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Deep Dive: Accelerating Cross-Border Payments With Cloud Technology

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These challenges are only exacerbated when payments move across international borders, usually accomplished via correspondence banking. Banks are typically required to establish direct links with financial institutions (FIs) in other nations to make or receive cross-border payments.

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Thyngs Teams With CDS Global; Alipay Partners With Turkish FinTech

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Currencycloud is teaming with Lithuania’s Evarvest for cross-border payments, Alipay and ininal are working to help visitors from China connect with merchants in Turkey and BCS Global Markets is rolling out an international payments solution in the U.K. and Australia. In Australia and the U.K., And, in the U.K.,

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Steep Slowdown For Chinese Cross-Border Corporate Acquisitions

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$246 billion in cross-border corporate acquisitions last year, and now China’s buyout frenzy seems poised to quiet down quite a bit. Analysts have said moving money across borders is getting harder for Chinese firms, which means buying firms is getting harder too. Such constraints have had an impact on merger activity.

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Moneycorp Goes After SMEs With Corporate FX Acquisition

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Reports Wednesday (May 10) said Moneycorp has agreed to acquire Commonwealth FX, though the companies did not disclose the price tag of the deal, but did say that it would finance it by paying 20 percent using cash on hand. and facilitates more than $3 billion in cross-border payments.

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TRENDING: Inside Hong Kong’s New Faster Payment System

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The financial messaging service announced in late October that its near-instant, cross-border payments proof of concept performed successfully in tests. These payments were typically only processed during work hours, could take days to clear and came with a price tag of up to HK $200 ($25.50 USD) per transaction.

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A Closer Look At Ripple’s Money-Saving Claims

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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.

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Removing ‘Sticker Shock’ From Cross-Border Shipping?

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Making cross-border business transactions can be an expensive ordeal for both merchants and consumers. Most merchants engaged in cross-border trade strive to deliver products to their customers as efficiently as possible. Taking Surprises Out of International Shipping. Speed vs. Cost of Delivery.