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

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

Known for powering aggregators like dLocal, Trace Finance brings proven expertise in cross-border settlement. This integration is set to significantly reduce the cost of stablecoin-based FX transactions while offering institutions and enterprises a faster, more transparent, and secure experience across borders.

Stablecoins

The Fintech Times

JANUARY 18, 2025

” By integrating Antoms multi-currency offerings and cross-border settlement capabilities, Booking.com is empowering its global accommodation providers to expand user reach, and optimise payment acceptance and reconciliation across diverse markets.

SARS

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. Tokens move from corporate CBDC wallet to beneficiary’s account.

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

MAY 15, 2024

Standard Chartered , the international cross-border bank, has become the first Euro settlement bank to go live on Partior, the global unified ledger market infrastructure, and has completed Euro-denominated cross-border transactions between Hong Kong and Singapore.

Cross-Border

The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

With so many countries looking towards centralised digital assets, we set out to find out how these would impact the cross-border payments market. However, CBDCs will not be the silver bullet to developing and accelerating cross-border payments. “There are some fundamental risks inherent in using CBDCs.

Cross-Border Payments

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

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

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

The Paypers

MAY 31, 2023

Australia-based Monoova has successfully completed the first real-world cross-border settlement using the Australian dollar CBDC.

Cross-Border Settlement

The Paypers

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The first cross-border settlement for precious metals using the digital yuan CBDC, known as e-CNY, was completed on 20 December 2023.

Cross-Border

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Apifiny debuted Roxe earlier this year as a way to beat some of the long-held friction points in the traditional banking system, with its "fragmented" nature where assets couldn't be transferred between different markets, countries or various settlement systems, the release stated.

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

The Paypers

OCTOBER 7, 2020

EMQ, a global financial settlement network, has launched its high transaction value cross-border settlements in Japan.

Cross-Border Settlement

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

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 company targeted countries with particularly high cross-border transaction volumes in rolling out the tool.

Cross-Border

Finextra

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Bahrain FinTech Bay (BFB), Bahrain’s fintech ecosystem builder, has announced a fintech partnership with RTGS.global, a provider of real-time cross-border settlement solutions.

Cross-Border Settlement

PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2019

An emerging group of financial services firms led by UBS Group is looking to develop a crypto-based system to settle cross-border trades. The crypto token they are developing will be called the utility settlement coin, or USC. You remove settlement risk, the counterparty risk, the market risk.

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 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

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

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

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The wall that many new cross-border eCommerce entrants are running into at top speed is the failure to realize upfront what a massive undertaking it is to build global scale for seamless, secure, cross-border settlement.”.

Cross-Border Settlement

Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Wise, the global technology company building the best way to move and manage the worlds money, today announced that it has been selected by Morgan Stanley , a leading global financial services firm, to facilitate Morgan Stanleys foreign exchange international settlement capabilities for its corporate customers.

Cross-Border

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

The Paypers

MARCH 21, 2019

(The Paypers) Visa has entered into partnership with cross-border settlement network EMQ , to offer cross-border remittances across Asia Pacific.

Cross-Border

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Digital assets and blockchain technology have the potential to make a tremendous impact on cross-border payments — MoneyGram and Ripple is an example of that. In June, we announced this partnership, and it’s encouraging to see the rapid growth and benefits come to life.”.

Cross-Border Settlement

Clearly Payments

MAY 1, 2025

Cross-Border Tariffs & International Payments Tariffs often target goods crossing international borders. Cross-border processing fees and FX conversion costs can be harder to forecast. Cross-border processing fees and FX conversion costs can be harder to forecast.

Credit Cards

Finovate

AUGUST 12, 2024

LianLian, which specializes in cross-border settlement services with instant payouts, selected Thredd to power its Yueda virtual card product. “Utilising Thredd’s virtual card issuing capabilities we will be able to deliver on our ambitious growth plans for 2024 and beyond,” said LianLian Global Co-CEO Tim Shen.

APACS

PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

The potential stablecoin would assist in enabling trade between the four nations by bolstering clearing services as well as cross-border settlement, while its collection of collateral would adhere to the International Monetary Foundation (IMF) special drawing rights (SDR) model. .

Digital Currency

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

PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

The potential stablecoin would assist in enabling trade between the four nations by bolstering clearing services as well as cross-border settlement, while its collection of collateral would adhere to the International Monetary Foundation (IMF) special drawing rights (SDR) model. .

Digital Currency

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

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

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

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. ” A Bit Of Background.

Cross-Border Payments