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Paysend Launches Mobile Multi-Currency Wallet In Europe

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FinTech Paysend is introducing Global Account, its international, fee-free mobile money account with a multi-currency wallet, to European users, the company announced on Thursday (Feb. billion in fees when spending internationally and up to £996 million when shopping on overseas websites. In July , Paysend announced an £8.5

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Western Union: Emerging Market GDP, Innovation Depend On Remittances

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But for the recipients of the cross-border money transfers and peer-to-peer (P2P) payments usually associated with developing economies, they are lifelines. Person-to-person international transfers form by far the largest foreign economic support for developing economies. The Flows — And Where The Money Goes.

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KBank On Rethinking Bank-FinTech Relations

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Global remittances have been increasing, according to the latest data from the World Bank. Recent figures indicate that global remittance payments broke records last year, with $689 billion in remittances reported — a significant increase from the $633 billion reported in 2017. New Partnerships, New Innovation Perspective .

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Banks Tap FinTechs For Remittance Overhaul

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Companies separated across borders want payments to be delivered on time so they can meet their payment deadlines, access capital and deliver products in a timely fashion. Nordic bank-backed initiative P27 was launched to update the region’s aging infrastructure with a platform that enables real-time payments from different markets.

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SMBs Seek New Avenues To Cross-Border Payments

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dollar, leaving few incentives for companies to overcome the numerous obstacles and pain points involved in broadening business into new markets overseas. “As we become more global in nature here, businesses’ competition is no longer the person across the street or from another state,” said Nader.

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Small Firms Demand Higher Speed, Lower Costs In Global Payments

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It seems that’s the journey for cross-border payments, which are in the midst of a digital disruption as innovators focus on addressing a range of friction points, from sluggish speeds to high costs. Only a few years ago, small businesses lagged in global payments technology uptake. In the U.K.,

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How Bank Debits Are Driving Subscription Commerce Growth

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However, significant challenges still exist that serve to slow the growth of subscription commerce — not the least of which is how to move money in the most efficient way possible. PYMNTS recently caught up with Pranav Sood, vice president and general manager of International Expansion for U.K.-based Indeed, 72 percent of U.S.