cross-border commerce

Can Payments Innovations Solve U.S. Merchants’ Top 5 Cross-Border Challenges?
Can Payments Innovations Solve U.S. Merchants’ Top 5 Cross-Border Challenges?
March 21, 2024  |  Cross Border Commerce

With Wednesday’s (March 20) announcement about Visa’s expanded partnership with LemFi, the focus is on cross-border payments. The cross-border payments landscape itself is a dynamic and fragmented one, full...

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Visa and LemFi Expand Partnership on Cross-Border Payments
Visa and LemFi Expand Partnership on Cross-Border Payments
March 20, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

Visa Cross-Border Solutions and LemFi have expanded their existing partnership globally. This partnership brings together the capabilities of Visa Cross-Border Solutions, which is a Visa division specializing in cross-border...

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Failed Cross-Border Payments Cost US Merchants an Estimated $3.8B
Failed Cross-Border Payments Cost US Merchants an Estimated $3.8B
February 21, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

Many U.S. eCommerce merchants prioritize international markets, but see higher failed payment rates in cross-border transactions than in domestic ones. These payment failures significantly impact...

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Puma Sales Drop As Argentina’s Peso Takes Abrupt Dive 
Puma Sales Drop As Argentina’s Peso Takes Abrupt Dive 
January 25, 2024  |  Retail

Footwear brand Puma is cautioning that external challenges are expected to persist throughout 2024.  “For 2024, we foresee the geopolitical and macroeconomic challenges as well...

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World Bank’s Gloomy Outlook Could Be Countered by Industrial Transformations 
World Bank’s Gloomy Outlook Could Be Countered by Industrial Transformations 
January 17, 2024  |  Connected Economy

The World Bank isn’t banking on the world’s economy getting much better.  At least in the near term.  In its semiannual Global Economic Prospects report,...

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Neobanks May Face Squeeze in Europe If X-Border Fee Caps Materialize
Neobanks May Face Squeeze in Europe If X-Border Fee Caps Materialize
December 13, 2023  |  Regulation

Beyond the card networks, among those that may feel the squeeze should cross-border interchange fees see new caps in the United Kingdom are neobanks. As...

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Swift Completes Successful Test of Global Trade Interoperability Solution
Swift Completes Successful Test of Global Trade Interoperability Solution
December 11, 2023  |  Cross Border Commerce

Swift has successfully tested a global trade interoperability solution in collaboration with BNY Mellon, Deutsche Bank and four electronic bills of lading (eBL) platforms. This solution has the...

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Liquidity Management Key to Taming FX Volatility in Emerging Markets
Liquidity Management Key to Taming FX Volatility in Emerging Markets
November 20, 2023  |  Cross-border Payments

Compared to the global standard of five to six hubs, moving money between Nigeria and China or Singapore can require navigating through up to 16...

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Mangopay and VTEX Team to Boost Global Marketplaces
Mangopay and VTEX Team to Boost Global Marketplaces
September 26, 2023  |  Digital Payments

Payment infrastructure provider Mangopay has launched a partnership with digital commerce platform VTEX. The collaboration is designed to give marketplace operators a single pay-in and pay-out solution and...

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