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BOSTON, April 27, 2017 -- Flywire CEO Mike Massaro will be a featured speaker at the 2017 Seamless Payments Conference taking place May 1 - 2 in Dubai, UAE. Massaro will be part of a panel discussion on taking the friction out of cross-border payments to address changing consumer attitudes and demands. He’ll be joined on the panel by executives from Citi, TransferWise and ACI Worldwide.
The Seamless Payments Conference brings together the entire payments ecosystem to discuss, debate and evaluate the future of money. Keynote presentations, panel discussions, case studies, interviews and workshops delve into the trends, disruptors and innovations revolutionizing the payments industry.
Session Details:
Establishing Frictionless Cross-Border Payments - Tues, May 2, 3:00 p.m.
- Developing a digital payments platform that can scale to deliver cross-border payments
- Shifting consumer attitudes surrounding cross-border payments
- Improving cross-border payments with greater speed, transparency and end-to-end tracking
- Creating a centralized clearing and settlement agent across geographies
- Assessing the competition between banks and non-banks
Panelists:
Carey Kolaja, Global Chief Product Officer, Citi (Moderator)
Mike Massaro, Chief Executive Officer, Flywire
Steve Naude, Head Middle East Africa, TransferWise
Manish Patel, VP and General Manager, Middle East, Africa & South Asia, ACI Worldwide
About Flywire
Flywire is a leading provider of international payments and receivables solutions, connecting businesses, institutions, and consumers on six continents. Introduced six years ago as a way for international students to pay their tuition for studies abroad, Flywire is now used by over 1,200 organizations, across industry verticals, in 18 countries around the world. The company processes billions in payments per year from 220 countries and territories, via bank transfer, credit card and e-wallet solutions, in over 120 different local currencies. Convenient, fast and secure, Flywire’s scalable platform provides currency conversion at exchange rates that can offer significant savings when compared to home-market banks and credit card providers. The company also supports its clients with end-to-end customer support including multilingual servicing via phone, email, and chat, as well as 24/7 online payment tracking.
Flywire is headquartered in Boston, MA with international operations in Valencia, Spain; London and Manchester, UK. Singapore; Shanghai, China; Tokyo, Japan; and Sydney, Australia. For more information, visit www.Flywire.com.
Media Contact: Flywire Tim Walsh [email protected] 617-512-1641
