The solution simplifies the cross-border billing, payment and receipt process. In addition to providing international customers with foreign exchange rate transparency, the new offering enables international customers to remit funds via local payment methods.
Cross-border payments and receipts represent a growing portion of transactions for banks and their clients. This year, total cross-border remittances will exceed $22 trillion and are forecasted to increase to over $25 trillion by 20251. Despite this growth, many organizations can struggle with the cost and complexity of these transactions.
“Bank of America Merrill Lynch is always looking to meet the needs of our clients. One way we’re doing that is by enhancing our international payments and receipts offerings through continued technological innovations along with new trading and risk management solutions,” said Mike Robertson, global head of Transactional FX Trading at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. “We are focused on taking the friction out of cross-border transactions to better serve our higher education and corporate franchise.”
Flywire has established its platform as the industry standard for large-sum cross-border transactions, offering payers a transparent, convenient and secure payment experience – customized by business, country, and currency – while accelerating funds flow and streamlining operational processes. We provide a number of important advantages for clients looking to expand their global reach:
- A single point of management and payer engagement from billing and payment through reconciliation.
- Faster payment processing and settlement to improve cash flow and fuel growth.
- Instant access to new and existing local payment methods in 240 countries and territories, in over 140 local currencies.
- Expert knowledge and navigation of country-specific requirements and regulations.
- No need to set up international payment relationships and infrastructure in new markets.
- Easy integration with client ERP systems for seamless payment processing and reconciliation.
- 24/7 online tracking.
- Multilingual customer service localized by region.
The offering for Bank of America clients is available immediately.
“Even as economies become more global, cross-border payments and receipts remain complex, costly, and difficult to reconcile for both payers and receivers,” said Mike Massaro, CEO of Flywire. “Working with Bank of America, one of the world’s most trusted financial services providers, we can significantly expand access to the Flywire solution, while providing integrated banking and payment solutions that make the receipt of global payments much faster and easier for any type of business or institution.”
1Statista, Value of Cross-Border Payments Worldwide, 2016-2022.
About Flywire
Flywire solves complex payment problems for businesses and institutions to empower new opportunities globally and locally. The company processes billions in payments per year, connecting entities to make transactions faster, more secure, less expensive, and more transparent. Clients in business, education and healthcare use Flywire’s full-service platform to tailor the payment experience for their customers and to create a single point of visibility and control for payer engagement and receivables management – from invoicing to payment reconciliation. Flywire also supports its clients with end-to-end customer support, including multilingual servicing via phone, email, and chat, as well as around-the-clock online payment tracking.
The company is headquartered in Boston and has offices in Chicago, London and Manchester (UK), Valencia (Spain), Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, Cluj (Romania), and Sydney. For more information, visit www.Flywire.com.
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