14 May 25 @ 11:00

Cross-border payments, once a byword for inefficiency and opacity, are undergoing a structural transformation. The convergence of regulatory momentum, technological innovation, and geopolitical necessity is creating a watershed moment for... read more

14 May 25 @ 10:16

A landmark stride in European payments infrastructure has been achieved as Italy’s Bancomat, Spain’s Bizum, and Portugal’s MB WAY initiate cross-border mobile transfers under the EuroPA (European Payments Alliance) umbrella.... read more

24 Mar 25 @ 10:23

2025 will be the year cross-border payments come into their own. As instant payments become a household item, increased global commerce, initiatives and mandates spell great leaps for payments across... read more

11 Feb 25 @ 11:58

Latin America is one to watch. Huge opportunity abounds for merchants expanding into the region, going by recent reports. A combination of increased digital payments, including a textbook success of... read more

21 Feb 24 @ 10:56

As Asian economic powerhouses join up their faster payment systems and Africa follows suit, Europe lags in confusion, directives, initiatives and strategies. James Wood asks why Europe can’t copy Asia’s... read more

24 Oct 23 @ 09:57

Ever since the time of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, the question of how to trust that people in other countries would pay you in full and on time has kept... read more

17 Feb 22 @ 13:57

Cross border commerce globally is a multi-trillion dollar opportunity, one that’s ripe for disruption in both SMBs and larger enterprises alike. Cross-border payment flows are expected to reach $156 trillion... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 09:48

iBanFirst has launched a ‘Payment Tracker’ – a real-time payment-tracking service that sets new transparency standards for the payments industry. Rolled out to both payers and payees, this unique feature... read more

18 Dec 19 @ 15:49

Although the global e-commerce market is set to grow at around 7 percent per annum for the next five years to around $40 trillion by 2024, significant barriers to the... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 05:30

PayPal and Ipsos have released a new e-commerce report, Cross-Border Consumer Research 2018. The report, which investigates the online shopping habits of approximately 34,000 consumers in 31 countries, reveals a... read more

31 Jan 18 @ 14:34

A growing middle class in China with a high propensity to shop for foreign brands is helping to drive up spending on cross-border e-commerce goods, according to an eMarketer forecast.... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 14:05

The compound annual growth rate predicted for cross-border e-commerce over the next three years is now 17 percent, whereas it stands at just 12 percent for e-commerce overall. Merchant attitudes... read more

01 Oct 15 @ 08:11

Real-time cross-border payments, indeed real-time banking, may soon become a reality, following the efforts of a new payments industry group. The ISO Real-Time Payments Group (RTPG) published its first draft... read more

13 Oct 25 @ 13:42

Financial fraud has always been a moving target. From cheque fraud to phishing, criminals consistently adapt their methods to exploit weaknesses in the financial system. Yet in 2025, the contest... read more

13 Oct 25 @ 13:25

The financial services industry is on the cusp of a technological transformation. Quantum computing, long the preserve of theoretical physics and laboratory prototypes, is edging closer to practical application.  Its... read more

13 Oct 25 @ 12:33

The DACH region — Germany, Austria and Switzerland — remains one of Europe’s most influential hubs for e-commerce. Germany alone ranks as the sixth largest online retail market worldwide. Yet... read more

05 Aug 25 @ 17:12

Once a niche feature of the crypto fringes, stablecoins are fast becoming a core component of the global financial system. These digital tokens—typically pegged one-to-one with fiat currencies such as... read more

05 Aug 25 @ 17:07

In an era where geopolitical uncertainty increasingly influences the flow of money, the security and sovereignty of national payment infrastructures have never been more vital. As economic sanctions disrupt financial... read more

05 Aug 25 @ 17:06

When computers first entered mainstream use, languages like COBOL, Fortran, and Pascal defined programming. They were precise but inaccessible to most, requiring deep technical knowledge to manipulate even simple tasks.... read more

05 Aug 25 @ 17:05

The concept of verifying identity has underpinned human civilisation for millennia, from Mesopotamian seals to ink signatures and passports. Today, as the payments industry undergoes rapid transformation, digital identity (DI)... read more