Finextra

JULY 9, 2025

With APIs, ISO 20022 messaging, and global collaborations, real-time payments are transforming the way companies operate across borders. Waiting days or weeks for international payments to clear used to be the norm. Cross-border transactions were traditionally slow, costly, and opaque. That’s no longer the case.

Real Time Payments

Finextra

JULY 8, 2025

China’s Cross-border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) is rapidly emerging as a central artery in the internationalization of the Renminbi (RMB), offering a robust infrastructure for cross-border settlements and reshaping how global institutions engage with China’s markets. What Is CIPS and Why Does It Matter?

Global Payments

Fintech Review

APRIL 17, 2025

New York, New York, April 17th, 2025, FinanceWire Borderless.xyz , a global payments infrastructure company that enables transactions using stablecoins and real-world assets (RWAs), is pleased to welcome Trace Finance , a leading provider of digital asset infrastructure in Brazil, to its growing network.

Stablecoins

Finextra

JULY 27, 2025

Emergence of SWIFT & RTP: The 1980s–1990s saw global messaging standards (MT-103, MT-202) and real-time rails (Fedwire, TARGET2) democratize cross-border settlement but reliance on intermediaries, queue times, and compliance checks remained major pain points. CFOs use ESG flags in payment rails to optimize capital charges.

Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Ondo Finance announced today that it will be the first provider to bring real-world assets (RWA) to the Mastercard Multi-Token Network (MTN), a digital network connecting financial institutions with businesses to improve cross-border payment experiences.

Visa

The Fintech Times

MAY 10, 2025

The possibitities are now endless Beyond the ledger Blockchain has been part of financial infrastructure for years, from powering cross-border settlements to supporting stablecoin transactions and digital asset custody.

Cross-Border Settlement

The Fintech Times

DECEMBER 6, 2023

RTGS.global, a settlement company focused on enhancing cross-border payments, is celebrating a significant milestone with the successful completion of an inaugural instant settlement cross-border transaction via its global network.

Cross-Border Settlement

Fintech Finance

JULY 12, 2024

Cross-border payments are becoming increasingly important to international economies. The G20 roadmap for enhanced cross-border payments aims to improve the speed, access, transparency, and cost of international payments by 2030.

Cross-Border

The Fintech Times

MAY 15, 2024

Heiko Nix, global head of cash management and payments at Siemens AG Heiko Nix , global head of cash management and payments at Siemens AG, said: “Siemens AG’s collaboration with Standard Chartered marks a pivotal advancement in the realm of cross-border transactions.

Cross-Border

The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Payments are arguably the face of fintech. When you think about financial technology, it is easy to think about solutions which are making payments faster, easier and more accessible. With so many countries looking towards centralised digital assets, we set out to find out how these would impact the cross-border payments market.

Cross-Border Payments

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.

Cross-Border Payments

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

ECS Fin , which works in transaction processing optimization, will launch a pilot program to test the integration of blockchain services of Apifiny 's Roxe network to help companies save time and costs on B2B payments, according to a press release.

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

The Paypers

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

(The Paypers) Paysafe Group , a global payments provider, has joined Banking Circle to offer local and cross-border settlement.

Cross-Border Settlement

The Fintech Times

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Looking to free organisations from these shackles and enable faster, more seamless cross-border transactions, RTGS.global , the real-time cross-border settlement solutions, launched its instant atomic settlement solution which is now being rolled out in Bahrain.

Cross-Border Settlement

The Fintech Times

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

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

Cross-Border Payments

The Paypers

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Financial Market Infrastructure (FMI) for cross-border settlements RTGS.global has partnered with Alif Bank , Bank Arvand , and Universal Capital Bank to simplify cross-border payments.

Cross-Border Settlement

Clearly Payments

MAY 1, 2025

But they also have a ripple effect that extends to merchants pricing strategies, customer behavior, and yes, even how payments are processed. Heres how tariffs are quietly influencing the payments landscape and what merchants can do about it. Will Tariffs Increase Payment Processing Fees? Not directly.

Credit Cards

The Paypers

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

(The Paypers) Visa Europe Collab has partnered with Toronto-based BTL Group to test how blockchain can streamline domestic and cross-border payments between banks.

Cross-Border

Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Morgan Stanley will offer clients high-speed cross-border settlements through Wise Platform , Wises global payments infrastructure for banks. This integration will also make Morgan Stanley the first investment bank to enable these corporate payment capabilities on Wise Platform.

Cross-Border

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Today, Luxembourg is one of the leading payment and e-money hubs in the EU,” said Pierre Gramegna, minister of finance, Luxembourg. “I PingPong was founded in 2015 to enable eCommerce payments as online spending took off. “We The country’s Financial Sector Supervisory Commission officially issued the license.

Cross-Border Settlement

PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

The group, which has been releasing detailed central bank digital currencies (CBDC) and cryptocurrency reports as of 2018, is geared toward CBDCs and retail and wholesale payments. . The OMFIF seeks to create connections between the traditional banking and cryptocurrency spaces.

Digital Currency

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Payments company Ripple has invested $50 million in MoneyGram , according to reports. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ripple made its final payment on the deal with $20 million in equity at $4.10 Ripple provides enterprise blockchain solutions for global payments. 25), and according to the U.S.

Cross-Border Settlement

PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2020

Asia-based financial settlements network EMQ , which works in cross-border payments, has announced the close of a $20 million Series B funding round led by WI Harper Group, according to a press release. The solution connects bank application programming interfaces (APIs) with payment service providers.

Cross-Border

The Paypers

JULY 7, 2023

Financial Market Infrastructure (FMI) for cross-border settlements RTGS.global has partnered with MDO Humo and Credo Bank to simplify cross-border payments.

Cross-Border Settlement

Finovate

AUGUST 12, 2024

Digital payment solutions company Thredd announced a partnership with global payments company LianLian Global to help the Singapore-based company launch its virtual card program in the APAC market. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in London, Thredd offers digital payment solutions to help businesses simplify financial transactions.

APACS

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2019

But in markets such as Russia , complexity reigns, and merchants must grapple with data storage laws, unfamiliar payment rails and the payment preferences of their targeted end users. Against that backdrop, Ingenico said last year that it had launched domestic processing and cross-border settlement for international payments.

Digital Payments

PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2019

In reference to the Ripple partnership announced in June, Holmes said the two companies had begun facilitating cross-border transactions through a commercial agreement, in which MoneyGram is utilizing Ripple’s xRapid blockchain product, as well as XRP, Ripple’s cryptocurrency.

Transactions

PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

The group, which has been releasing detailed central bank digital currencies (CBDC) and cryptocurrency reports as of 2018, is geared toward CBDCs and retail and wholesale payments. . The OMFIF seeks to create connections between the traditional banking and cryptocurrency spaces.

Digital Currency

The Paypers

DECEMBER 11, 2018

(The Paypers) Ingenico Group is transforming how international online merchants can do business in Russia, by offering domestic processing and cross-border settlement for international payments.

Cross-Border Settlement

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2019

To make that connection happen, of course, a payment has to be possible, and enabling those payments to happen across borders is what PingPong was founded to do in 2015. I think we started as a cross-border payments player, but we have ended up going deep into local capacity,” he said.

Cross-Border

PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2019

million) in the company tasked with developing the coin and the settlement system, Fnality International. The token, according to reports , will work as both a payment mechanism and messenger that carriers all required data to complete a cross-border trade. Each firm has collectively invested £50 million ($63.2

Settlement

PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

Monerium lets its customers develop their financial services based on the blockchain, including cross-border settlements using fiat currency. The deal was announced on Tuesday (Jan. Sean Ford, Algorand’s chief operating officer.

Bitcoin

PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

New day, new multi-billion-dollar deal within the payments space. 16) that it would buy Global Blue , a payments company based in Switzerland, for $2.6 The move into cross-border can be both an opportunity and a challenge for cross-border companies. The IPO – and Other Attractions.

Cross-Border

The Fintech Times

APRIL 25, 2024

Fireblocks is committed to equipping institutions globally with the ability to accept, orchestrate and settle digital asset payments across any blockchain and geography.” Fireblocks is committed to equipping institutions globally with the ability to accept, orchestrate and settle digital asset payments across any blockchain and geography.”

Cross-Border Settlement

PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2016

Among one of the loudest of these blockchain champions is Ripple, a FinTech firm that has recently secured millions of dollars in investments and strategic partnerships aimed at promoting blockchain technology’s use for traditionally friction-rich areas, like cross-border payments and real-time payments.

Cross-Border Payments

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

In mid-2018, Ant Financial announced that it launched a blockchain-based cross-border settlement service for consumers. Earlier this year, Ant Financial was an investor in a $10 million Series A round for QEDIT, which develops privacy solutions geared toward blockchain.

Blockchain

The Fintech Times

JUNE 5, 2025

Deutsche Bank and Mastercard expand open banking payments Deutsche Bank and Mastercard unveiled a strategic partnership to expand open banking and transform payment experiences across Europe. Through this partnership, LianLian Global’s merchants can transform idle digital assets into instant cross-border payment fuel.

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