OANDA Launches Cross-Border Payments Service for American Firms
- The payments service will support transfers with 35 currencies.
OANDA has partnered with B2B embedded cross-border solutions provider, Currencycloud for its new international money transfer service to companies in North America, the multi-regulated broker announced on Wednesday.
Dubbed OANDA FX Payments Payments One of the bases of mediums of exchange in the modern world, a payment constitutes the transfer of a legal currency or equivalent from one party in exchange for goods or services to another entity. The payments industry has become a fixture of modern commerce, though the players involved and means of exchange have dramatically shifted over time.In particular, a party making a payment is referred to as a payer, with the payee reflecting the individual or entity receiving the payment. Most commonl One of the bases of mediums of exchange in the modern world, a payment constitutes the transfer of a legal currency or equivalent from one party in exchange for goods or services to another entity. The payments industry has become a fixture of modern commerce, though the players involved and means of exchange have dramatically shifted over time.In particular, a party making a payment is referred to as a payer, with the payee reflecting the individual or entity receiving the payment. Most commonl Read this Term, the new service will be offered to the corporate clients through the brokerage group’s subsidiary, OANDA Business Information and Services Inc.
The collaboration for the service that will offer the cross-border payments service with 35 currencies also involves Shift Connect, an existing partner of Currencycloud.
Currencycloud will provide the payment technology while Shift Connect will offer customer support. According to OANDA, the service will reduce the companies’ cost of international transactions.
“One of the world’s leading FX authorities, OANDA is dedicated to helping companies optimize cash flow, manage currency risk and build their bottom line,” Lucian Lauerman, Head of OANDA FX Data Services, said. “As such, we’re delighted to be partnering with Shift Connect and Currencycloud in order to add OANDA FX Payments to our best-in-class range of corporate currency solutions, which are trusted by audit firms, tax authorities and multinational corporations all over the world.”
Enhancing Services within FX
The cross-border payments service will complement OANDA’s existing FX data services that it offers via its API.
“This is a unique proposition for OANDA and its corporate FX clients. By working closely with our existing partner, Shift Connect, in North America we have been able to create a one-of-a-kind cross-border payment solution for OANDA,” Richard Arundel, Currencycloud’s Co-founder and North American General Manager, said.
“As we have started to expand into new territories across the globe, and our partnership with Currencycloud expands, we were uniquely placed to create new solutions for OANDA’s corporate FX clients who make international payments,” Shift Connect’s CEO, Dave Kelcher added.
Most recently, OANDA introduced professional accounts for its Australia-regulated platform. The services with 100:1 Leverage Leverage In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders Read this Term came just ahead of the upcoming retail leverage restrictions by the Australian financial market regulator.
OANDA has partnered with B2B embedded cross-border solutions provider, Currencycloud for its new international money transfer service to companies in North America, the multi-regulated broker announced on Wednesday.
Dubbed OANDA FX Payments Payments One of the bases of mediums of exchange in the modern world, a payment constitutes the transfer of a legal currency or equivalent from one party in exchange for goods or services to another entity. The payments industry has become a fixture of modern commerce, though the players involved and means of exchange have dramatically shifted over time.In particular, a party making a payment is referred to as a payer, with the payee reflecting the individual or entity receiving the payment. Most commonl One of the bases of mediums of exchange in the modern world, a payment constitutes the transfer of a legal currency or equivalent from one party in exchange for goods or services to another entity. The payments industry has become a fixture of modern commerce, though the players involved and means of exchange have dramatically shifted over time.In particular, a party making a payment is referred to as a payer, with the payee reflecting the individual or entity receiving the payment. Most commonl Read this Term, the new service will be offered to the corporate clients through the brokerage group’s subsidiary, OANDA Business Information and Services Inc.
The collaboration for the service that will offer the cross-border payments service with 35 currencies also involves Shift Connect, an existing partner of Currencycloud.
Currencycloud will provide the payment technology while Shift Connect will offer customer support. According to OANDA, the service will reduce the companies’ cost of international transactions.
“One of the world’s leading FX authorities, OANDA is dedicated to helping companies optimize cash flow, manage currency risk and build their bottom line,” Lucian Lauerman, Head of OANDA FX Data Services, said. “As such, we’re delighted to be partnering with Shift Connect and Currencycloud in order to add OANDA FX Payments to our best-in-class range of corporate currency solutions, which are trusted by audit firms, tax authorities and multinational corporations all over the world.”
Enhancing Services within FX
The cross-border payments service will complement OANDA’s existing FX data services that it offers via its API.
“This is a unique proposition for OANDA and its corporate FX clients. By working closely with our existing partner, Shift Connect, in North America we have been able to create a one-of-a-kind cross-border payment solution for OANDA,” Richard Arundel, Currencycloud’s Co-founder and North American General Manager, said.
“As we have started to expand into new territories across the globe, and our partnership with Currencycloud expands, we were uniquely placed to create new solutions for OANDA’s corporate FX clients who make international payments,” Shift Connect’s CEO, Dave Kelcher added.
Most recently, OANDA introduced professional accounts for its Australia-regulated platform. The services with 100:1 Leverage Leverage In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders Read this Term came just ahead of the upcoming retail leverage restrictions by the Australian financial market regulator.