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At the start of 2024, market consensus widely predicted that the U.S. Federal Reserve would slash interest rates six times, with speculation rising to as many as seven cuts by mid-January. A recession, deemed imminent, was expected to drive this aggressive monetary easing. However, as 2025 begins, ...

Building a modern global payments ecosystem takes more than technology. It takes the right partnerships.

Most businesses rely on traditional banks for international payments, but that often means high fees, slow processing, limited transparency, and manual rekeying. This one-pager breaks down the real differences between Ascendant and traditional banks, from payment execution and FX pricing to ...

The long-anticipated move has finally happened— the Federal Reserve kicked off the monetary easing cycle with a larger-than-expected 50 basis point rate cut, instead of the predicted 25 bps. But that’s just the beginning. The updated Dot Plot now projects eight more rate cuts by the end of 2025, up ...