Rethink Wire Transfers “The US is the UK’s largest exporting market and small businesses need a cheaper, easier and more convenient way to transfer money, we are delighted to offer our clients this much needed service”

Align Commerce, a next-generation global payments provider serving the small and medium-sized business (SMB) community, today announced the UK as another country businesses can send money out of - opening up send and receive capabilities from the UK to the US and over 60 other countries. With the value of bilateral trade between the U.S. and the UK surpassing $113 billion in 2015, businesses in both countries will now reap the benefits of Align Commerce’s revolutionary multi-rail technology that combines the blockchain with traditional payments to enable simple invoicing and real-time payments tracking.

The payment rail to the UK is enabled in time for the businesses money transfer period of the year. Align Commerce will be offering businesses $100 off any invoice paid from December 8th to the 31st between the US and the UK. Customers wishing to take advantage of this offer can contact Align Commerce directly.

"The UK, was one of the most requested payment corridors by our customers," said Marwan Forzley, CEO and co-founder of Align Commerce. "The US is the UK’s largest exporting market and small businesses need a cheaper, easier and more convenient way to transfer money, we are delighted to offer our clients this much needed service."

Align Commerce is engaged in actively disrupting the outdated international payments industry by providing a cheaper, faster alternative for small businesses to make international payments with its proprietary technology, which utilizes the blockchain to send and receive money across borders and currencies. The Align Commerce platform cuts through time-consuming red tape and excessive fees that unnecessarily burden users of traditional wire services, bringing innovation to a system that is long overdue for an overhaul. Now anyone paying cross-border GBP invoices from the UK doesn’t have to pay any fee at all.

For more information about the Align Commerce cross-border payments platform and how Align Commerce is enabling faster, simpler and less expensive overseas payments for small businesses, visit aligncommerce.com/uk.