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Standard Chartered centres cross-border in Q1 25 amid tariffs

1 week ago | fxcintel.com | Lucy Ingham

Standard Chartered’s Q1 2025 results saw the company post solid top-line results and centre its cross-border and network presence as it seeks to reassure investors about its ability to withstand tariff-related headwinds.
Mastercard and Visa see cross-border network boosts in Q1 25

2 weeks ago | fxcintel.com | Lucy Ingham

Mastercard and Visa have both announced their calendar Q1 2025 results, reported as financial Q2 2025 for Visa, and while current global market conditions present some potential future challenges, both reported strong cross-border metrics. Both companies continued to see cross-border growth in card usage, but also reported key gains in their network platform products Mastercard Move and Visa Direct.
Unpacking FY 24 results

2 weeks ago | fxcintel.com | Lucy Ingham

Revolut’s FY 2024 results speak to a maturing company that is increasingly growing its reach. But how close is it to reaching its 100 million customer target and where is it seeing growth? Revolut has released its annual report for FY 2024, providing renewed insight into the neobanking major, which is not yet publicly traded.
PayPal continues platform focus amid trade concerns in Q1 2025

2 weeks ago | fxcintel.com | Lucy Ingham

PayPal has announced its Q1 2025 results, seeing a 1% increase in net revenues to $7.8bn, or 2% on a currency neutral basis, as the company moves towards a single commerce platform model. This approach, which the company outlined in detail during its Investor Day in February, is seeing PayPal shift all its products to a single connected platform.
Digital and Dandelion drive Euronet growth in Q1 2025

2 weeks ago | fxcintel.com | Joe Baker

Euronet’s money transfer segment (containing Ria and Xe) grew revenue 9% YoY to $417.7m in Q1 2025, contributing to Euronet’s record overall Q1 revenues of $915.5m, up 7%. As the company expands its Dandelion B2B2X platform and integrates with Visa Direct, it aims to tap into more of the consumer money transfers market this year. Money transfers growth showed in profitability too, with the segment’s adjusted EBITDA rising 15% to $51.3m, driving a margin of 12% (consistent with last year).
China sees growth in cross-border payments partnerships

2 weeks ago | fxcintel.com | Joe Baker

Historically, China has been a difficult market to enter due to a mix of regulatory and structural barriers. However, a wave of recent partnerships is helping drive the movement of money into and out of the country. Most recently, PayPal announced a deal with Tencent to enable remittances via its Xoom platform to WeChat Pay in China.
Western Union sees digital growth, core markets slow in Q1 25

2 weeks ago | fxcintel.com | Joe Baker

Western Union saw another mixed quarter in Q1 2025, with revenue falling -6% YoY to $984m on a reported basis due to slowing contributions from Iraq and changing migration patterns in Latin America. However, the company has continued to drive digital growth and push for diversification, including the acquisition of UK-based money travel provider Eurochange. Western Union’s Consumer Money Transfers (CMT) segment declined -9% to $873m; excluding Iraq, this was down -2% on an adjusted basis.
Highlights from Money20/20 Asia

3 weeks ago | fxcintel.com | Daniel Webber

This week saw Money20/20 Asia held in Bangkok, Thailand, with a packed agenda covering some of the most important issues in the continent and beyond. Not only was I there to launch our joint report to a packed crowd of attendees and press, but I also had the pleasure of speaking in the session ‘From Fragmentation to Frictionless: Cross-Border Payments in 2025 and Beyond’.
The future of Asia’s cross-border payments: Money20/20

3 weeks ago | fxcintel.com | Lucy Ingham

This week saw the publication of our first report produced in partnership with Money20/20: How Will Asia’s Money Move In The Future? 2025’s View Of 2035. Drawing on our own market sizing data and expertise, as well as a survey of over 100 fintech leaders operating across the continent, this is an exploration of the future of cross-border payments infrastructure in Asia with some insightful findings.
How digital is reshaping the money transfers industry

4 weeks ago | fxcintel.com | Joe Baker

The strong digital performance of public money transfers players underscores the continued shift towards digital adoption in consumer money transfers and remittances. In this report, we explore what’s driving the shift, where cash still plays a role and key trends for the consumer money transfer space in the future. The consumer money transfers industry presents a massive opportunity: a global TAM of $2tn in 2024 that will grow to $3.1tn by 2032, according to our market sizing data.