Crosswire Research
Research and Payments Intelligence
Crosswire Research analyses payment infrastructure, provider capabilities, commercial models and regulatory developments across banking, acquiring, digital assets and cross-border payments.
Research combines public regulatory and industry sources with Crosswire's practical experience designing and evaluating payment stacks.
Where a piece carries a proprietary figure - a pricing benchmark, a data-point count or an outcome range - the derivation is stated on the page alongside the number, not left implicit.
Regulatory statements cite the primary instrument or the regulator's own publication rather than a secondary summary.
Institutional author. Work published under this byline is edited by Gustaf Hult.
Coverage
- Provider capability analysis
- Commercial model benchmarking
- Payments regulation in the EEA
- Cross-border and settlement infrastructure
Published research
- The EUR-USD corridor is open - real-time settlement, both waysMove EUR and USD between Europe and the US in real time. No SWIFT, no prefunded floats, one stack. Open now.
- Crosswire is now callable by AIMost sites can be read by an AI. Crosswire can be used by one. Live indicative pricing, coverage, stack recommendations
- TYLT joins Crosswire - stablecoin gateway and local fiat railsStablecoin payment coverage widens with TYLT: a crypto payment gateway plus CrossRamp, converting local fiat pay-ins (PI
- FinchTrade joins Crosswire - digital-asset liquidity and settlementThe digital-asset rail just got deeper. FinchTrade brings OTC liquidity, on/off-ramp and settlement into Crosswire - cry
- Sumsub joins Crosswire - KYC and AML, built into the stackVerification is now part of the stack, not a bolt-on. Sumsub brings identity verification, KYC/KYB and AML screening int
- Narvi joins the Crosswire network - banking rails that stay openCrosswire's banking layer is built on Narvi. Real EUR accounts, IBANs and treasury for businesses that legacy banks turn