New digital partnerships boost European payments
by Ben Poole
Tie ups between SIA and Volante, and EBA Clearing and Iberpay, show how the payments infrastructure in Europe is seizing digital opportunities.
International Payments
Background
Although, for most companies, cross-border/cross-currency payments make up less than 5% of all payments, they can represent a major proportion of payment costs when the FX conversion costs (which make…
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