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Banking APIs Give Businesses An eCommerce Push

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This has resulted in business-to-business (B2B) offerings such as mobile apps that help provide small business owners better overview and management of their companies’ bank accounts, as well as their accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR). How APIs Are Helping FIs Power Clients’ eCommerce Journeys.

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Easing FX Woes For Newly-Global SMBs

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It’s not a change easily accomplished, but thanks to eCommerce-as-a-Service solutions, launching an online webstore today is easier than ever. That’s not only because eCommerce opens up a potential buyer pool to customers outside of one’s home market, creating the need for companies to accept payment in different currencies.

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Overcoming FinTech Skepticism To Meet Asian SMEs' FX Needs

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Across Asia, an ongoing boom in global eCommerce volume, coupled with a convergence of market conditions, has made cross-border B2B trade a booming business — and a potentially lucrative one for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Currency Conversion Headache. Across Asia, Theaud explained, invoices are often issued in U.S.

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Treasurers Beware: FX Risk Is Not What It Used To Be

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Globalization and easing barriers to international expansion aren’t simply changing the way corporates manage foreign exchange exposure. This is especially true for SMEs who cannot run the risk of losing 30 percent of revenue on a currency depreciation.”. A recent controversy at American Express highlighted that risk for SMBs.

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Visa, Currencycloud Team To Offer Cross-Border And Travel Payment Services

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Under the agreement, Visa’s customers and banking and FinTech partners will have the option to use Currencycloud’s cloud-based payments platform to provide in-demand services, including multi-currency wallets and real-time notifications on foreign exchange transactions.

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Report: Overcoming Cross Border Invoice Complexities

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Companies are therefore reconsidering their accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) strategies, including everything from how they place orders to how they pay for them. This could lead to more buyers to start using B2B eCommerce sites to secure items, and these marketplaces are expected to facilitate $3.6

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Why Africa Is eCommerce’s Next Great Frontier

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Africa as next great eCommerce frontier? There’s also a technology boom, which comes as the continent, in Nazir’s words, “leapfrogged over the landline and over the computer, and straight to the smartphone and, now, into mobile money over bank accounts. Consider the fact that eCommerce generated $16.5