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. Amidst the APAC region’s rapid economic ascent and the explosion of digital commerce, cross-border payment practices have noticed an evolution.

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 16, 2025

PayPal , the global digital payments and commerce giant, has joined forces with TerraPay , the global money movement company, to enable real-time fund transfers for PayPal customers across the Middle East and Africa. Expanded financial connectivity, empowering millions of customers to transact internationally with ease.

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Fintech News

APRIL 22, 2024

Global payments company Nium has announced a new partnership with Artajasa, a prominent Indonesian payment infrastructure provider. In 2024, Nium secured a Funds Transfer Service Provider license in Japan , two distinct licenses from the Reserve Bank of India , and a registration in New Zealand.

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Fintech News

JANUARY 9, 2025

(Skyee) is excited to announce that it has been granted In-Principle Approval (IPA) for the Major Payment Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Skyee is a wholly owned subsidiary of Skyee Group a Chinese leading cross border payment solution provider in China, Europe, North America and North Asia.

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Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud continues to be one of the most pressing concerns for financial services, the payment industry, law enforcement and the general public – and new developments in cross-border payments may be making it easier.

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Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

According to the Borderless Payments Report 2023 by Mastercard, 48% of people in the UAE expect to send cross-border payments more frequently. Meanwhile, 36% are likely to receive more cross-border payments, driving the demand for robust international money transfer solutions.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 24, 2025

By integrating with RTGS.global’s instant settlement infrastructure, TransferMate will deliver seamless, real-time international payments for RTGS.global’s business customers, reducing reliance on traditional banking intermediaries and eliminating the risk associated with moving money cross-border.

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Fintech Finance

MAY 22, 2025

dLocal, the leading cross-border payment platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, has announced a strategic partnership with Panda Remit, a global remittance provider facilitating fast and cost-effective international money transfers.

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Fintech Finance

JULY 15, 2024

The European Union’s leading bank, BNP Paribas and Ant International , a digital payment and financial technology leader, have formed a strategic partnership to enhance cross-border payment solutions for merchants and consumers in Europe.

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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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The Fintech Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Visa is committed to meeting the evolving demands of consumers and merchants, ensuring seamless and secure payments.” ” Blockchain-enabled cross-border payments StraitsX , a payments infrastructure provider for the digital assets space in Southeast Asia, has officially gone live in partnership with Ant International and Grab.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Avoiding sending money between different financial players and instead balancing funds between a single company’s own various accounts allows a money transfer service provider to streamline operations, resulting in quicker transactions. It also means that the provider can remove the fees that intermediaries would have charged.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 5, 2025

By aligning with the G20 Roadmap for Enhancing Cross-Border Payments, we actively contribute to the global goal of lowering costs and improving cross-border payments’ speed, access, and transparency.” ” How It Works: Each Deus X Pay client receives a unique NeXus ID.

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Payments Source

JUNE 23, 2016

A group of the largest banks in the world is working on a global standard for Bitcoin’s blockchain ledger technology, a secure funds-transfer system that advocates and industry watchers have likened to “email for money.”

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Finovate

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Fedwire is a real-time electronic funds transfer system operated by the Federal Reserve Banks, enabling financial institutions to send and receive money. It is the main network in the US used by businesses and government agencies for large and/or time-critical payments.

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Fintech Review

MARCH 5, 2025

By aligning with the G20 Roadmap for Enhancing Cross-Border Payments, we actively contribute to the global goal of lowering costs and improving cross-border payments’ speed, access, and transparency.” ” How It Works: Each Deus X Pay client receives a unique NeXus ID.

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Finovate

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Global bank Standard Chartered unveiled this week that it has teamed up with cross-border payments fintech Wise (formerly TransferWise). The bank has selected Wise Platform , Wise’s global payments infrastructure for banks, to power international payments for SC Remit , Standard Chartered’s cross-border payment service.

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Finextra

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Nium, the leader in real-time cross-border payments, announced today that it is the first non-Japanese company to have secured a Type 1 Funds Transfer Service Provider (FTSP) license from the Japanese Financial Services Agency (JFSA).

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The Fintech Times

JUNE 11, 2025

Now, Deutsche Bank will be the first German bank to facilitate Ant International’s blockchain-based real-time treasury management platform to enable real-time fund transfers between Ant International’s intragroup entities. This will enable more efficient and transparent global treasury management for Ant.

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Fintech News

AUGUST 5, 2024

This move addresses the growing need for efficient and cost-effective cross-border transactions between Singapore and China. The new CNY remittance corridor by YouBiz aims to streamline fund transfers from Singapore to China, offering a cheaper, more secure, and convenient alternative to traditional methods.

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Payments Source

JANUARY 21, 2021

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.

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Fintech News

MARCH 18, 2024

Payment giant Mastercard has announced a new partnership with Ant Group’s digital open platform Alipa y to expand its cross-border payment services to facilitate quicker and more secure money transfers to China.

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Clearly Payments

OCTOBER 31, 2024

As smartphone use increases, especially in developing regions, mobile wallets and QR code payments will continue to expand rapidly, becoming the preferred choice for consumers due to convenience and security. and similar systems in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, making 24/7 payments accessible worldwide.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2020

FinTech payments platform Nium , based in Singapore, is expanding its global reach to service Kasikornbank’s Asia-Pacific customers in Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam. The new routes will be supported by Nium’s real-time payment capabilities, according to the announcement.

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The Fintech Times

JULY 15, 2024

BNP Paribas , the multinational bank, is joining forces with Ant International , a digital payment and financial technology leader, in a move to enhance cross-border payment solutions for merchants and consumers across Europe.

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Fintech News

MAY 1, 2025

Geoswift, a Canada-based cross-border payment services provider, has announced the integration of Visa Direct into its international payments platform. Visa Direct enables fund transfers to over 140 countries and territories.

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Fintech Finance

MAY 1, 2024

Today, Borderless AI , a leading Employer of Record (EOR) services provider, announced its strategic partnership with Nium , the global leader in real-time, cross-border payments, aiming to revolutionize cross-border payments in the EOR industry. For more information, visit us here.

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Fintech Finance

AUGUST 8, 2024

Thredd , a leading global payments processor, announces the successful launch of LianLian Global’s virtual card program in the APAC market. LianLian Global is a leading cross-border payments company based in China. In addition to Thredd’s growing presence in the APAC market, they have also recently launched in the U.S.

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Fintech News

APRIL 15, 2024

Nium, a real-time cross-border payments platform, has officially become a registered Financial Services Provider in New Zealand. We look forward to enabling businesses to do more commerce with New Zealand by providing the speed, efficiency, and transparency of payments that has long been missing from the global markets.”

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Finextra

JUNE 11, 2025

Early Electronic Initiatives (late 1980s/early 1990s): Limited electronic fund transfers began to emerge, mainly within banks or for specific corporate clients, but were not widely interoperable. This democratized electronic fund transfers for individuals and small businesses.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2020

SWIFT is the world’s largest electronic payment messaging network, although it does not itself do any of the funds transfers. Saqib Sheikh, global head of SWIFT’s ISO 20022 program, recently spoke to PYMNTS about the network’s commitment to instituting a new standard in cross-border payments: ISO 20022.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

Examples of scheme interoperability include checks, electronic funds transfers (EFT) and open-loop debit and credit card systems. The second is network interoperability, in which one payment scheme negotiates exchange agreements with another.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Individual jurisdictions around the globe are pressing for both faster and more efficient cross-border payments. China’s central bank, for instance, took steps last month to boost the efficiency of cross-border transactions involving Chinese parties by lengthening its clearing window time span. In the U.S.,

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Finextra

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

We are thrilled to announce that Kyú Reion, an innovator in cross-border fintech, has partnered with Netbank to accelerate cross-border fund transfers and make them more accessible for individual users through a smartphone app.

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Fintech News

JUNE 23, 2025

It allows in-app and QR payments, bill payments, mobile top-ups, and BNPL services via SPayLater. K Plus (Kasikornbank) K Plus, operated by Kasikornbank , has 17 million active users and combines banking services with mobile payment features. K Plus, for instance, already supports QR payments in 47 countries.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Rising Demand for Correspondent Services Wise Platform’s Correspondent Services, launched at Sibos last year in collaboration with Swift , allows partners to send and receive international payments instantly. We’re constantly improving our infrastructure to offer speed, convenience, and transparency at a scale unmatched in the industry.

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Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Nium , the leader in real-time cross-border payments, announced today that it is the first non-Japanese company to have secured a Type 1 Funds Transfer Service Provider (FTSP) license from the Japanese Financial Services Agency (JFSA).

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