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Thunes Ramps up Commitment to ESG With Global Initiatives

Singapore-based global payments company Thunes announced its affiliation with two global ESG initiatives, namely the United Nations Global Compact and Ecovadis. Earlier this year, Thunes said that it had successfully passed sustainability assessments and submitted respective reports to both institutions.

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Thunes Snaps up Majority Stake in Regtech Firm Tookitaki for US$20 Million

Global cross-border payments firm Thunes announced that it has taken a majority stake in the anti-money laundering (AML) and compliance technology firm, Tookitaki, by making an investment of over US$20 million. Thunes made this move in the wake of rising

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Thunes Partners With UK’s Clearpay to Offer Its Merchants the BNPL Solution

Global cross-border payments firm Thunes announced a partnership with the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) services provider Afterpay, known as Clearpay in the UK and Europe. Thunes can now offer Clearpay’s BNPL solution to its network of gateways, merchants and

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Thunes Sets up Miami Hub to Deepen Presence in Latin America

Global cross-border payments firm Thunes is speeding up its global expansion by setting up a regional hub in Miami to expand into new Latin American markets. Thunes has established regional payout partnerships that are available in 16 Latin American countries,

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Thunes to Scale up Its Operations in the Greater China

Global payments network Thunes announced plans to significantly accelerate the expansion of its operations in Greater China, spanning mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau. This news follows the recent appointment of Daphne Huang, Senior Vice President for Greater China,

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Thunes Appoints Payments Expert Biren Zandani to Accelerate Growth in APAC

Global cross-border payments company Thunes announced that it has appointed Biren Zandani as the SVP for Asia Pacific (APAC). Biren, based in Singapore, is a recognised payments expert with over 20 years of experience in financial services, particularly B2B, B2P,

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Thunes Intergrates Into Finastra’s SaaS Platform to Offer Alternative Payment Rails

Thunes, a Singaporean cross-border payments network, announced that it will integrate into Finastra‘s Software as a service (SaaS) payments connectivity platform – Fusion Total Messaging. The partnership will allow Finastra’s customers, mainly financial institutions, to access new payment rails across

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Thunes Enables PayPal’s Xoom to Send Remittances Directly to E-Wallet Users

Global cross-border payments network Thunes announced a collaboration with PayPal’s digital remittance service Xoom that will enable the latter’s customers in the United States, Canada, the U.K. and Europe to send remittances directly to mobile wallet users around the world.

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Thunes Makes Key Hires to Drive Global Expansion Plans

Singaporean cross-border payments firm Thunes has appointed Irina Chuchkina as Chief Marketing Officer and Babul Balakrishnan as Head of Customer Care to support its global growth strategy. These appointments follow the announcement of Thunes’ acquisition of Limonetik, a European Payment

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Thunes Expands Cross Border Payments to Pakistan Through Bank Alfalah Partnership

Global payments network Thunes announced a partnership with Pakistan’s Bank Alfalah to enable real-time affordable cross-border payments to consumers in the country. Thunes said that this partnership will “enable payments not just to Bank Alfalah’s clients, but to all of

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