Payment Industry Research
Analysis
TransferWise’s $3.5bn valuation – can anyone catch them?
May 24th, 2019
What is international payments giant TransferWise worth? When will it catch incumbents such as the banks and Western Union, MoneyGram and Ria
Analysis
Analysing OFX’s 2019 Full Year Results
May 24th, 2019
Analysis of the 2019 financial results for payment company OFX. The slide in margins has been halted and the firm continues to invest as revenues have grown.
Analysis
Finablr’s IPO debut whilst Revolut’s fortunes change
May 15th, 2019
Finablr disappointed on its IPO coming in well below original investor expectations. Revolut, another payments unicorn has had a tough year to date too.
Analysis
MoneyGram’s next move and Visa’s play with Earthport
May 9th, 2019
MoneyGram released its 2019 earnings. We compare the results to international payment company Ria and also to Western Union, Visa and Mastercard
Analysis
Competition in cross-border payments is over
May 2nd, 2019
Partnerships is the new theme in international payments. Ria & Remitly, WorldFirst, Western Union, Mukuru Whatsapp and more
Analysis
Why payment companies love France more than Germany
April 25th, 2019
Slowly and steadily, we've seen the major UK and US international payment players expand into Europe. Monex, Ebury, iBanFirst and others.
Analysis
Uncovering patterns in pricing data
April 18th, 2019
How some of the biggest players from TransferWise to Western Union are treating the remittance and non-remittance corridors and pricing their products.
Analysis
How will Finablr’s IPO change the cross-border sector?
April 11th, 2019
The holding company of UAE Exchange, Travelex, Unimoni announced its potential London IPO. What does a big IPO in the cross-border payments sector mean?
Reports
FX Pricing Strategies Report
April 10th, 2019
How to price in cross-border payments? Banks, payment companies, promotional money transfer pricing. Analysing the different pricing techniques in the sector
Reports
The Top 100 Cross-Border Payment Companies
April 4th, 2019
Who are the 100 most important companies globally in cross-border payments? To receive a copy of our market map, please fill in your details.
Analysis
The next cross-border payments unicorns
March 29th, 2019
Five international payment companies have a chance to be the next Unicorn. Ebury, Flywire, Payoneer, WorldRemit and Remitly
Analysis
Customer values for Alpha, Cambridge, Ebury & WUBS
March 21st, 2019
We analysed the value of corporate clients of leading cross-border payments players Alpha, Cambridge, Ebury & Western Union Business Solutions
General
Why Mastercard wants Transfast and ditched Earthport
March 14th, 2019
Mastercard dropped their Earthport bid last week and plans to purchase Transfast instead. This instantly reduced the value of Earthport shares.
Analysis
What to make of Revolut and RegTech
March 8th, 2019
Compliance as a core competency. There are two sides to every story. On one side, news broke on Tuesday that a fraud allegation against Revolut
Reports
How Regtech impacts International Payments
March 6th, 2019
FXC Intelligence presents our first report on Regtech and International Payments. Access our report below:
Analysis
Is $4bn a crazy valuation for TransferWise?
March 1st, 2019
What is the value of a digital money transfer business? Comparing Western Union, MoneyGram and TransferWise