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The featured image for the FXC Intelligence article Wise outlines areas to improve cross-border payments in G20 Scorecard. The image has a gradient purple background. In the top left is a curved edge rectangle with the word Analysis, in the top right is the FXC Intelligence logo. In the centre is a graph showing the world with nations assessed in Wise's Cross-Border Payments Scorecard for 2026 coloured by whether non-bank payment service providers have direct access to domestic payment systems (in red), whether non-bank payment service providers have direct access to domestic payments systems but there has been no adoption (in orange) and if non-bank payment service providers have direct access to domestic payment systems and there has been some adoption (in green).
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Wise outlines areas to improve cross-border payments in G20 Scorecard
3 mins read
The featured image for the FXC Intelligence article How Circle’s Arc and other stablecoin-focused blockchains are trying to capture payments share. It shows a purple visualisation of the blockchain, with a series of cubes connected to form a larger cube.
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How Circle’s Arc and other stablecoin-focused blockchains are trying to capture payments share
23 mins read
The featured image for the FXC Intelligence article Are new partners entering marketplace payouts?. The image has a gradient purple background. In the top left is a curved edge rectangle with the word Analysis, in the top right is the FXC Intelligence logo. In the centre is a graph showing key recent merchant payout partnership announcements from major marketplaces, with columns for the marketplaces' logos, the logos of the latest announced provider for each marketplace, the date of the announcement, the markets the partnership is covering and notes on the partnership.
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Are new partners entering marketplace payouts?
3 mins read
The featured image for the FXC Intelligence article What is driving change in UK trade finance?. It shows a purple digital visualisation of a world map overlaid on a photo of a city.
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What is driving change in UK trade finance?
6 mins read
The featured image for the FXC Intelligence article How are cross-border payment companies expanding in the Middle East?. It shows a photo of a map of the Middle East.
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How are cross-border payment companies expanding in the Middle East?
6 mins read
The featured image for the FXC Intelligence article The state of euro stablecoins in 2026. It shows a digital visualisation of a euro stablecoin, with purple circuitry extending from it.
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The state of euro stablecoins in 2026
8 mins read
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Stablecoins

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The featured image for the FXC Intelligence article Which companies are acquiring payment capabilities in 2026?. The image has a gradient purple background. In the top left is a curved edge rectangle with the word Analysis, in the top right is the FXC Intelligence logo. In the centre is a graph showing acquisitions announced by selected payment companies, May-September 2026, with columns for acquirer logo, acquirer HQ country, acquiree logo, acquiree HQ country, date of acquisition and reason for acquisition.
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Which companies are acquiring payment capabilities in 2026?
2 mins read
The featured image for the FXC Intelligence article How Circle’s Arc and other stablecoin-focused blockchains are trying to capture payments share. It shows a purple visualisation of the blockchain, with a series of cubes connected to form a larger cube.
  • Reports
How Circle’s Arc and other stablecoin-focused blockchains are trying to capture payments share
23 mins read
The featured image for the FXC Intelligence article How are cross-border payment companies expanding in the Middle East?. It shows a photo of a map of the Middle East.
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How are cross-border payment companies expanding in the Middle East?
6 mins read

Money transfers

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Wise raises full-year outlook as it diversifies revenue in Q2 2027
4 mins read
The featured image for the FXC Intelligence article Money transfers offer new opportunities for established platforms. The image has a gradient purple background. In the top left is a curved edge rectangle with the word Analysis, in the top right is the FXC Intelligence logo. In the centre is a graph showing recent example consumer money transfer launches from existing financial platforms, with columns for company, key infrastructure provider(s), country, core focus, money transfer solution, launch date and corridors.
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Money transfers offer new opportunities for established platforms
3 mins read
An image of a phone with digital visualisations of various icons popping out of it to represent social media.
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Social media’s P2P payments ambitions: Are X and TikTok money transfers’ next challengers?
47 mins read

B2B payments

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Wise raises full-year outlook as it diversifies revenue in Q2 2027
4 mins read
The featured image for the FXC Intelligence article Which companies are acquiring payment capabilities in 2026?. The image has a gradient purple background. In the top left is a curved edge rectangle with the word Analysis, in the top right is the FXC Intelligence logo. In the centre is a graph showing acquisitions announced by selected payment companies, May-September 2026, with columns for acquirer logo, acquirer HQ country, acquiree logo, acquiree HQ country, date of acquisition and reason for acquisition.
  • Analysis
Which companies are acquiring payment capabilities in 2026?
2 mins read

Earnings

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Wise raises full-year outlook as it diversifies revenue in Q2 2027
4 mins read
The featured image for the FXC Intelligence article Citi breaks cross-border transaction record as AI drives efficiency. The image has a gradient purple background. In the top left is a curved edge rectangle with the word Analysis, in the top right is the FXC Intelligence logo. In the centre is a graph showing Citi's cross-border transaction value and year-on-year growth, Q1 2023-Q3 2026
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Citi breaks cross-border transaction record as AI drives efficiency
44 mins read
The featured image for the FXC Intelligence article What drove record revenue and profit for Stripe International in 2025?. It shows a purple digital visualisation of a world map, with Stripe's logo overlaid
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What drove record revenue and profit for Stripe International in 2025?
207 mins read

Infrastructure

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The featured image for the FXC Intelligence article Payments infrastructure partnerships drive changing cross-border landscape. The image is a digital visualisation of connecting lines forming a network, with purple on the left shifting to orange on the right.
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Payments infrastructure partnerships drive changing cross-border landscape
88 mins read
The logo of payments company OpenPayd, which is set to debut on the Nasdaq later this year, on an abstract background
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OpenPayd’s market positioning: Insights ahead of its Nasdaq launch
88 mins read
  • Analysis
Mastercard cross-border volume grows amid travel slowdown in Q2 2026
7 mins read

Banking

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The featured image for the FXC Intelligence article Citi breaks cross-border transaction record as AI drives efficiency. The image has a gradient purple background. In the top left is a curved edge rectangle with the word Analysis, in the top right is the FXC Intelligence logo. In the centre is a graph showing Citi's cross-border transaction value and year-on-year growth, Q1 2023-Q3 2026
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Citi breaks cross-border transaction record as AI drives efficiency
44 mins read

Ecommerce

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The featured image for the FXC Intelligence article What drove record revenue and profit for Stripe International in 2025?. It shows a purple digital visualisation of a world map, with Stripe's logo overlaid
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What drove record revenue and profit for Stripe International in 2025?
207 mins read
The featured image for the FXC Intelligence article dLocal’s record quarter: CEO Pedro Arnt on volume growth and stablecoin remittances in Q2 2026. The image has a gradient purple background. In the top left is a curved edge rectangle with the word Analysis, in the top right is the FXC Intelligence logo. In the centre are headshots of Pedro Arnt, CEO, dLocal (left) and Daniel Webber, CEO, FXC Intelligence (right). Beneath the headshots is text reading dLocal Q2 2026 Post-Earnings Call.
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dLocal’s record quarter: CEO Pedro Arnt on volume growth and stablecoin remittances in Q2 2026
171 mins read
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Mastercard cross-border volume grows amid travel slowdown in Q2 2026
7 mins read
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