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Empowering Financial Institutions: An Interview with the CEO of Almond FinTech

Fintech Review

Through identifying the optimal cryptocurrency, the optimal blockchain, as well as the optimal exchange for each individual settlement, our SOE empowers financial institutions and their diverse customer sets with the fastest, most cost-efficient cross-border funds transfer technology available — regardless of location.

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Will Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) Impact Cross-Border Payments in 2024?

The Fintech Times

. “CBDCs are anticipated to impact cross-border payments in 2024, but primarily around settlement times rather than inducing a significant change in the end-user proposition. The digital currencies are influencing the technical aspects of cross-border transactions rather than altering user experiences.

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Galileo Financial Technologies Helps Fintechs Meet Demand for Fast, Secure Money Movement With Wire Transfer Capabilities

Fintech Finance

“Adding wire transfer capabilities supports the demand for fast and secure money movement and integrates seamlessly with fintech’s existing financial infrastructures through API access.” ” Enabling wire capabilities benefit end users in several ways: Fast Transactions: Recipients receive their funds on the same day they’re sent.

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NymCard Leverages Mastercard Move to Offer Fast and Efficient Cross-Border Payments Across 47 Countries

Fintech Finance

With Mastercard’s advanced technology, NymCard will expand its portfolio by also becoming a Remittance-as-a-Service (RaaS) provider, ensuring that end users benefit from efficient and seamless international remittances. We are thrilled to embark on this strategic journey with Mastercard.

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Real-Time Innovators Bring Data To Corporates

PYMNTS

Increasingly, those value-added services are not only focusing on speed of payment, but also enhancing the data that end-users can access about their transactions, with new solutions from Bank of America and Scotiabank some of the latest to bring real-time rails to corporates. Visa Talks Payment Rail Innovation.

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Western Union Taps Plaid for Open Banking Payments in Europe

Finovate

Western Union is leveraging Plaid’s open banking infrastructure for money transfers in Europe. The move is expected to benefit end users by offering a faster, more secure payments experience without negatively impacting the user experience.

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Visa Rolls Out Card Payouts, Pushing Payments To Gig Workers

PYMNTS

In terms of mechanics, Card Payouts is a card-based front end user experience that integrates with treasury banks’ existing infrastructure and, through a pilot program, complements the Oracle NetSuite Banking as a Service program.