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Forex reserves down by USD 4.531 bn to USD 629.755 bn

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The country’s foreign exchange reserves declined by USD 4.531 billion to stand at USD 629.755 billion in the week ended January 28, RBI data showed on Friday. In the previous week ended January 21, the reserves had decreased by USD 678 million to USD 634.287 billion.

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Investigation Leads Wells Fargo To Fire Four Foreign Exchange Bankers

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More bad news for Wells Fargo : The financial institution has fired four foreign exchange (Forex) bankers following an investigation into that business by both the bank and regulators. million fake accounts were opened without customers’ permission. million fake accounts were opened without customers’ permission.

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Hong Kong Digital Payment Platform Statrys Lands $5M

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This new financing will help us to accelerate the development of the company both in terms of products, with the addition of local currency accounts, payment card, integration with accounting software, and geographically, as we will target new markets in South-East Asia,” Statrys Founder and CEO Bertrand Theaud said in the announcement.

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Visa To Unload Earthport’s FX Subsidiary

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Visa has announced that it will sell cross-border payments company Earthport’s foreign exchange (FX) business to Pollen Street Capital’s Currency Holdings, according to a report. Visa, which acquired Earthport in May 2019, said the sale will help to speed up Earthport’s growth of its larger core payments business.

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PodChats for FutureCFO: Why intercompany accounting is crucial for post-merger success

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According to Victor Ng , regional vice president for Asia, BlackLine , intercompany accounting involves the recording of financial transactions between different legal entities within the same private company. To Ng, the most common red flag is unreconciled intercompany accounts. The intercompany complexity.

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PayPal, Mastercard Add 5 EU Countries To Debit Card Offering

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They can spend funds kept in their PayPal accounts at more than 52 million Mastercard acceptance locations globally. The debit card doesn’t have foreign exchange fees or monthly charges, while it has a flat ATM fee of 2 euros ($2.34) globally. Small businesses can have immediate access to their PayPal funds and unlimited 0.5

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FLEETCOR Buys AFEX To Boost Cross-Border Payments

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FLEETCOR , which works in global business payments, announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire cross-border payment firm Associated Foreign Exchange (AFEX) to help boost its own payments network, a press release says. The company normally focuses on providing international accounts to businesses underserved by banks.