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The Payments ecosystem is evolving at an unprecedented pace driven by mobile, cloud computing, start-up's challenging the behemoths, and new technologies. My personal collection of curated stories and blogs.
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confirmed as latest fintech unicorn following Series C fundraising

confirmed as latest fintech unicorn following Series C fundraising | Payments Ecosystem | Scoop.it
Airwallex press release
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Airwallex closes a $100 million Series C funding taking its total pool to $200 million! 

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Russia pushes its Swift alternative

Russia pushes its Swift alternative | Payments Ecosystem | Scoop.it
Russian authorities are promoting the international use of an alternative financial messaging system to the global Swift network in order to mitigate the risk of sanctions.
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Russia to open its Swift network alternative for foreign businesses to obviate any future sections related impact and claims to have interest from China, India, Iran, and Turkey! 

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JPMorgan Chase invests in Bill.com

JPMorgan Chase invests in Bill.com | Payments Ecosystem | Scoop.it
JPMorgan Chase has made an undisclosed investment in Bill.com and aims to use its technology to provide a simpler and faster way for businesses t
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JP Morgan making attractive investments for SMB B2B invoicing and payments.

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Visa treads on Swift's toes with blockchain pilot for high value payments

Visa treads on Swift's toes with blockchain pilot for high value payments | Payments Ecosystem | Scoop.it
Visa is working with blockchain outfit Chain on the development of a near real-time funds transfer system for high value bank-to-bank and corporat
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Visa partnering with Chain on private chain for large value B2B transaction in direct competition with SWIFT. 

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TransferWise for Business launches

TransferWise for Business launches | Payments Ecosystem | Scoop.it
London-based money transfer outfit TransferWise is looking beyond consumer payments with the launch of a platform specifically designed for businesses.
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TransferWise extends its services to SME's for cross-border payments. This is a big market for any player today to compete against banks and alternative lenders like Paypal which have high fees, hidden FX markups and servicing at best is not the most friendly. 

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UK banks hardest hit by non-bank money transfer firms

UK banks hardest hit by non-bank money transfer firms | Payments Ecosystem | Scoop.it
Finextra: The top 20 non-bank money transfer providers based in the UK now account for over £40 billion of foreign exchange per year, saving customers over £900 million annually, according to data compiled by FXcompared.
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It has been apparent for a while the rise of digital remittance non-bank firms are bringing lower fees, transparency, and faster delivery of funds as compared to traditional banks. TransferWise is slated driving $500,000 per month in remittance volumes. 

Banks need to be worried about its B2B remittance space, which is a bigger market, large transaction size, and part of existing relationship. This research indicates UK customers save about 36% on a PS10,000 transaction to Australia! 

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Corporate banking the next frontier for mobile payments - HSBC

Corporate banking the next frontier for mobile payments - HSBC | Payments Ecosystem | Scoop.it
Finextra: With mobile banking firmly entrenched in the consumer space, the industry is on the brink of another revolution in the B2B sector, as corporate treasury professionals slowly begin to discard decades-old methods of transferring funds in favour of payments executed on smartphones and tablets, figures from HSBC show.
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B2B mobile frontier shows signs of adoption in UK for HSBC!

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Amazon Takes On B2B With Launch Of Marketplace

Amazon Takes On B2B With Launch Of Marketplace | Payments Ecosystem | Scoop.it
Amazon has launched a new marketplace that caters to the business community, and it's got a name that's easy to remember: Amazon Business. The section on
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Amazon's venture into B2B marketplace!

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Payment Industry leader passionate about Fintech, Innovation in Banking, Product Management & Strategy, driving revenue growth through client management, business development and P&L focus.