120billion (S$154.2billion) on cross-border transaction fees, alternatives are being sought after. According to a new report from the Project Guardian FX industry group, implementing tokenised bank liabilities and shared ledgers in cross-border payments and FX is a viable solution.

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Fintech News

DECEMBER 10, 2023

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has initiated discussions with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) , the US Federal Reserve, and the international payment platform SWIFT to explore the use of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) for cross-border payments.

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Fintech News

MAY 7, 2024

FXC Intelligence, a data platform specializing in the cross-border payment and e-commerce sectors, has released its annual selection of the world’s top cross-border payment companies, recognizing the leading publicly traded companies, startups and private companies operating in the space worldwide.

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Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

MANSA , a leading decentralised finance (DeFi) platform specialising in cross-border payments and trade financing, has partnered with blockchain payment platform Bitmama to improve cross-border payment accessibility across Africa.

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Fintech Finance

JUNE 5, 2024

Today, Ripple , the leader in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, announced a new partnership with Clear Junction , the global leader in cross-border payments solutions for regulated institutions. A host of new currencies are scheduled to be switched on for Ripple customers later this year.

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Fintech Finance

MAY 1, 2025

In March 2025, Qatar National Bank (QNB) began leveraging Kinexys Digital Payments (KDP) as its blockchain payment system for USD corporate flows. Through the relationship, QNB can address the complex challenges in the industry for commercial settlements, such as cross-border payments and liquidity funding needs.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 1, 2024

OwlTing Group (“Company”), a global blockchain fintech company, today announced plans to implement Visa Direct solutions under a global agreement with Visa, a world leader in digital payments to provide real-time cross-border payments for individual and business customers.

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The Payments Association

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

TerraPay, a global money movement company, and PYMNTS, a global leader in payments and fintech insights, have released a detailed report on the future of cross-border payments. financial institutions currently support wallet-based B2B payments, indicating vast untapped opportunities for growth.

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Fintech News

JUNE 4, 2024

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has launched Project Rialto to test the potential for improving instant cross-border payments through a combination of a modular foreign exchange (FX) component and wholesale central bank digital currencies (wCBDC).

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Fintech News

JUNE 10, 2025

Deutsche Bank and Ant International have entered a strategic partnership aimed at enhancing cross-border payment services for businesses of all sizes in Europe and Asia. The agreement combines Deutsche Bank’s global network with Ant International’s digital payment technologies.

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Fintech News

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Ripple, a provider of enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, has launched its stablecoin, Ripple USD (RLUSD) , on global exchanges today. Ripple aims to facilitate global adoption through partnerships with these and other market makers and payment providers, focusing on the Americas, Asia-Pacific, UK, and Middle East regions.

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Finextra

MARCH 28, 2025

Private sector bank Axis becomes the first Indian financial institution to offer near-real-time, 24/7 programmable USD clearing for its commercial clients with JP Morgans digital assets unit Kinexys.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Morgan ’s Onyx , told Karen Webster that peer-to-peer (P2P) private blockchain networks can help streamline information flows tied to cross-border payments and remove the complexities tied to legacy systems. Morgan said it had established Onyx, a new business unit dedicated to blockchain and digital currencies.

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The Fintech Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

. “For Visa, this is an opportunity to deliver innovations that enhance payment experiences across Asia Pacific with greater flexibility, security, and convenience. Visa is committed to meeting the evolving demands of consumers and merchants, ensuring seamless and secure payments.”

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