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Empowering Financial Institutions: An Interview with the CEO of Almond FinTech

Fintech Review

It looks at all available blockchain networks, digital currencies, and exchanges, and then optimizes a routing between two countries given market trends, rates, fees, and liquidity. At Almond, security and compliance are foundational to our mission of fostering secure and transparent cross-border payments. Our SOE works the same way.

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Corpay Cross-Border Grows in Europe with Launch of Luxembourg Office

Fintech Finance

As a global investment base, local funds commonly transact across a diverse range of currencies, including yen, Hong Kong dollars, pounds and euros. We look forward to leveraging our robust architecture and regulatory compliance to help our clients navigate Luxembourg’s stringent banking industry.”

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BVNK Partners With First Digital Ahead of ‘Breakout Year’ for Stablecoin Adoption

The Fintech Times

Reserves are safeguarded by a qualified custodian with a trust licence for seamless asset protection and regulatory compliance, with independent attestation reports published monthly. “FDUSD was built to provide a fluid, dependable, universal digital dollar tailored for this fast-moving market.

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Payment Processing for Small Businesses: What They Don’t Tell You

Clearly Payments

Cross-Border and International Transactions For small businesses looking to expand internationally with cross-border payments , payment processing comes with additional challenges and costs: Currency Conversion Fees Banks and payment processors typically charge 1-3% to convert foreign currencies.

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Marqeta Review: Future of Modern Card Issuing

Fintech Review

Better data visibility also supports regulatory compliance, audit preparation, and financial reconciliation for global operations. Global Expansion : Successfully scaling issuing programmes globally requires local regulatory compliance, banking partnerships, and nuanced operational playbooks.

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FinovateEurope 2025: From Interesting Takes to Hot Demos

The Fintech Times

This years Best of Show winners included: Keyless A biometric authentication platform eliminating passwords and multi-factor authentication. Additionally, he focused on how the rise of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) is a hot topic, with 44 jurisdictions actively piloting their own digital currencies.

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Yellow Card Leverages Fireblocks to Streamline Cross-Border Transactions in Africa

Fintech Finance

This includes leveraging Fireblocks’ Wallets-as-a-Service (WaaS) which enables Yellow Card to create, manage, and secure up to 14 million multi-party computation (MPC) wallets at scale and safeguard customer assets. “We’re