The Fintech Times

APRIL 12, 2025

There are many innovations happening in the cross-border payment space, and this collaboration ensures we stay at the forefront of offering enhanced services to our customers. Through its technology-driven approach, Instapay aims to improve financial access and well-being for underserved communities.

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Fintech Finance

JULY 10, 2025

After a thorough assessment process, Thunes was chosen for its outstanding capability to solve the complex challenges of cross-border payments using scalable, next-generation technology. This award recognises the transformative impact of our proprietary Direct Global Network as a powerful driver of financial inclusion.

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Fintech News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Alipay+, Ant Internationals cross-border payment platform, connects over 90 million merchants in 66 markets to 1.6 WorldFirst, a platform offering digital payment and financial services for global businesses, has surpassed US$300 billion in cumulative transaction volume and continues to demonstrate strong growth momentum.

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Fintech News

MAY 29, 2025

trillion, a YoY increase of 140%, while digital payments in USD reached 99.8 To strengthen its cross-border payment capabilities, the Cambodian government has expanded Bakongs integration with global platforms such as Alipay+ , Malaysias Maybank , and South Koreas JB Financial Group.

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Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 9, 2024

In line with G20’s commitment to lower cross-border payment costs via technology innovation, Platform Tech developed a world-leading Time-Series Transformer AI FX Model to help multi-national merchants in airline, e-commerce and other sectors to improve treasury management efficiency and reduce cost.

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Fintech Finance

MAY 1, 2025

Financial inclusion is not just about facilitating transactions; it is about providing the infrastructure, rules, and governance that enable individuals and businessesespecially women and underserved communitiesto participate fully in the digital economy.

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The Fintech Times

JULY 17, 2025

But the real story is in the infrastructure behind it: licensing, interoperability and a deep commitment to making cross-border payments work for everyone – not just the biggest players. Interoperability is a long-standing challenge for the world’s payment ecosystems, and with wallets, it’s no different.

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The Fintech Times

JUNE 20, 2025

Cross-border payment platform dLocal has secured three new licences and authorisations from regulatory bodies in the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and the Philippines. This licence enables dLocal to directly operate cross-border flows for both payins and payouts, its two main services, within the country.

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Finextra

JUNE 11, 2025

Impact: While current usage is minimal, CBDC is expected to play a crucial role in future wholesale payments, cross-border transactions, and potentially in public service delivery, offering a more resilient and traceable payment method. UPI-PayNow, discussions with European nations).

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 28, 2025

Mastercard processes payment volumes exceeding $6.5trillion annually with over three billion cards in circulation. Its infrastructure supports diverse transaction types, including cross-border payments, e-commerce, and person-to-person transfers, making it vital for global commerce.

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The Fintech Times

JANUARY 23, 2025

However, historically, those families in developing countries have not been able to experience the full fruits of the labour as cross-border payment firms have taken a big cut. Sending cross-border payments, for example, often comes with heavy processing costs and conversion fees.

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

.” As growth remains the top priority for SMBs, nearly 79 per cent are focused on expanding through cross-border transactions. Aspires Visa card also empowers Hong Kong SMBs to thrive in the modern global economy by offering access to multi-currency and seamless cross-border payments.

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Fintech Review

MAY 6, 2025

As payment innovation accelerates, Checkout.coms strategy, technology, and positioning offer a clear window into the future of global financial infrastructure. Company Overview: From Niche Provider to Global Checkout.com began as a cross-border payments solution focused on emerging e-commerce markets.

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Finovate

MAY 22, 2025

Circle has launched the Circle Payments Network (CPN) to modernize the $190 trillion cross-border payments market with blockchain-based, near-instant settlement. CPN enables financial institutions to securely exchange payment instructions and settle transactions using USDC on public blockchains. per transaction.

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Finextra

JULY 3, 2025

Choosing the right one can change how you operate, how fast you grow, and how well you serve your customers, especially if you plan to offer cross-border payments. Transparency in cross-border payments is also critical. Start with the right wallet, and the rest of your payment journey gets easier.

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The Payments Association

JULY 17, 2025

It’s a powerful new feature that brings enterprise-grade foreign exchange tools to mid-market businesses, who have traditionally been underserved in this area. Cross-Border Payments Don’t show in Newsletter FX Hedging is a critical step toward that.” Visit www.fyorin.com to learn more or reach out to sales@fyorin.com.

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Fintech Finance

JULY 9, 2025

Paysend , the global Financial technology company, has teamed up with the world’s largest Spanish-language media network, TelevisaUnivision to launch a new campaign spotlighting the real people who are behind cross-border payments — construction workers, small business owners, and everyday families.

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Fintech News

APRIL 24, 2025

Recognised as one of Asia’s fintech unicorns, Airwallex offers various financial services, including cross-border payments, global business accounts, and embedded finance solutions. Airwallex Valuation : $5.5 The Fintech Unicorn of South Korea South Korea has one fintech unicorn in Asia to its name: Toss.

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 27, 2025

Moniepoint , a Nigeria-based fintech offering an all-in-one banking, credit, and cross-border payment solution for African businesses and their customers, is on a mission to help businesses and individuals digitise their operations. As well as our business solutions, we now offer services to individual consumers.

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Finovate

MARCH 7, 2025

Payments as an industry is finally beginning to reflect the diversity of peoples preferences around the world. Sub-Saharan Africa Flutterwave secured a payment system license from the Bank of Zambia. And thats a really positive development.

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The Fintech Times

JULY 12, 2025

Cross-border payment company Paysend has joined forces with the world’s largest Spanish-language media network, TelevisaUnivision , to spotlight the people behind cross-border payments.

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Fintech Finance

JULY 9, 2025

The goal of this partnership between the top Spanish-language media company and the global payments provider is to give people in underserved areas fast, low-cost cross-border money transfers. For millions across the region, cross-border payments are more than transactions; they are lifelines.

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The Fintech Times

JULY 22, 2025

Specialising in high-risk industries such as crypto, offshore banking, gambling and more, Capitalixe is delivering financial solutions like banking solutions, crypto-friendly bank accounts, cross-border payments and mass-payouts, to name a few, to corporate and institutional clients across the globe.

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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 13, 2025

Through strategic partnerships with innovative players such as Kalabash, KaiOS, Boost, Smile ID, as well as partnerships with financial institutions like Access Bank and Fidelity Bank to enhance cross-border payment solutions, Mastercard has been instrumental in driving financial inclusion and digital transformation in Ghana.

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Finextra

JULY 7, 2025

Yet many of these businesses remain underserved by legacy systems. The company is ready to help Bahrain’s growing fintech ecosystem with new payment services that follow the rules now that it has the Pay10 Bahrain licence. Pay10 is designed to close that gap.

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Fintech News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Cross-border payment firm XTransfer is leveraging its success in China to fuel an ambitious global expansion plan. A focus on Southeast Asia Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Shanghai, XTransfer is a business-to-business (B2B) cross-border payment specialist.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Nium , the leading global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, is thrilled to announce a partnership with Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) to provide Indonesian customers with real-time international money transfer capabilities.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

FLEETCOR , which works in global business payments, announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire cross-border payment firm Associated Foreign Exchange (AFEX) to help boost its own payments network, a press release says.

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Fintech News

JULY 31, 2024

The service offers benefits such as reduced overhead costs, faster transaction speeds, and easier payment reconciliation with real-time transaction alerts. Alexandra Johnson “Payments companies have underserved access to and from emerging markets, choosing to focus on the G20.

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Fintech News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

A new report by Deloitte delves into the latest developments in the cross-border payment sector in Asia-Pacific (APAC), identifying four major trends reshaping the landscape and offering significant opportunities for merchants. Digital inclusion may also help MSMEs achieve sustainability. billion grams of carbon emissions.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2019

It may seem that cross-border payments were in the … well … crosshairs this past week, with a number of country-by-country and company-by-company initiatives using blockchain and other methods to speed payments and lower fees. These shortcomings make the cross-border payment industry ripe for disruption and innovation.

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Fintech Finance

MAY 9, 2024

A leading multinational bank, Access Bank Group , has today launched an innovative solution in collaboration with Mastercard to expand access to cross-border payments and remittances to and from the continent, bringing Africa closer to the global economy. In 2024, remittance flows to the region are projected to increase by 2.5%.

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The Payments Association

AUGUST 16, 2024

SMEs are, globally, the lifeblood of economies but perennially underserved and overlooked by the payments industry. This must change and, with the UK leading the charge, it is clear where to start. Read more

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Fintech News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

This eliminates the need for separate technical integration and allows for faster, more transparent cross-border payments. Featured image credit: Edited from Freepik The post Thunes Enables Banks to Make Payments to 3 Billion e-Wallets Worldwide appeared first on Fintech Singapore.

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

When you think about financial technology, it is easy to think about solutions which are making payments faster, easier and more accessible. Having discussed the myths , hype and usage of buy now pay later (BNPL), we now turn our focus to cross-border payments. Sean Forward CEO of paytech, payable.

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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 17, 2024

Neo, the cross-border payments and FX fintech, has today announced that the firm is now profitable as an increasing number of SMEs explore alternatives to banks for managing their international business needs. This is a very positive message for our shareholders, clients, supervisors and banking partners.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Thunes’ new network capability allows financial institutions connected to Swift to become Members of Thunes’ proprietary Direct Global Network and process fast, transparent and reliable cross-border payments directly to 120 mobile wallet brands around the world, without needing to undertake a separate technical integration to Thunes.

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