Back in 2019 — a lifetime ago, before the pandemic uprooted everything — PYMNTS published a report titled “The Trade Credit Dilemma,” spotlighting the $3.1 trillion U.S. firms were owed on any given day. Receivables are what’s owed, and what ideally should be spun by...
The bigger the connected economy gets, the smaller the effort it takes to join. In today’s increasingly interconnected world, cross-border commerce is no longer a fringe activity confined to multinationals. Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), startups and even freelancers are now part of the global...
Mitigating risk by controlling the controllable is increasingly top of mind for global, enterprise businesses. And with the news Friday (Sept. 13) that the White House is considering closing a rule that allows foreign eCommerce giants, such as Shein and Temu, to ship direct to U.S. consumers without duties or...
Prioritizing adaptability, innovation and customer relationships will enable firms to navigate an unpredictable landscape, Thredd Chief Product Officer Ava Kelly writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Beyond the Horizon: How to Identify Unexpected Threats That Could Impact Your Business.” In today’s volatile market, the...
September 13, 2024
Prioritizing adaptability, innovation and customer relationships will enable firms to navigate an unpredictable landscape, Thredd Chief Product Officer Ava Kelly writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Beyond the Horizon: How to Identify Unexpected Threats That Could Impact Your Business.” In today’s volatile market, the only thing that is predictable is the unpredictable. The ability […]
August 20, 2024
The complexity of the business-to-business (B2B) space is primarily what causes it to lag consumer-facing innovations. B2B transactions and the regulations they are subject to have unique and elaborate characteristics...
July 11, 2024
Governments around the world are using mandates to modernize and digitize all manner of activities, including how they collect taxes. To get a sense of the task at hand and...
February 21, 2024
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 their bottom line. PYMNTS Intelligence...
October 28, 2024
Thunes has debuted a solution designed to help customers offer faster cross-border payments. The payment infrastructure company’s Pay-to-Card offering, announced Monday (Oct. 28), is designed to connect members of the Thunes network to 15 billion cards worldwide, including those offered by Mastercard, Visa and China’s UnionPay. “This new development extends Thunes’ global reach for real-time payouts to an […]
September 05, 2024
Drip Capital has secured $113 million in new funding to develop new products and to accelerate the growth of its digital platform for trade finance. The company has quadrupled its...
August 20, 2024
Global money movement company TerraPay and five digital wallet operators teamed up to facilitate cross-border payments and money movement. The five wallet operators participating in the new Wallet Interoperability Council...
August 07, 2024
Stripe says it wants to help merchants show their buyers prices in local currencies. To that end, the payments company announced Wednesday (Aug. 7) that it is introducing adaptive pricing...
