PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

s share of the foreign exchange market has dropped, while the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) reported that Asia, particularly Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore, are picking up the pieces. The BIS survey shows that the renminbi has doubled its take of the global FX market. Financial Times reported that the U.K.’s

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Visa has announced that it will sell cross-border payments company Earthport’s foreign exchange (FX) business to Pollen Street Capital’s Currency Holdings, according to a report. High-value payments are going to be the supplier management systems between big companies and middle-market companies. based Earthport.

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CFO News

MAY 4, 2025

This enables exporters and importers to invoice and pay in their respective domestic currencies enabling the development of a bilateral foreign exchange market.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Offshore investments become a hedge against currency volatility. High inflation, currency volatility, and foreign exchange scarcity have eroded wealth and significantly contributed to a decline in net worth for many people. Wealth preservation and growth in Africa are highly challenging.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Cloud-based clearing bank ClearBank has begun offering multi-currency bank accounts using an API, according to a press release. Beginning in the fourth quarter this year, the bank will allow users to access over 30 multi-currency accounts. ClearBank will remain in charge of the clients' funds.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

China’s foreign exchange reserves have slipped below the $3 trillion mark, as measured in January. The foreign exchange regulator, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, has said that currency reserves are adequate and will continue to provide a level of support to the yuan.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2020

Singapore-based cross border-payments platform TranSwap will partner with Currencycloud , which provides B2B embedded cross-border solutions, to let businesses collect and hold numerous currencies in the U.S., EU and other countries, a press release states.

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CFO Leadership

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Use our guide to understand and explore the factors that can make it advantageous to embrace a risk management strategy for foreign exchange. The foreign exchange market can be a highly complex task for small-to-medium enterprises to navigate when conducting business overseas. The Foreign Exchange Market.

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Simply Treasury

JUNE 3, 2021

The accounting treatment of currency hedging (timing) mismatches remains a major problem that has become more acute in the wake of the health crisis. When payments were in foreign currencies, this may have affected their results because of currency hedging. Delay in FX hedging, accounting treatment.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2018

Exposure to the risks of endless shifts of foreign exchange (FX) rates keeps executives on their toes: Deloitte recently found FX volatility to be the most common concern among surveyed corporate treasurers. However, foreign exchange risk mitigation goes beyond hedging, said Mark Frey, COO at Cambridge Global Payments.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

HSBC is increasingly relying on blockchain technology to facilitate its foreign exchange trading services, reports in Financial Times said Monday (Jan. 14), with more than three million FX transactions having already been processed by the bank in the past year via blockchain.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

The hub consolidates and streamlines Emirates NBD’s once-separate payment services onto a unified platform, enabling the bank to seamlessly process domestic and cross-border transactions across geographies, payment schemes and currencies. “The customer shouldn’t have to think about that,” said Rio Tinto.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2019

Ripple is the company behind the XRP digital currency, The Wall Street Journal reported. MoneyGram has tapped into foreign exchange markets for settlements in the past. As a result, the company had to purchase currencies ahead of time regularly. firm that is publicly traded, Ripple Inc. per share.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2018

Foreign exchange solutions company OANDA is enhancing its application programming interface (API) that opens up its foreign exchange (FX) technology to third-party apps. The company announced news on Thursday (March 8) that its Exchange Rates API has been updated to include real-time FX rates.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Bank of America (BofA) is introducing a cross-border payment tracker and expanding SWIFT gpi to support more than 140 currencies, accessible through the integrated CashPro platform. The financial institution or corporate client gets transparency into fees and foreign exchange rates as well as visibility of payment settlement.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 11, 2024

trillion in extended credit and new capital for its consumer and institutional clients while moving $10 trillion in over 120 currencies daily. Along with the World’s Best Bank, global honors this year include awards for Best Corporate Bank, Best Consumer Bank, Best Banks Worldwide in Emerging and Frontier Markets and Best Sub-Custodian Bank.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

18) that it would improve its Sri Lanka operation with the launch of a new digital foreign exchange (FX) program, reports said. The FX program is a step into the corporate client market, and its investments in Sri Lanka mark an initiative for a more well-rounded set of digital solutions for clients in that region.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2019

June was a busy month for cross-border payments — done across currencies and time zones, between consumers and corporates. No doubt by now most payments watchers are familiar with Libra , the Facebook plan to bring a new global cryptocurrency to market that seemingly seeks to do nothing less than upend global banking.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

businesses are over-exposed to risks related to interest rate and foreign exchange volatility, according to new Citizens Bank research. corporates have raised concerns over the negative impact that foreign exchange volatility might have on profits, particularly as ongoing global trade disputes impact the FX markets.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Foreign exchange (FX) volatility can be detrimental to businesses with heavy reliance on cross-border operations. and China, as well as Brexit , are among the biggest current geopolitical events that continue to rock the FX market, and companies are at risk of taking significant financial hits as a result.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

clearing bank ClearBank is introducing multicurrency bank accounts for businesses to move funds based on foreign exchange prices in real time. In a statement, ClearBank Chief Customer Officer Simon Jones said the solution offers a new opportunity for businesses that need to hold and move various currencies for their own customers.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2018

The currency decline continues: The Swedish krona fell Wednesday (Aug. The decline comes amid political uncertainty in that Nordic country, the prospect of a widening trade war that could hurt it and increasing attention to the benefits of currency hedging among commerce and payments businesses. Such lows were last seen in 2009.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

Corporate foreign exchange brokerage GPS Capital Markets is reportedly up for sale, unnamed sources told PE Hub. 8) that three unnamed sources revealed Citi is advising on the process as GPS, which provides foreign exchange services to mitigate FX risk for corporate clients, seeks a buyer.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2020

One of the largest points of friction that shoppers grapple with today is the ever-fluctuating exchange rate of foreign currencies they use when purchasing from sellers across borders. “Consumers want that kind of clarity and certainty.”

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2019

Businesses can pay invoices immediately or dictate a payment date while retaining a fixed foreign exchange rate when they upload an invoice to the platform. Custom remittance information can be sent directly back to the foreign vendor, while the service also supports custom reporting for a buyer’s own back-office processes.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2020

Lenders including Barclays, HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland and Virgin Money had to stop foreign currency services after exchange provider Travelex was hit by a ransomware gang, according to reports on Thursday (Jan. Travelex’s network of branches continue to provide foreign exchange services manually.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

In an interview with Karen Webster of PYMNTS, Karl Schamotta, who serves as chief market strategist at Cambridge Global Payments, said we’re living in a new age. Fluctuating foreign exchange rates are a relatively new phenomenon,” he told Webster. “It In other words, more businesses are doing more business across borders.

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CFO News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) defended its management of the rupee, stating its interventions in the foreign exchange market are necessary to maintain stability amidst global economic uncertainty.

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CFO Talks

AUGUST 29, 2024

Make sure it aligns with your business goals and review it regularly to keep up with market changes. Managing Risks Good treasury management also means protecting the business from risks like currency fluctuations or changes in interest rates. Using tools like forward contracts can help lock in exchange rates and reduce uncertainty.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2017

China’s Forex regulator wants the nation to open up its domestic market, reports said Friday (Mar. An article in a publication owned by the regulator called for a more open, competitive domestic foreign exchange (FX) market that enables a flexible FX rate mechanism to mitigate against cross-border capital fluctuation, according to reports.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 10, 2024

GF: Mongolia’s foreign exchange reserves increased last year and external debt was reduced. Lkhagvasuren: As of July 2024, Mongolia’s foreign exchange reserves reached $4.7 Despite repaying 6 billion Chinese yuan [$843 million] of the swap usage, foreign exchange reserves remained robust.

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Simply Treasury

JUNE 3, 2021

Finally, in this top tier, the management of financial risks, including currency risk, which can be explained by the increased volatility of the markets. Contrary to the recent excitement for Bitcoins, crypto currencies do not seem to be a priority for treasurers.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

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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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

that has led to a depreciation of the pound are having widespread impacts throughout supply chains with touchpoints in the markets. 12) in Catering Insight showcased some of the foreign exchange hurdles businesses face as a result of that uncertainty. But that, he said, is also one of the largest challenges in this market.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Whether that means establishing subsidiaries abroad, acquiring customers in new geographic markets, or stepping into a new space via mergers and acquisitions (M&A), even small companies are often global ones. The challenges of international financial workflows don't end once a payment is received and currency conversion occurs, either.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

Yet as cross border trade picks back up, the foreign exchange and global payments needs of businesses will intensify. FXPress entered the market with a focus on cross-border payments and foreign exchange services. FXPress entered the market with a focus on cross-border payments and foreign exchange services.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

dollars because they built their businesses around the currency, he said, while others might operate in local currencies, and would rather not calculate foreign exchange (FX) rates to complete transactions. Drop-down menus of payment options for irrelevant currencies may overwhelm customers. . “It

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