New payment option emerges for companies doing business in Mexico

Mexico eclipsed Canada and China to become the top U.S. trading partner in 2023. This shift came amidst the ongoing push toward nearshoring and friendshoring efforts in the manufacturing sector. This trend suggests that last year’s boom is just the beginning of the growing partnership between Mexico and the U.S.

U.S. trade with Mexico totaled over $855 billion in 2023 – including $362 billion in exports and $493 billion in imports, according to the United States Trade Representative. This level...

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Cross-border payments: ‘It’s like a piece of dirt in your eye’

If there is any industry where being the middleman really pays off, it’s the cross-border payments industry. Global trade relies on global payments, but those funds often flow through not one or two but several banks or financial institutions on their way to the recipient. And each takes a cut of the pie.

“Not a lot of people know how cross-border payments work, but they know it is clunky and painful,” explained Cecilia Tamez, chief strategy officer for Euronet Worldwide’s money transfer...

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