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As Seamless Middle East opens its doors in Dubai today, the spotlight is on the real infrastructure gaps and opportunities shaping trade across the MENA region and emerging markets. Traditional cross-border B2B payments remain painfully broken — slow, expensive, and opaque. But new rails are delivering measurable wins. Here’s the latest picture: 1. The Pain Is Real (and Expensive) A $5,000 B2B invoice sent via traditional SWIFT correspondent banking can easily land as $4,900
