
Digital trade isn’t the future, it’s here: governments need to embrace it
Digital trade has skyrocketed in the last two decades. From e-commerce and international professional services to cloud computing and digitisation of finance,...
Digital trade has skyrocketed in the last two decades. From e-commerce and international professional services to cloud computing and digitisation of finance,...
Help change the law! Financial providers hide fees whenever people send money abroad. They can continue to rip people off because the rules are too vague. If...
Help change the law! Financial providers hide fees whenever people send money abroad. They can continue to rip people off because the rules are too vague. You...
Cross-border payments are a secret rip-off: European consumers lost 12.5 billion in hidden fees in a single year. In 2018, the European Union introduced a...
Any company or provider is legally required to accept your IBAN, regardless of the EU country it’s originally from. IBAN (International Bank Account Number)...
Why are costs still high? And how can we fix it? Today more than ever, low- and middle-income communities rely on money sent home from friends and family...
Much too often, businesses in the EU like internet providers, phone companies or even banks refuse to accept your IBAN because they claim you need an IBAN...
COVID-19 has thrown a wrench in all our plans for 2020. The pandemic has hit budgets across the globe and that’s reflected in the amounts of money people send...
In January, we highlighted a new European regulation, CBPR2, because it was meant to lower fees for some payments in the EU. Since 15 December 2019, firms are...
It’s not the first time we’ve celebrated good political decisions coming out of the European Union. After European policymakers put more transparency for...
Just before Christmas you may have been sent a message from your bank saying they won’t be charging you for making euro payments from non-euro countries like...