X Border Commerce news and trends

NEW REPORT: American Merchants Sprint To Win The X-Border Race
Cross Border Commerce // December 30, 2016

The X-border rankings are out, and U.S. merchants are once again on top. Not far behind though are Chinese merchants who are getting increasingly better at wooing international shoppers. In the Q4 2016 X-Border Payments Optimization Index™, American retailers scored 67.8 points compared to the...

X-Border Payments Optimization Tracker: Can Flexibility Cut X-Border Costs?
Cross Border Commerce // December 08, 2016

Global commerce is poised for big-time expansion over the next few years, ushering in new linguistic and technological solutions. The December edition of the PYMNTS X-Border Tracker™ includes an interview with Kyle Plummer, director of cross-border solutions for Magnate Worldwide, who discusses how logistics services...

Turkish Regulator Deals Blow X-Border Commerce
Cross Border Commerce // June 01, 2016

Turkish consumers will no longer be able to pay with PayPal after Monday (June 6) and Turkish businesses will no longer be able to accept payments made with PayPal. The decision to shut off access to a method of payment used to support cross-border commerce...

Five Points Of Cross-Border Commerce Failure
Cross Border Commerce // March 15, 2016

When it comes to optimizing cross-border commerce opportunities — in both developed and emerging markets — every merchant knows that they must think mobile first. Beyond that, they must think global. And how does one think global? According to Howard West, the Senior Director of...

Interviews & Exclusives
BillMo And The Momentum Of Remittances

March 20, 2017
Cross border flow of money is going to continue no matter what the political climate.  Maybe the pie won’t grow as quickly as some might expect, but for firms enabling the movement of money from one wallet to another, the pickings should be plentiful.  BillMo CEO Steve LaBella weighed in on the state of remittances for his firm (and others) in a conversation with PYMNTS at IP 2017.

Quick Reads
Turkish Regulator Deals Blow X-Border Commerce

June 01, 2016
Turkish consumers will no longer be able to pay with PayPal after Monday (June 6) and Turkish businesses will no longer be able to accept payments made with PayPal. The decision to shut off access to a method of payment used to support cross-border commerce for the people and businesses of Turkey seems to come […]

Amazon Picks Payoneer For X-Border Payments

November 05, 2015
Amazon and Payoneer announced yesterday (Nov. 4) that Amazon has chosen the online payments company to expand its cross-border payments option for sellers on its marketplace. Through this partnership, Payoneer...