Corridor Economics: Where Cross-Border Margin Actually Sits
A structural look at gross margin across remittance, B2B and treasury corridors, and why headline FX spread explains very little.
Cross-Border Payments Specialist
Margin is layered
Headline spread is the smallest component of corridor margin for most providers. Interchange, float, payout fees and failure costs move the result far more.
Margin stack
- FX spread
- Float and interest on prefunded balances
- Payout network fees
- Failure and repair cost, which is almost always underestimated
Failed payment handling is a margin line item, not an operations footnote.
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