How agencies and outsourcing firms outside the US get paid by overseas clients, what each route costs, and how money actually moves in the Mexico, Philippines and Brazil corridors.
There are five ways a Manila agency collects dollars from a US client, and they are not close to equivalent. Here is what each route costs, how long it takes, and where it breaks.
Finance teams negotiate the fee and ignore the exchange rate. On a $500 transfer, World Bank data puts 60% of the total cost in the spread. Here is how to read what a payment really costs.
A Mexican agency invoicing US clients has a dollar problem and a peso problem. What each route into Mexico costs, plus the two diligence questions every buyer should be ready for.