Saxo Payments, the global transactions services provider, has been chosen by Lycamoney Financial Services Ltd, for its new International Money Remittance business, LycaRemit. As a member of the Saxo Payments Banking Marketplace, LycaRemit will benefit from low FX charges and real-time payments, giving it a competitive edge in the money transfer market and helping the start-up business to grow rapidly, with a particular focus on capturing the Asian market. LycaRemit is an online service that enables individuals to send money across the globe, at attractive FX rates, via their computer, smartphone or tablet. It is the newest addition to the Lyca Group, which also includes Lycamobile the largest mobile virtual network operator in Europe, offering low cost, high quality international calls to over 30 million customers across 19 countries.
Under the new agreement, LycaRemit has joined the Saxo Payments Banking Marketplace, accessing segregated IBAN accounts in multiple currencies which makes global payments ‘local’, thereby cutting out traditional banking costs for cross border transfers. Saxo Payments is also offering LycaRemit a competitive FX solution delivered through direct sourcing access to a 15B euros daily FX liquidity pool.
“The user-friendly technology platform that underpins the Saxo Payments Banking Marketplace particularly appealed to LycaRemit, eliminating the need for the start-up to create its own payment platform.”
Anders la Cour, Chief Executive Officer for Saxo Payments, added: “Through this partnership with Lyca Group, we are already bringing its clients faster international payments, at a reduced cost, across international borders. We look forward to building on this relationship, with plans to develop the FX payments solution and expand the use of Saxo Payments for Lyca’s other brands.
“Our web-based banking platform allows businesses to make transfers in real-time, at a fraction of the cost of traditional banking services, making Saxo Payments the first choice for many FinTech businesses like Lyca Group.”
About Saxo Payments
In 2013 Saxo Bank formed a new entity, Saxo Payments A/S, with the purpose of using Saxo Bank’s core capabilities within the non-cash payments market. Saxo Payments A/S is a specialist in forex and payments.Registered as a payment institution in the European Union, Saxo Payments specialises in providing global payment account transactions and foreign exchange services to payment providers, including acquirers, payment service providers, FX brokers, money transfer businesses, e-wallets, and alternative payment providers.