PYMNTS.com May 15, 2025
It’s no secret that the world is moving faster. In parallel, the way we move money is evolving just as rapidly.
Over the past decade, digital wallets have gone from niche FinTech novelties to powerful tools reshaping the landscape of global payments. From Gen Z remitting funds to family abroad, to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) tapping into global supply chains, digital wallets are becoming a key bridge across borders.
But what’s really powering this adoption isn’t just flashy UX or third-party integrations. The latest PYMNTS Intelligence research in the Global Money Movement data brief, “Global Money Movement: U.S. Edition,” a collaboration with TerraPay, reveals that the modern engine of cross-border digital wallet growth is centered on three deceptively simple...







